The Cornell Center for Health Equity (CCHEq) hosts a series of Health Equity Seminars on the first Friday of the month. Sessions are broadcasted via webinar for remote attendees. These colloquia are intended for center members to share their work on various equity focused and social justice issues as well as obtain multidisciplinary input on works in progress. Recordings of seminars are now accessible on the Cornell Center for Health Equity website.
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Covid-19 STEM Community Education and Empowerment Internship |
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Covid-19 STEM Community Education and Empowerment Internship, a six New York City medical school collaborative, hosted by Cornell Center for Health Equity's Diversity Center of Excellence, recruited 775 diverse students from 28 states, DC, PR, and 3 int’l school. The students were divided into two cohorts, each 4 weeks in length and the program over 4 Saturdays for each cohort. Speakers included Dr. Thomas Frieden, former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Torian Easterling, First Deputy Commissioner/ Chief Equity Officer of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Dr. Kristen Marks, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, and site PI for the Moderna vaccine trial at NYP-Weill Corrnell, and Dr. Oni Blackstock, founder and Executive Director of Health Justice.
Students interested in medical and health fields were empowered to disseminate information about Covid-19 and vaccination by educating diverse communities about the Covid-19, its impact, vaccine science, and approaches for community education regarding Covid-19 vaccination. The internship concluded with a surprise message from Dr. Anthony Fauci.
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Membership Survey
We are working to enhance the Cornell Center for Health Equity's offerings and opportunities for development. We are asking for your feedback on our center. Kindly complete our survey using the link below. Please provide your response by Friday, May 28, 2020.
Follow this link to the survey:
To show our appreciation for your time, we are offering THREE $50 Amazon e-gift cards. At the end of the survey, you will be prompted to enter your name and email address to enter the raffle.
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CORNELL CENTER FOR HEALTH EQUITY |
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FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2021 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
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The Cornell Center for Health Equity took on the administration of Weill Cornell Medicine’s Area of Concentration (AOC) in health equity. The AOC program requires medical students to spend 6 months conducting scholarly work, most often research with a scientist. During the seminar, AOC students will present on their work in process. |
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Risk Factors Associated with a Report of Past Stroke Symptoms without a Stroke or TIA Diagnosis: The Southeastern Collaboration to Improve Blood Pressure Control Study |
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Justin Lee is a medical student at Weill Cornell Medical College interested in education and health disparities. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience. After graduating, he worked at a nonprofit for a year helping Baltimore City public high school students get into college and pursue careers in healthcare. Throughout medical school, he has been involved with community outreach programs that enhance STEM exposure in underrepresented communities. He is a rising fourth-year medical student and plans to pursue a career in anesthesiology.
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Association between mild cognitive impairment and self-reported barriers to medication adherence among Black Belt African Americans with persistently uncontrolled hypertension: The Southeastern Collaboration to Improve Blood Pressure Control Study |
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Sunidhi Singh is a fourth year medical student. She has been working with Dr. Safford and the Southeastern Collaboration to Improve Blood Pressure Control Trial since her first year in medical school and is passionate about health equity and disparities in underserved communities both in the United States and abroad. She hopes to enter obstetrics and gynecology residency next year.
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REGARDS; The association between the Social Determinants of Health and Mortality: Developing an index to predict Mortality |
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Khalid Fahoum is a medical student at Weill Cornell Medical College with strong interests in health disparities and the social determinants of health. He completed his Bachelor of Science in Pathobiology at the University of Toronto and his Master of Science in Global Health at McMaster University. During his MSc, his work focused on the social determinants of health in the setting of conflict. His research in medical school has involved projects on COVID-19 as well as alcohol-associated liver disease. He is now entering his fourth year in medical school and plans to pursue a career in internal medicine.
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Social determinants of health and diabetes prognosis in the REGARDS study |
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Lisa Zhang is a fourth year medical student at Weill Cornell Medical College. She is originally from East Brunswick, NJ and completed her undergraduate degree in Global Affairs/International Development at Yale University. Prior to medical school, she worked as a management consultant in Boston, covering projects on financial services, consumer goods, and healthcare. During medical school, she has been involved in research projects with the Department of General Internal Medicine on social determinants of health and abstraction for the COVID-19 patient database. Her research interests lie in healthcare disparities and clinical outcomes. In the future, she hopes to pursue a career in internal medicine or pediatrics (or both!).
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REGARDS; The impact of social determinants of health on recurrent MI and Stroke |
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Sachin Shah is a third-year medical student at Cornell. He is from Los Angeles, CA, and received his BA in biology from Claremont McKenna College. He is applying to internal medicine for residency and is interested in a career in gastroenterology or cardiology.
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Does connectedness matter? The association between mutuality and job satisfaction among home care workers caring for adults with heart failure. |
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Ariel Shalev is a rising M4 at Weill Cornell Medical College. She graduated from the University of Michigan in 2013 with a degree in business administration. However, time volunteering with a local hospice organization shifted her path towards a career in healthcare. She completed her pre-med courses at Hunter College while working as a research assistant in Cornell’s Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine. During medical school, she has continued to produce research and has become highly involved in student government.
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CCSS QuIRI Summer Methods Institute
June 14-16, 2021
This two and a half day introductory workshop is intended for Cornell PI-eligible faculty and staff in the social sciences, medicine, engineering, and related fields:
- who want to incorporate qualitative methods into their research program
- who may have started employing qualitative methods but have limited formal training
- who are looking to build their knowledge of qualitative methodological literature
The workshop will be held virtually June 14-16, 2021. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
- Explain when qualitative research is useful, and when it is not
- Identify sampling, access issues, and practices in qualitative research
- Describe basic data collection processes and tools, specifically relevant for focus groups, interviews, observations, textual analysis, and ethnography
- Comprehend basic interpretive data analysis procedures and software
- Evaluate trustworthy qualitative research by examining ethics, validity, reliability, and generalizability
Priority will be given to PI-eligible faculty, but if there is room in the class, professional research staff and others may be considered. The workshop will be limited to 15 participants.
Applications due May 17, 2021. Apply here. |
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Join Us in the Pursuit of Health Equity |
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Become a Member
The Cornell Center for Health Equity is delighted to announce that it has reached 216 Center members. Complete the membership application to become a member today!
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