Events

Upcoming Events
Professional Development Workshops

View the schedule for our Winter/Spring 2013 Online Workshop Series here.

Workshop topics include: Communication for Behavioural Impact (COMBI), incorporating a social determinants of health perspective in addressing local health issues and conditions, new media-based public health program evaluation, and health equity and health communication. Stay tuned for additional workshops in this series. We hope you can join us!

April 25 Health Equity Brown Bag Talk

Influencing Health Equity-Related Policy in Urban Settings

Presenters:
Simone-Marie L. Meeks, MS
Director, Community & Legislative Outreach
Office of the President
The New York Academy of Medicine

Tracy Pugh, MHS
Policy Associate, Health Policy
The New York Academy of Medicine

Thursday, April 25, 2013
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Health Equity Initiative
99 Madison Avenue
Go to 5th floor for meeting room access and registration
New York, NY

This is a free event.  Space is limited!  RSVP early: info@healthequityinitiative.org

Please scroll down for information on past events in this series.

Recent/Past Events
Health Equity Initiative Open House

Monday, December 10, 2012
5 pm – 7 pm
@Health Equity Initiative
305 Seventh Avenue
11th Floor Training Room
New York, NY

Participants at Health Equity Initiative’s Open House:

  • Learned about our capacity building, community engagement, and research programs
  • Received free resources and copies of presentations from our past events and workshops
  • Participated in our open house raffle
  • Shared ideas and networked with colleagues
  • Explored opportunities for future collaborations and partnerships
Conferences

Health Equity Initiative at the 2012 Summit on the Science of Eliminating Health Disparities!

The 2012 Summit on the Science of Eliminating Health Disparities, organized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the National Institute of Health (NIH), and the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities(NIMHD) will be held December 17 – 19, 2012 at National Harbor, Maryland. Do join us at the following sessions/presentations:
Building Community-Campus Partnerships to Prevent Infant Mortality: Lessons Learned from Building Capacity in Four U.S. Cities
Poster Presentation
Poster Session I
Poster Number: T09-006
Monday, December 17, 2012
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Preconception health and peer-to-peer communication:  Assessing results of a national program for infant mortality prevention
Oral presentation
Session C1-14 – Healthcare Disparities and Quality Research
Monday, December 17, 2012
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Raising the influence of community voices on health equity via an integrated communication and community engagement approach 
Poster Presentation
Poster Session 2
Poster Number F15-014
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Health Equity Initiative at APHA Annual Meeting 2012!

HEI was at the following sessions at the APHA 140th Annual Meeting and Expo in San Francisco, CA:
Building public health capacity to address health disparity
Monday, October 29, 2012
10:30 am – 12:00 am
Building community-campus partnerships to prevent infant mortality: Lessons learned from building capacity in four U.S. cities
Monday, October 29, 2012
5:15 pm – 5:30 pm
Sports for Health Equity Video Screening
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Social media exposure and health behaviors
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
 
Health Equity Brown Bag Talks

Multi-sectoral Perspectives on Advancing Health Equity in Urban Settings

Presenters:
Karen K. Lee, MD, MHSc, FRCPC
Director, Built Environment and Healthy Housing,
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Skye Duncan, MSAUD
Associate Urban Designer at the Office of the Chief Urban Designer
New York City Department of City Planning

Monday, November 19, 2012
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Health Equity Initiative
305 Seventh Avenue
11th Floor Training Room
New York, NY

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Reaching Underserved Communities in Urban Settings: Perspectives on Culturally Competent Interventions

Presenter:
Paulette Spencer, MPH, MA
Program Director, The Bronx Health Link

Monday, June 25, 2012
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Health Equity Initiative
305 Seventh Avenue
11th Floor Training Room
New York, NY

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Health Equity: Strategies from Low-Income Countries

Presenters:
Alyssa Sharkey, PhD
Health Specialist, UNICEF

Beth Bresslauer, PhD
Manager, Membership/Advisory Services, GBC Health

Monday, Feb 27, 2012
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Health Equity Initiative
305 Seventh Avenue
11th Floor Training Room
New York, NY

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Think National, Act Locally towards Health Equity

Presenter:
Isabel M. Estrada-Portales, PhD, MA
Director of Communication, U.S. DHHS Office of Minority Health Resource Center (OMHRC)

Thursday, Dec 1, 2011
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Health Equity Initiative
305 Seventh Avenue
11th Floor Training Room
New York, NY