BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//MD Diversity Programs//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://mddiversity.wustl.edu/calendar/ X-WR-CALDESC:MD Diversity Programs - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20171215T1937Z-1513366674.9571-EO-3984-1@172.20.65.30 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20240329T100658Z CREATED:20171214T180218Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171214T180218Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180115T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180115T180000 SUMMARY: Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Lecture DESCRIPTION: Brian D. Smedley is co-founder and Executive Director of the N ational Collaborative for Health Equity\, a project that connects research\ , policy analysis\, and communications with on-the-ground activism to advan ce health equity. In this role\, Dr. Smedley oversees several initiatives d esigned to improve opportunities for good health for people of color and un do the health consequences of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
[caption id="attachment_3951" align="align none" width="234"] Dr. Brian Smedley[/caption]
Brian D. Smedley is co-founder and Executive Director of the Nation al Collaborative for Health Equity\, a project that connects research\, pol icy analysis\, and communications with on-the-ground activism to advance he alth equity. In this role\, Dr. Smedley oversees several initiatives design ed to improve opportunities for good health for people of color and undo th e health consequences of racism. Formerly\, Dr. Smedley was Research Direct or and co-founder of a communications\, research and policy organization\, the Opportunity Agenda\, where he led the organiz ation’s effort to center equity in state and national health reform discuss ions and to build the national will to expand opportunity for all. To that end\, Smedley is a co-editor\, along with Alan Jenkins\, of the book\, All Things Being Equal: Instigating Opportunity in an Inequitable Time .
Dr. Smedley's full bio is available here.
The Celebration l ecture will take place at 4:00 p.m. with a reception to follow. The event i s free of charge and will be held in the Eric P. Newman Center at Washingto n University School of Medicine\, 320 S. Euclid Ave. To RSVP\, please call the Office of Diversity Programs 314-362-6854 or email us at medschooldiver sity@wusm.wustl.edu.
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