Events Series

Since its inception, Health Equity Initiative has been organizing event and panel series on specific topics or at times of interest to our community.  Stay tuned for future event series and upcoming events in our Racial Healing and Health Equity series! 
 
​Racial Healing and Health Equity Events
Bridging Silos Series
Brown Bag Series

Racial Healing and Health Equity Community Discussion Events

 

Racial Healing and Health Equity: A Conversation with Health Equity Initiative and BONNE New York
January 17, 2017
A conversation on racial healing and health equity at the Center for Social Innovation in New York City. An intimate group joined HEI Board Directors and members, as well as leaders from BONNE New York for a community conversation to celebrate the first ever National Day of Racial Healing. Participants brought their own stories on racial inequities and healing and their vision on how racial healing can contribute to health equity. 

​Read more about this event in the news article published by Radio Bilingüe (in Spanish). Stay tuned for upcoming events and community discussions on this topic!

Bridging Silos Series

 

Patient, Community, and Citizen Engagement for Health Equity: How Working Across Sectors Can Help
Monday, September 29, 2014 
5:00-6:30 pm (EST)
Panelists
Essence Carson, WNBA All-Star, NY Liberty Player, Recording Artist, Writer, and Producer, and Health Equity Initiative's Celebrity Ambassador
Michele Kahane, MBA, MA, Professor of Professional Practice, Social Entrepreneurship, The New School for Public Engagement
Michelle Davis, PhD, Regional Health Administrator, Region II, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Bio
Neil Patel, MD, Associate Medical Director, Iora Health
Moderators/Hosts
Renata Schiavo, PhD, MA, CCL, Founder and Board President, Health Equity Initiative; Senior Lecturer, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Alka Mansukhani, PhD, Treasurer and Founding Board Member, Health Equity Initiative; Associate Professor, New York University Medical Center 
For a collage of pictures from the event, click here.

Looking at Multisectoral Approaches for Health Equity Progress: Bridging Silos, Building One Community
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 
5:00-6:30 pm (EST)
Panelists
Friso van Reesema, MBA MPH, Director, Care Management, Emmi Solutions
Jeannette Betancourt, PhD, Senior Vice President, Community and Family Engagement, Sesame Workshop
Everold Hosein, PhD, Member, Advisory Council, Health Equity Initiative; Senior Advisor/Consultant, WHO and UNICEF; Adjunct Professor and Coordinator, New York University/WHO Summer Institute on IMC/Communication for Behavioral Impact; Co-Director, Center for Global Health Communication, Indiana University
Moderators/Hosts 
Renata Schiavo, PhD, MA, CCL, Founder and Board President, Health Equity Initiative; Senior Lecturer, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Alka Mansukhani, PhD, Treasurer and Founding Board Member, Health Equity Initiative; Associate Professor, New York University Medical Center 
For a collage of pictures from the event, click here.

Integrating Different Sectors for Health Equity Progress: Bridging Silos Building One Community
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 
4:30-6:00 pm (EST)
Panelists
Pablo Farias, MD, CEO, Grameen Primacare; Visiting Scientist, Harvard Medical School
Nils Hennig, MD, MPH, PhD Director, Graduate Program in Public Health; Associate Director, Global Health Center; Assistant Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases & Preventative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Manmeet Kaur, Executive Director/Founder​, City Health Works
Moderators/Hosts 
Renata Schiavo, PhD, MA, CCL, Founder and Board President, Health Equity Initiative; Senior Lecturer, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Samantha Cranko, Vice President and Secretary/Founding Board Member, Health Equity Initiative; Executive Vice President, Chamberlain Healthcare PR 
For a collage of pictures from the event, click ​here.

Membership Launch Event for Health Equity Initiative - Join the Movement
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
10:30 am - 12:00 pm (EST)
HEI finally evolved into the multisectoral membership organization you have asked for! This event was designed to enable participants to learn more about our multisectoral membership opportunities and hear from esteemed experts from various sectors that can help address key social determinants of health.
Panelists:
Michelle S. Davis, PhD, Regional Health Administrator, DHHS/OASH Region II and incoming HEI Advisory Council Member
Alyssa Sharkey, PhD, Health Specialist, UNICEF
Lenore Cooney, Chair, Cooney Waters Group & HEI Advisory Council Member
Skye Duncan, MSAUD, Office of NYC City Planning, Associate Urban Designer, Office of Chief Urban Designer NYC Department of City Planning
Marjorie Momplaisir-Ellis, MPH, Senior Program Director, CAMBA 
Introductory Remarks
Renata Schiavo, PhD, MA, CCL, ​Founder and Board President, Health Equity Initiative; Senior Lecturer, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Gustavo Cruz, DMD, MPH, Chair, Advisory Council, Health Equity Initiative
For a collage of pictures from the event, click ​here.

Brown Bag Series

 

Influencing Health Equity-Related Policy in Urban Settings
Thursday, April 25, 2013
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
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
Moderated by 
Renata Schiavo, PhD, MA, CCL, Founder and President of the Board, Health Equity Initiative; Senior Lecturer, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Multi-sectoral Perspectives on Advancing Health Equity in Urban Settings
Monday, November 19, 2012
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
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
Moderated by
Renata Schiavo, PhD, MA, CCL, Founder and Board President, Health Equity Initiative; Senior Lecturer, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Reaching Underserved Communities in Urban Settings: Perspectives on Culturally Competent Interventions
Monday, June 25, 2012
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Presenter:
Paulette Spencer, MPH, MA, Program Director, The Bronx Health Link
Moderated by
Renata Schiavo, PhD, MA, CCL, Founder and Board President, Health Equity Initiative; Senior Lecturer, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Health Equity: Strategies from Low-Income Countries
Monday, Feb 27, 2012
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Presenters:
Alyssa Sharkey, PhD, Health Specialist, UNICEF
Beth Bresslauer, PhD, Manager, Membership/Advisory Services, GBC Health
Moderated by
Renata Schiavo, PhD, MA, CCL, Founder and Board President, Health Equity Initiative; Senior Lecturer, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Think National, Act Locally towards Health Equity
Thursday, Dec 1, 2011
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Presenter:
Isabel M. Estrada-Portales, PhD, MA, Director of Communication, U.S. DHHS Office of Minority Health Resource Center (OMHRC)
Moderated by
Renata Schiavo, PhD, MA, CCL, Founder and Board President, Health Equity Initiative; Senior Lecturer, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health