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DGPH Archived News 2020


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Attorney James becomes the newest member of the University of Law Center Public Health Law Institute Advisory Board.

Atty. James is the only AA woman currently sitting on the board.


Connecting Global Opportunities to the HBCU Community

WCAPSNET host dynamic HBCU Presidents and Senior Administrators discussing their vision to advance and strengthen HBCU pathways in the Global Society.Ìý


°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¹ÒÅÆ in Alabama Creates the Center for Rural Health and Economic Equity

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Dr. Isabella Finkelstein Lecture

The Dr. Isabella Finkelstein lecture is intended to motivate students to use their time, talents, and resources to ensure that the most vulnerable and underserved populations have access to culturally competent health messages and the innovative scientific discoveries necessary to improve their health status.

When: November 17, 2020,Ìý Time: 12:00 pm 1:00pm

Virtual Meeting

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Proceedings


21st Annual One Health Symposium Proceedings

The One Health Symposium is an annual event that is designed to bring together veterinarians, human health researchers, public health practitioners, and environmental health scientists for professional development and to share their research in related areas providing a forum for advancing biomedical research and to heighten awareness of global health disparities.


COVID-19 Testing

Through a donation from ThermoFisher, the Tuskegee Health Disparities Diagnostic Center is poised to deliver testing for COVID-19 to the university, other HBCUs and the other black belt communities in Alabama that need this resource most.


21st Annual One Health Symposium

October 22, 2020

10:00 am-3:00 pm

Virtual Event

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Brief Q&A withÌýCrystal M.ÌýJames,ÌýHead, Department of Graduate Public Health and Special Assistant to the President for COVID-19 RecoveryÌýin which she discusses Tuskegee’s reopening plansÌý


ÌýÌý Libation ceremony performed by community elder, Ms. Norma Jackson, during Fall 2020 Student Orientation:

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Creating Safe Spaces for 1st Amendment protest dialog with HBCU LEEA President, Chief Calloway

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Graduate Public Health Program Awarded First National Science Foundation Research (NSF) Grant for COVID-19

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Crystal James, JD, MPH, Dept. of Graduate Public Health at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¹ÒÅÆ

Crystal James, JD, MPH, Dept. of Graduate Public Health at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¹ÒÅÆ presents Real Talk :ÌýCOVID19 in our communitiesÌýat a virtual meeting for Tuskegee Housing Authority & The Movement 46 (TM46) on June 10, 2020. Question & Answer session (uncut) with community members also included in this video responding to concerns of the community.


Crystal James, who serves as °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¹ÒÅÆ's head of the Department of Graduate Public Health, director of the Graduate Public Health Program, associate professor of Graduate Public Health with the College of Veterinary Medicine, joins BNC Prime to talk about °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¹ÒÅÆ's efforts to produce COVID-19 test kits for the community and PPE donation, health disparities that black-Americans were already facing, the social determinant of health and how COVID-19 is impacting us. (Aired April 28, 2020)


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The Department of Graduate Public Health (DGPH) in the College of Veterinary Medicine at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¹ÒÅÆ presents the 1st Annual William "Bill" Jenkins Lecture as a part of the Rural Health Lecture Series. Panelists discussing the legacy of Dr. Bill Jenkins and the strategic development of public health professional programs in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The panelist also provide evidence of systemic racism as the underlying cause of the health disparates that have been documented in public health literature as well as being documented during the COVID19 pandemic.

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Decoding the COVID19 Race Data


Crystal M. James, JD, MPH
COVID-19 during the facebook live session
at The Movement 46:


Rural Health Lecture Series

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.

When: Apr 22, 2020 01:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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The Department of Graduate Public Health mourns the passing of

Dr. Bailus Walker, Jr.Ìý Ph.D., M.P.H.Ìý

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The International Institute of Family Development Inc and ECOWAS Women Libera present:

ÌýBuilding the Africa, We Want:

The Ambassadors Breakfast and Dialogue on ÌýMarch 11, 2020 in New York,

8:30 AM until 12 noon pm at the Consulate of General of Nigeria Ìý828 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10017

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SOUTHERN AIDS COALITION AND

TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY PRESENT

LIFTING THE VEIL OF

HIV

FEBRUARY 27

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FRIDAY
NBHAAD Activities
Hosted by: Kappa Alpha Psi - Gamma Epsilon Chapter
Sponsored by: Southern Aids Coalition
Testing by: Montgomery Aids Outreach
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¹ÒÅÆ Yard
12:00pm - 1:00pm and 4:00pm - 7:00pm

Volunteers:
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¹ÒÅÆ Students
Volunteers: Graduate Public Health Association
Sociology, Psychology, Health Disparities Clubs

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You are Cordially Invited to the

Cervical Cancer Awareness Month Celebration

January 27, 2020 * 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Cooperative Extension OfficeÌý

207 N Main St* Tuskegee, AL

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TUCVM's Graduate Public Health program presentation on Nov. 12, "Bioethics of the United States Public Health Service Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male: A Dialogue."

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20th Annual One Health Symposium and the 8th Phi Zeta Research Day INVITATION….MESSAGE FROM CO-CHAIR

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°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¹ÒÅÆ workshops seek to increase awareness, hope among those at highest risk for cervical cancer

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°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¹ÒÅÆ’s graduate public health students visit with lawmakers at State Capitol as public health change makers.... [Read more]


United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has increased efforts to warn international travelers about the biosecurity issues related to African Swine Flu after the seizure of contaminated pork that was being smuggled in from China.Ìý Biosecurity refers to all measures taken to keep diseases and pathogens that carry them (viruses, bacteria, fungi, pathogens, and other micro-organisms) away from birds, property and people.Ìý If you would like more information regarding the efforts USDA APHIS is making around African Swine Flu visit their website at .

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This lecture is a part of the Center for Health Ecology and Equity Research Spring lecture series as Auburn University

Health Disparities in the United States: Opportunities and Challenges

Roland Thorpe, Ph.D. Associate Professor

Bloomberg School of Public Health

Johns Hopkins University

March 19, 2019 3:00 - 4:30 PM

Mell Classroom Building, Room 2550

Auburn University

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Dr. Isabella Finkelstein Lecture

When:Ìý October 29, 2018

Where:

Time:Ìý 1:00pm

Sponsored by: RCMI


We are pleased to announce

the first annual Kenneth Olden Lecture as a part of the Rural Health Lecture Series

established by the Department of Graduate Public Health (DGPH)

in the College of Veterinary Medicine [...]


Graduate Public Health
ÌýStudent Orientation and Classroom Dedication

August 21, 2018

Williams-Bowie Hall

Conference Room