Nashman Faculty Affiliate, Dr. Maranda Ward shared this great new opportunity with us:
GW Health Sciences is pleased to announce a professional development series on health equity. The Department of Clinical Research and Leadership (CRL) is sponsoring the series to facilitate a shared understanding of health equity and its use as a lens for teaching, practicing, and service.
The series runs from September to January, 2020 and is open to the GW community and the public. CMEs are available. The five-month-long series will take place on the second Thursday of each month on the Foggy Bottom campus.
To register for the first event on September 12 or to learn more about the series, please visit: https://go.gwu.edu/healthequity
The first event on Sept. 12 from 10 to 11 am features Maranda Ward, EdD, MPH, discussing "Framing Health Equity." Ward, assistant professor in CRL, developed the series. "This health equity learning series will better equip us to fulfill our social mission in teaching, research, and service," Ward said. "It is chocked full of local experts and national leaders who rely on evidence and innovation to put the justice back in health."
Among the topics covered in the series are:
- Social determinants of health
- Recognizing vulnerable and socially disadvantaged U.S. populations
- Workforce equity
- Contemporary challenges to health equity
- Cultural humility
- Root causes of health disparities
