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Wishing you good times, good cheer, and a memorable new year. All of us at the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance want to thank you for your support and engagement. We truly appreciate having you in our community!
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| December is HIV/AIDS Awareness Month, and the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance wants to remind our community about the importance of getting tested.
For resources and more information about the importance of testing, please visit the CDC’s National HIV Awareness Month Resource Library by clicking here.
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Dr. Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD, Executive Director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance, has been named one of three new members of the American Cancer Society Action Network’s (ACS CAN) national board of directors, beginning Jan. 1, 2023. The full release from Vanderbilt University Medical Center can be found here.
Winkfield will serve alongside new board of director members Roy Jensen, MD, vice chancellor and director of The University of Kansas Cancer Center and the William R. Jewell, M.D. Distinguished Kansas Masonic Professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center, and Susan Penfield, chief technology officer and executive vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton.
Click here to find out more information about Dr. Karen Winkfield’s background.
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| MVA Hosts Equity & Engagement Café
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Long-awaited opportunities for in-person networking were celebrated after last month's Equity and Engagement Café, a collaborative effort of Meharry Medical College (MMC), Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), and the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance (MVA).
Featured panelists included Chelsei Granderson, MPH of Tennessee Department of Health; Dr. Aima Ahonkhai, MD, MPH of VUMC; and Dr. Stephania Miller-Hughes, PhD, MS, MCSI of Meharry Medical College. Community members, trainees, researchers, and clinicians gathered at the Tennessee State Museum to hear from our panelists as they discussed health equity work in their respective communities.
Moderator, Dr. Karen Winkfield, Executive Director of the MVA, challenged attendees “to embrace health equity in ways specific to your work that can drive each other to success.” If you couldn’t attend, visit our website to see more highlights and takeaways from the Equity and Engagement Café.
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Open to all Meharry Medical College, Vanderbilt University, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty members, the Faculty Affiliate Program offers a centralized platform to connect faculty members to the information and tools that facilitate collaborative research and engagement in leadership activities.
Apply to join.
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| COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER TRAINING SESSIONS
Researchers in the Divisions of Epidemiology at VUMC and MMC are conducting a new NIH-funded study and would like to invite you to participate!
Adults between the ages of 40 and 70 who live in the southeast U.S. are needed for a new study. Compensation is provided.
The living environment in the southeast U.S. differs from other parts of the country due to climate, industry, and other factors. The goals of the Southern Environmental Health Study are to better understand how the environment we live in and the experiences in our lives may affect our health. By partnering with scientists and healthcare providers across the southeast U.S., we plan to recruit 50,000 study participants. Join today to help us improve the health of your community.
For more information or to participate, please visit https://www.SEHStudy.org/info or call 855-710-9489.
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MVTCP is providing a series of video blogs intended to provide information and perspectives on the science of community-engaged research. Their motto? It’s all about the work and not the worker. Click HERE to see his videos.
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