P H S A D 
View information on the 22nd Annual
Minority Health Conference
Environment and Environmental Health in Minority Communities:
What Does It Mean to Be
Brown and Green?
March 28, 2008
VIEW THE KEYNOTE SPEECHES FROM OUR
21st ANNUAL MINORITY HEALTH CONFERENCE
"HEALTH, RACE, AND MEDIA:
THE POWER OF PERCEPTION"
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“Is There a Health Risk Disparity for Minority Youth? Media as Perpetrator and Liberator”
(preceded by conference opening remarks)
Michael Rich, MD, MPH
Director of Center on Media and Child Health (CMCH); Director of Video Intervention/
Prevention Assessment (VIA) at Boston’s Children Hospital
"Somewhere Between Sincere Ignorance, Conscientious Stupidity and Audacious Optimism:
The future of minority health,
Congressional imperative, and health professional training."
Aranthan S. Jones, II MPH
Director of Policy & Research, Office of the Majority Whip
The Honorable Jim Clyburn (SC-06)
U.S. House of Representatives
CONFERENCE DAY PHOTOS!!
Support for this conference was provided by a grant from the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, New Jersey.
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WELCOME from the President!
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On behalf of the entire PHSAD membership, welcome to our website! PHSAD is a student-run organization which has been in existence for over 21 years at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. PHSAD continually strives to foster a healthy and wholesome community for African and African-American students, to fully engage its members and surrounding community, and to provide a platform for intellectual exchange on minority health issues. Our work has been multifaceted; from parties to charity walks, professional development activities to potlucks, social activism to the minority health conference and more. If you are a current student, faculty member, or community member please feel free to attend a meeting or an event. If you are a prospective student please feel free to contact us with questions or concerns. If there is a project for which you would like to solicit our help, please let us know. PHSAD is an ever-growing and changing collective. With your help and participation we can continue to be a positive contributor to the world of public health. Again, welcome and we hope to hear from you soon!
Damilola Adebiyi , President 2006-2007 |
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