Healthcare Equity Month

2023 University of Michigan Healthcare Equity Month

o This month is intended to raise awareness and showcase Michigan Medicine and the University of Michigan’s initiatives (i.e., clinical, research, and community engagement) while encouraging action around systemic healthcare inequities experienced by historically marginalized and underrepresented groups.

o There will be kick-off of events/activities the week of March 20 to launch this inaugural event.



MICHR's Community Engagement Health Equity Panel

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Virtual: Register via link in description
Moderator: Polly Y. Gipson Allen, PhD, Psychiatry; MICHR Faculty Director of Community Engagement

Virtual 60-minute panel discussion will highlight adolescent mental health in an underserved region; racial discrimination in Alzheimer's with Black geriatric population; housing insecurity with community and academic partners engaged in this work.

Academic/Community Presenters:

  • Paul Chandanabhumma, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Family Medicine, Michigan Medicine;
  • Sarah Domoff, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychology;
  • Aubrey Patino, Executive Director, Avalon Housing, Ann Arbor, MI;
  • Annalise Rahman-Filipiak, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Michigan Medicine;
  • Heide Rollings, MD, Program Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, Grand Rapids, MI
  • Roland Samaroo, Community Advisory Board Member, Healthier Black Elders Center, Detroit, MI;
  • Justine Wu, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Family Medicine, Michigan Medicine

To Register:  https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zjdk9ZUhQYOi2CcA1cbByg


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