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OverviewDate: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET A few minutes before the webinar starts, please click on the Zoom link below to join: Passcode: 893944
PAST FEATURED EVENT2021 Climate, Health & Equity Virtual Symposium This webinar will equip you with solutions toward protecting your communities and patients. 1-Program Agenda and Schedule.2-Official Symposium Brochure3-Get Your Climate Action GuideWhat is the W. Montague Cobb/NMA Health Institute? A health disparities think tank focusing on Research, Mentorship, "All of Us" Research Program"-Precision Medicine and the signature Cobb Scholars Program.The Cobb Institute’s primary objective is to conduct research on issues that impact African Americans and other medically underserved populations; to identify and review effective applications of interventions in a variety of settings, and examine and recommend the implementation of evidence-based interventions. As a data-driven organization, The Cobb Institute conducts research and performs analyses of data to examine the interrelationships among risk factors and diseases; to update scientific findings about the links between behavior factors, social determinants, and health; and to identify factors involved in health and disease for which research is not complete. Membership FormThe Benefits of Membership:
Join TodayWhat is Precision Medicine?According to the Precision Medicine Initiative, precision medicine is "an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle for each person." This approach will allow doctors and researchers to predict more accurately which treatment and prevention strategies for a particular disease will work in which groups of people. It is in contrast to a one-size-fits-all approach, in which disease treatment and prevention strategies are developed for the average person, with less consideration for the differences between individuals. Continue Reading |