Tuesday, April 12, 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (April 12, 2011) – Health disparities between racial and ethnic minorities was the focus of a conference Tuesday on the University of Maryland Eastern Shore campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Uniformed Services University for Health Sciences Center for Health Disparities hosted the event – “Reducing Health Disparities through Strengthening and Sustaining Healthy Communities: Stronger Together!” – in conjunction with National Minority Heath Month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Health educators, scientists, community and health-policy leaders, health care and public health professionals attended the conference, which included topics such as health care reform and the Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UMES seniors Ashanti Hunter and Richard Warren were among the presenters during the day-long event at the Richard A. Henson Center. They participated in a panel discussion to share their experiences in the 10-week Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program (SURIP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The annual internship experience – offered by Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences – provides training for students interested in careers in the biomedical sciences and healthcare fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hunter, 22, spent the summer of 2010 working within the “African American Health Program” – an organization committed to eliminating health disparities and improving the quality of life for blacks in Montgomery County, Md.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The challenge was my motivation,” said Hunter, an exercise science major. “We had to conduct research projects and give oral presentations. I didn’t have the best weekly progress reports, but that only encouraged me to work harder.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Warren, 21, currently serves as president of the exercise science club at UMES. He said the internship reinforced his decision to eventually work at a public health facility, like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hunter and Warren both plan to attend graduate school after they receive their UMES diplomas in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. James E. Heimdal, chairman of UMES’ Department of Kinesiology<\/a><\/strong>, plays a role in recruiting students for the internships. He says more UMES students sent in their applications this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “It’s an opportunity for students to expand their horizons,” said Heimdal. “These students are our future leaders.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n ###<\/p>\n\n\n\n Candice Latshaw, UMES Office of Public Relations, 410-651-6669,<\/em> celatshaw@umes.edu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tuesday, April 12, 2011 PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (April 12, 2011) – Health disparities between racial and ethnic minorities was the focus of a conference Tuesday on the University of Maryland Eastern Shore campus. The Uniformed Services University for Health Sciences Center for Health Disparities hosted the event – “Reducing Health Disparities through Strengthening and…Read more Conference Probes Health Disparity Challenges<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-2813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2813"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=2813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}