Displaying items by tag: minority health and health disparities research center

Exercise is a key to better health, and UAB is teaming up with local partners to encourage people to get outside and be active in their local parks. 
The 11th annual UAB Health Disparities Research Symposium, April 21, will showcase compelling workshops and the groundbreaking findings of eminent researchers in the health disparities field.
Each summer, the UAB Minority Health & Health Disparities Research Center hosts the Summer Enrichment Program, a summer training program for undergraduate students interested in pursuing careers in healthcare.
Guest speaker and former Surgeon General Regina Benjamin among many who will see new approaches and successful models of current health-disparities research.
The “Birmingham REACH for Better Health” partnership aims to increase the number of people with access to healthy food and physical activity opportunities.
I had the opportunity this morning to sit down with Evan Belanger, the education reporter for al.com, and discuss many wonderful initiatives we're working on in the School of Medicine. Here is a very short video outtake of one topic we covered, minority health and health disparities and UAB's unique position that affords us the opportunity to really make a lot of progress in these areas. You can read more about this at the UAB Minority Health & Health Disparities Research Center website.
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