Month: June 2020

Date: Thursday, July, 2

Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm via Zoom

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This Community Forum will include three short presentations that explore pathways to more racially just and equitable research practice by examining systematic/structural racism in research.

Presentations will focus on recommendations for next steps, followed by a facilitated discussion guided by the question: How can we transform research, with consideration for past and present experiences of racism and marginalization, towards an equitable, healthy, and safe future for everyone?

Addressing health equity in white dominant spaces presents three specific challenges: understanding the status quo, raising the profile of the problem, and motivating action.
This workshop will focus on building an understanding of the issues involved and the opportunities related to making advances in health equity in white dominant spaces.

Date: Tuesday, June 30

Time: 9:30am – 12:00pm

Register at https://tinyurl.com/PVHRE

This workshop for Pioneer Valley organizations, agencies, collaboratives, and town, city and county departments will examine health and racial equity with an action framework toward real change at the community level. Using real life examples, participants will explore strategies, ally (accomplice) development and upstream policy, systems and environmental change.

NINR will host this workshop on Wednesday, June 24 at 10:00am EDT. The event is open to the public and registration is not required.

While it is long recognized that the social environment can influence the risk, manifestation, and trajectory of disease and associated symptoms, the underlying biological mechanisms remain understudied. This trans-disciplinary event will address the relationship among genomics (epigenomics, gene expression, microbiome, telomeres); social environmental factors; and health outcomes across populations, conditions, and the lifespan.

The full agenda and the link to the NIH videocast can be viewed here.

Date: Monday, June 29, 12:00pm-1:30pm

The O’Neill Institute’s Addiction and Public Policy Initiative, housed at Georgetown University Law Center, presents the above webinar featuring Franklin County MA Sheriff Christopher Donelan; Franklin County House of Corrections Medical Director, Ruth Potee, MD, and Brandon George, Indiana Addiction Issues Coalition. This virtual event will provide a deep dive into the challenges rural and mid-sized counties face in implementing medication-based treatment, as well as opportunities for reform. This interactive session will provide opportunities for state and county leadership to engage with experienced experts from the field on developing successful models, overcoming implementation hurdles, identifying funding, and successful approaches to training and buy-in.

This event is part of the O’Neill Institute’s Applying the Evidence roundtable series that will highlight best practices, challenges, and opportunities in implementing medication-based treatment in correctional facilities. Information on the other roundtables in the series and registration information can be found here.