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"The students, speakers, faculty, and staff left me feeling very proud to be associated with Michigan and the field of public health,” said Maryland-based nutritionist and SPH alumna Ellen Griffiths, M.P.H. ’76, right, about the school’s 21st annual Minority Health Conference. Her daughter Erin Griffiths, left, a third-generation UM graduate student, was co-chair (with Lawrence Reid) of the March 2007 event, sponsored by Public Health Students of African Descent.

The theme was “Health, Race, and Media: The Power of Perception.”

In opening remarks, Dean Ken Warner praised the annual event for bringing “thoughtful voices to campus” to tackle issues of race and health. “That it’s been run by a student organization for 21 years is nothing short of astonishing,” he said.

This year’s conference was supported in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Photo by Mary Beth Lewis, UM SPH communications specialist.

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Keynote Videos:
"Health, Race, and Media: The Power of Perception" was presented in March 2007 by PHSAD. View the keynote addresses (formatted in Windows Media):
"Is There a Health Risk Disparity for Minority Youth? Media as perpetrator and liberator," by Michael Rich, M.D., M.P.H., Center on Media and Child Health at Children's Hospital, Boston, and Harvard SPH (preceded by conference opening remarks).
"Somewhere Between Sincere Ignorance, Conscientious Stupidity, and Audacious Optimism: The future of minority health, Congressional imperative, and health professional training," by Aranthan "AJ" Jones II, M.P.H., Director of Policy and Research, Office of the Majority Whip, U.S. House of Representatives.