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SUMMARY: 2019 Homer G. Phillips Public Health Lecture “Moving from Charity 
 Care to  Partnering with Communities  to Improve Health”
DESCRIPTION: This public health lecture series is named in honor of the his
 toric Homer G. Phillips Hospital in St. Louis\, the premier training ground
  for African American medical professionals. Although it closed its doors o
 n August 17\, 1979\, we can learn much from the hospital’s history\, presen
 ted by the very people who worked diligently to provide […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p>[caption id="attachment_7195" align="align
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 00.jpg" alt="" width="145" height="200" /> Dr. Consuelo H. Wilkins[/caption
 ]</p><p>This public health lecture series is named in honor of the historic
  Homer G. Phillips Hospital in St. Louis\, the premier training ground for 
 African American medical professionals. Although it closed its doors on Aug
 ust 17\, 1979\, we can learn much from the hospital’s history\, presented b
 y the very people who worked diligently to provide culturally sensitive car
 e to the patients who so deeply trusted and loved them.</p><h2>Guest Speake
 r</h2><p>Dr. Consuelo H. Wilkins--a geriatrician\, clinical investigator an
 d engagement researcher--is Vice President for Health Equity at Vanderbilt 
 University Medical Center and Executive Director\, Meharry-Vanderbilt Allia
 nce. Dr. Wilkins holds faculty appointments as Associate Professor of Medic
 ine at both Vanderbilt School of Medicine and Meharry Medical College. As a
  multi-Principal Investigator for the Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical & T
 ranslational Research\, Dr. Wilkins oversees programs in community engageme
 nt and team science. She is also a Principal Investigator of two other NIH-
 funded centers\, the Vanderbilt-Miami-Meharry Center of Excellence in Preci
 sion Medicine and Population Health\, which focuses on decreasing dispariti
 es among African Americans and Latinos using precision medicine\; and the V
 anderbilt Recruitment Innovation Center\, a national center dedicated to en
 hancing recruitment and retention in clinical trials. Dr. Wilkins is Engage
 ment Core Director of the All of Us Research Program\, a national precision
  medicine project which will enroll one million participants.</p><p>Prior t
 o her current roles\, she was an Associate Professor in the Department of M
 edicine\, Division of Geriatrics\, with secondary appointments in Psychiatr
 y and Surgery (Public Health Sciences) at Washington University School of M
 edicine in St. Louis.</p><h2>Honoree: Howard Venable\, M.D.</h2><p><em>Assi
 stant Professor Emeritus of Clinical Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences\, Wa
 shington University School of Medicine\, (1956-1987)</em></p><p><strong>Dat
 e: </strong>October 25\, 2019</p><p><strong>Time:</strong> Reception 6:00 p
 .m. ♦ Dinner 6:30 p.m. ♦ Lecture 7:30 p.m.</p><p><strong>Location: </strong
 >Eric P. Newman Center\, 320 S. Euclid Ave.\, St. Louis\, MO 63110</p><p>Th
 e event is free of charge but space is limited.</p><p>Please <strong>RSVP b
 y Monday\, October 21st</strong> by calling (314) 362-6854 or emailing Liz 
 Riggs at eriggs@wustl.edu.</p><p> </p>
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