National Medical Association (NMA) Convention & Scientific AssemblyAt the NMA Convention, the Cobb Institute regularly highlights the work and findings of researchers and practitioners who are advancing solutions and strategies for racial and ethnic disparities in health and healthcare. UPCOMING SYMPOSIA AND PROGRAMS
PREVIOUS SYMPOSIA AND OTHER GATHERINGS
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| Cobb Lecturer | Scientific Symposium and Other Meetings | Location | |
| 2021 | Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick (President of Howard University) | The Role of the HBCU Medical Schools and Key Partner Organizations in Mitigation of the Impact of Covid-19 in Black and Brown Communities | Virtual Convention- New Orleans, LA |
| 2020 | Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith (Dean & Professor- Charles R. Drew College of Medicine) | The Role of HBCU Medical Schools in Driving Research Excellence in The Wake of COVID-19 | Virtual Convention- Atlanta, GA |
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Healing Hate Conference: a Public Health Perspective on Civil Rights in America. | Charlottesville, VA |
| 2019 | Dr. Kimberly Gregory (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) | Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Maternal Mortality and the Economic Implications | Honolulu, HI |
| 2019 | Jovanni Spinner (Food and Drug Administration Office of Minority Health) | Roundtable on Clinical Trial Ethics | Honolulu, HI |
| 2019 | Dr. Priscilla Pemu (Morehouse School of Medicine and the SouthEast Enrollment Center Network of the NIH All of UsResearch Program) | Precision Medicine & the NIH All of Us Research Program | Tampa, FL |
| 2018 | Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron (NIH All of Us Research Program) | An Introduction to the NIH All of Us Research Program | Orlando, FL |
| 2018 | Dr. Jewel Crawford (Morehouse School of Medicine) and Robert Like (Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School) | Florida Climate and Health Equity | Greater Tampa, FL |
| 2017 | Dr. Camara Jones (Morehouse School of Medicine and APHA) | Consensus Panel on Racism and Health | Farmington, CT |
| 2017 | Dr. Edith Mitchell (Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center and Thomas Jefferson University) | Precision Medicine: Impact on Breast Cancer in African American Women | Philadelphia, PA |
| 2016 | Mustafa Santiago (US Environmental Protection Agency) | Second National Health Disparities Elimination Summit | Farmington, CT |
| 2016 | Dr. James Hildreth (Meharry Medical College) | Current Concepts of HIV/AIDS & Health Disparities | Los Angeles, CA |
| 2015 | Dr. Joan Y. Reede (Harvard Medical School) | New Leadership in Medicine | Detroit, MI |
| 2015 | Dr. Louis Sullivan (Morehouse School of Medicine and Former Secretary of Health and Human Services) | First National Health Disparities Elimination Summit | Farmington, CT |
| 2015 | No Cobb Lecturer - Various Speakers | Florida Health Disparities Summit | Tampa, FL |
| 2014 | Dr. Thomas LaVeist (Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions) | Unequal Treatment Revisited After 10 Years: Are We on the Right Path | Honolulu, HI |
| 2013 | Dr. Harold P. Freeman (Harold P. Freeman Patient Navigation Institute) | Improving Healthcare Through Sharing: Addressing Health Disparities in Health | Toronto, Canada |
| 2012 | Dr. Virginia A. Caine (Indiana University School of Medicine) | Influenza in Minorities: The Unique Role of Providers | New Orleans, LA |
| 2011 | Dr. LaSalle Leffall (Howard University College of Medicine) | Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Colon Cancer | Washington, DC |
| 2010 | Dr. Robert Satcher (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and NASA) | Fulfilling the Dream: Minorities in Bioscience | Orlando, FL |
| 2009 | Dr. Roderic Pettigrew (NIH - National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering) | Biotechnology & Biomedical Research: Tools for Quality Improvement and Disparity Elimination in Underserved Communities | Las Vegas, NV |
Announcements
NEWS ALERTS
Congratulations Dr. Roger Mitchell on being named as the President of the Howard University College of Medicine. In addition, Dr. Mitchell was just elected as the President-Elect for the National Medical Association at the 2024 Annual Convention & Scientific Assembly in NYC.
Equitable Breakthroughs in Medicine Development (EQBMED) and the W. Montague Cobb Institute are thrilled to announce a strategic partnership aimed at creating an equitable and more diverse clinical trial landscape, from participant to provider.
As part of this collaboration with EQBMED, the W. Montague Cobb Institute will develop training sessions, webinars, and workshops, to train and retain health care providers and researchers, while creating a pathway for medical students and young professionals to enter the field of clinical trial research. By collaborating with medical education programs, EQBMED and the W. Montague Cobb Institute aim to inspire the next generation of clinical researchers and increase diversity within the field.
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J. Robert Gladden Orthopedic Society 2024 Grants Available -Learn more about the program here.
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COLLABORATOR HIGHLIGHTS
Please check out the Movement is Life Caucus Health Disparities Podcasts.
Partnering with J. Robert Gladden Orthopaedic Society
on the Stand United Campaign to end racial and ethnic
disparities in health and healthcare.
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