UNC Minority Health Conference

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We are seeking passionate, dynamic speakers and abstracts that embody our conference’s theme: “The Building Blocks to Well-being: Connections Between Health and Stress.” For more details, read the full announcement linked in our bio. Apply by January 5th, 2024!

The 45th Minority Health Conference is coming soon! We are thrilled to announce this year’s theme: “The Building Blocks to Well-being: Connections between Health and Stress.” Stay tuned for our call for speakers and abstracts. Don’t forget to save the date February 23,2024!

✉️ Incoming MHC Announcement… 🗓️ It’s time to mark your calendars! The 45th annual Minority Health Conference will take place at the Friday Conference Center on February 23, 2024.

Save the date! The 44th Minority Health Conference is coming up! We are so excited to announce the theme, “Practicing Health as a Human Right: Policy, Ethics and the Law.” Stay tuned for more information about the format and dates of the conference, tentative Fri, Feb 24th, 2023.

#MHC2022 @MSC_UNC @UNCpublichealth #healthequity

Thank you all for joining us for the 43rd year of the Minority Health Conference! We hope you share out everything that you learned from the conference as we continue the important work of recognizing and uprooting systemic racism and reconstructing our health systems for equity.

Dr. Donald Warne (Oglala Lakota): When researchers do not have the lived experiences of the communities, they don't even know the right questions to ask.

Dr. Donald Warne (Oglala Lakota): we need to educate ourselves about the shared, intersectional histories linking African American and American Indian/Alaska Native populations.

Our William T. Small Jr. Keynote Speaker, @donaldwarnemd, speaking about Revolutionary Healing and Rebuilding in Indigenous Populations! #mhc2022

Looking forward to another exciting day of this year's 43rd Minority Health Conference! Which sessions are you attending? #mhc2022

Today was Day One of the annual Minority Health Conference (@MHC_UNC)! Even if you can't join tomorrow, follow along at #MHC2022 for top takeaways from @donaldwarnemd and other experts. minorityhealth.web.unc.edu

We hope you’re joining us to hear from our amazing Keynote Speaker today, Jacqueline Patterson, MSW, MPH. We are honored to hear from you today! #MHC2022 @JacquiPatt @MSC_UNC

Students Takhona & Victoria (co-chairs) opening session - join us in this important #conversation. minorityhealth.web.unc.edu "A threat to justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." #MartinLutherKingJr #Justice #MLK #CollectiveVoice #Action #Change

In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth and #MinorityHealthConference on Feb. 24-25, we celebrate @DrChandraFord, founder of @RacialHealthEq, #GillingsAlum and @MHC_UNC 2017 keynote speaker. Thank you for your outstanding research and advocacy in advancing health equity in public health!

Join us in person this (Friday, Feb 25th) for @MHC_UNC's keynote addresses, plus #archival recordings w/Bill Jenkins, Sherman James, Gary Grant & others, courtesy of Vic Schoenbach! #epitwitter #healthequity #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth @UCLALibrary @UCLArcmarchime @UCLACHS @NCEJN

The Minority Health Conference is presented by the UNC Gillings Minority Student Caucus every year. Swipe through to see what this year’s MSC Co-Presidents think about the conference theme!

In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth and #MinorityHealthConference week, we remember Dr. William Jenkins, epidemiologist and #GillingsAlum who devoted his career to #HealthEquity. He exposed the Tuskegee study and cofounded @MHC_UNC, the oldest student-led health conferences in the US