The CHDI invites national experts in health disparities to participate
in Visiting Scholars Program. While on campus, the Scholars were
involved in public presentations as well as work groups and individual
meetings. Check back for updates to the 2008 Visiting Scholars Program.
Melissa R. Partin, PhD
“Take
Stock, Get Your Bearings, and Mind Your Manners: Lessons Learned
From a Cancer Control Researcher on How to Increase Success
in Implementation Research and Practice.” (video)
Dr. Melissa Partin is a behavioral scientist with particular
interests and expertise in cancer prevention and control research.
She is an alumna of UW Madison, where she received her MS in Epidemiology
and PhD in Sociology in 1993. Subsequently she completed a postdoctoral
fellowship in the Carolina Population Center and Department of
Biostatistics at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.
Since completing her training at UNC, Dr. Partin has conducted
applied research in the area of cancer prevention and control,
with a particular emphasis on screening behavior. She has been
principal investigator on seven federally funded grants, and has
authored numerous scholarly articles in this area of study. She
is currently the Associate Director of the Center for Chronic
Disease Outcomes Research at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center
(a VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence)
and a faculty member in the Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology
at the University of Minnesota.
Synopsis sources and further information:
Dr.
Partin’s biography at the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs
Otis Webb Brawley, MD
“Improving
Underserved and Minority Participation in Cancer Clinical
Research” (video)
Dr. Otis Brawley is a national leader in cancer research and
the recently appointed Chief Medical Officer of the American Cancer
Society. Dr. Brawley graduated from the University of Chicago’s
Pritzker School of Medicine in 1985. Since that time he has conducted
research in breast and prostate cancer, cancer prevention, medical
ethics, disparities, and the biologic behavior of disease in specific
populations with cancer. Dr. Brawley has held many distinguished
posts including Assistant Director to the Office of the Director
at the National Cancer Institute and professor of Hematology and
Oncology and Epidemiology at Emory University in Atlanta.
Further information:
Dr.
Brawley Named Chief Medical Officer of American Cancer Society
 Nancy
Krieger, PhD
“The Science and Epidemiology of US Cancer Disparities:
Race/Ethnicity, Class, Gender, and the Risk of Cancer” (video)
Dr. Krieger, Harvard University Professor of Society, Human Development,
and Health, is a leading theoretician in the fields of health
disparities and social determinants of health. She is a social
epidemiologist with a background in biochemistry, history of public
health, and philosophy of science. Her research deals with
topics such as social justice and racial discrimination. One of
Dr. Krieger’s current research projects uses 30 years of
data to assess whether the socioeconomic gradient in breast cancer
is changing. Dr. Krieger is the Associate Director of the Harvard
Center for Society and Health within the Harvard School of Public
Health. CHDI will be co-sponsoring Dr. Krieger’s visit with
the Havens
Center for the Study of Social Structure and Social Change.
Synopsis sources and further information:
Dr.
Krieger’s biography at Harvard University Department of
Society, Human Development, and Health
Jennie
Joe, PhD, MPH
“Challenges in Sustaining Community-base Participatory
Research: Lessons Learned from Academic-Tribal Partnerships”
Public Presentation
Health Sciences Learning Center
Room 1335
Friday May 2, 2008
12-1pm
Dr. Jennie R. Joe is a member of the Navajo Nation. She is on faculty
in the Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM), College
of Medicine at the University of Arizona. Since 1987, Dr. Joe has
also been the Director of the Native American Research and Training
Center at the DFCM. Dr. Joe is a medical anthropologist who has
been engaged in a number of community-based research projects with
American Indian/Alaska Native Communities. She served as a member
on the Institute of Medicine’s Committee to Assess Racial
and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare and on the National Human Research
Protections Advisory Committee to the U.S Secretary of Health and
Human Services. As a researcher, she is involved in a number of
health-related studies that are conducted in cooperation with tribal
groups throughout the country. Dr. Joe received her MPH and her
doctorate from the University of California Berkeley. Her presentation
is co-sponsored by the Center
for the Study of Cultural Diversity in Healthcare and the Spirit
of EAGLES program.
Further information: Dr.
Joe’s biography at Native American Research & Training
Center (NARTC), Arizona |
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