Successful Special Event on Local Global Learning

Achieving Health Equity Together: Local Lessons & Global Applications 

On Wednesday, April 24, 2019, the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity hosted a well-attended special event "Achieving Health Equity Together: Local Lessons and Global Applications." 

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The Center's Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, RN, PhD moderated the conversation that explored perspectives from community leaders, clinicians, and researchers from Somalia, Alaska, Liberia, Nigeria, Ghana, and Baltimore USA. The diverse panel included Abdirahman Abdi, AA, Theresa Betancourt, ScD, MA, Center Director Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH, Reverend Debra Hickman, M.Div, and Olugbenga Ogedegbe, MD, MPH.

Attendees shared moving reflections on social media about the significant impact of experiences shared by panelists (#LocalGlobalLearning and #HealthEquityVoices). The audience included Patricia Davidson, Dean of School of Nursing, and Ellen McKenzie, Dean of the Bloomberg School of Public Health. 

For those who missed this powerful discussion, the recorded session is now available. Click on video image.

Acknowledgements

PANELISTS:

  • Abdirahman Abdi, AA - Community Organizer, Shanbaro Community Association / Research Assistant and Community Advisor, Research Program on Children and Adversity (RPCA), Boston College School of Social Work

  • Theresa Betancourt, ScD, MA - Salem Professor in Global Practice and Director, Research Program on Children and Adversity (RPCA), Boston College School of Social Work

  • Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH - Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, James F. Fries Professor of Medicine, and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and Bloomberg School of Public Health.

  • Reverend Debra Hickman, M.Div. - President and CEO, Sisters Together And Reaching, Inc. (STAR) / Co-Chair, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity Community Advisory Board

  • Olugbenga Ogedegbe, MD, MPH - Dr. Adolph and Margaret Berger Professor of Medicine and Population Health, New York University Department of Medicine / Professor, New York University Department

  • (Moderator) Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, RN, PhD
    Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing / Core Faculty, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity / Chief Executive Officer, African Research Academies for Women

SPONSORS:

We thank event co-sponsors Johns Hopkins Alliance for a Healthier World, and the Bloomberg American Health Initiative for their support.

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Events, Local/GlobalSheridan Jones