Training Opportunities Offered by the Curtis Center

For our sixth talk in the Inaugural Curtis Center Health Equity Seminar Series, Dr. Derek Griffith presented his research titled: "A Vision for Black Men's Health and Well-being."

March 21, 2024

For our fifth talk in the Inaugural Curtis Center Health Equity Seminar Series, Dr. James Ellis presented his research titled: "A Microaffirmation Approach Toward Understanding Mental Health and Well-being Among Black Male College Students."

November 30, 2023

"Adapting Diabetes Prevention to Latines and Spanish Speaking Communities," in partnership with Peers for Progress at UNC-Chapel Hill and the Michigan Center for Diabetes Translational Research (MCDTR), moderated by Dr. Jaclynn M. Hawkins

May 2, 2023

For our fourth talk in the Inaugural Curtis Center Health Equity Seminar Series, Dr. Jodi Jacobson Frey presented her research titled: "National Guidelines for Workplace Suicide Prevention: How Social Workers Can Help Implement Comprehensive Public Health Approaches."

March 30, 2023

AYA CARE Symposium, Achieving Health Equity in Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Psycho-Oncology Care. A dynamic conversation with four experts in the field.

February 7, 2023

For our third talk in the Inaugural Curtis Center Health Equity Seminar Series, Dr. Ed-Dee Williams presented his research titled: "Exploring Depression in Black Autistic Youth."

November 10, 2022

Dr. Jaclynn Hawkins presents African American Men and Type 2 Diabetes: Current Research and The Road Ahead in a webinar hosted by the American Diabetes Association

September 7, 2022

For our second talk in the Inaugural Health Equity Seminar Series, Dr. Anao Zhang presented his research titled, "Creating an Equitable Healthcare System for Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) Living With Cancer: Overcoming Unique Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual Challenges."

April 7, 2022

For our Inaugural Health Equity Seminar Series, Dr. Tanya L. Sharpe presented her research titled, "A Pandemic of Grief: Experiences of Black Survivors of Homicide Victims."

December 2, 2021

Dr. Daphne C. Watkins discusses Centering Race in Health Equity Research and Leadership during this webinar hosted by the UNC-UM Peer Support Core of the Michigan Center for Diabetes Translational Research

April 7, 2021

Dr. Daphne C. Watkins discusses the responsibilities institutions have to the communities they serve during this LEAD: Racial Equity and Community Engagement webinar

March 12, 2021

Dr. Jamie Mitchell presents, “Engaging Black Older Adults as Participants and Partners in Research to Advance Health Equity” at the 2021 Leon and Josephine Winkelman Memorial Virtual Lecture

February 23, 2021

Dr. Watkins presents the YBMen Project on a panel for the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE)

July 23, 2020

The Curtis Center hosts its first webinar featuring Visiting Fulbright Senior Scholar, Dr. James Smith

May 29, 2020

Dr. Watkins Presents at the Harvard University Radcliffe Institute

October 27, 2017

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