Seminars
CHEER aims to promote interdisciplinary and inter-institutional collaboration with researchers and community members throughout Memphis. In an effort to promote health equity and educate members of the community, CHEER hosts monthly seminars at locations throughout the city. These seminars feature speakers from a variety of backgrounds who are working to eliminate health disparities. CHEER seminars invite the community, students, researchers, health professionals, and all who are interested to attend our seminars. The seminars are free and open to the public.
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
| 9.28.13 | Bridges to Health Summit | |
| 3.12.13 | Controlled Substance Symposium | Mitchell Mutter, MD, FACC - facilitator |
| Date | Seminar | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 12.8.12 | Getting Ahead, How does Education Affect My Health? | Dr. Michelle Taylor |
| 3.30.12 | Effect of an INSIGHT Depression Intervention for Caregivers of Hemodialysis Patients Description | Dr. Mona Wicks |
| 2.24.12 | Translational Research: The Road from Efficacy to Equity | Ana V. Diez-Roux, MD, PhD, MPH |
| 2.12.12 | Faith-Based Health and Wellness Mobilization | Dr. Michael O. Minor |
| 1.20.12 | Childhood Obesity | Dr. Patricia Cowan |
| Date | Seminar | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 12.6.11 | The Crisis Center and Memphis Mental Health Resources | Mike LaBonte |
| 11.18.11 | Comparison of Fresh Food Access in the US and Denmark: Exploring Complementary Public Policy and Private Lifestyles | Dr. Sharon Bush Pedersen |
| 10.28.11 | No Cheese. No Trust, No Blood: African American Men and Healthcare | Dr. Jerry Watson |
| 9.21.11 | Earned Benefits Workshop and Free Eligibility Assessments | Katherine McDaniel |
| 5.25.11 | Black and Blue: Depression in the African American Community | Dr. Altha Stewart |
| 4.29.11 | Results from the Partnership for Asthma Trigger-Free Homes (PATH) Study | Dr. Cheryl Golden |
| 3.25.11 | Memphis Healthy Churches: A Health and Wellness Promotion Program | Patria Johnson |
| 2.25.11 | The Promise of Health Equity: Advancing the Discussion to Eliminate Disparities in the 21st Century | Dr. Bonnie Duran |
| 1.21.11 | Improving Genetic Health Literacy Using Community-Based Approaches | Dr. Vicki Park |
| Date | Seminar | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 12.10.10 | YOUR Blessed Health: Mobilizing the Church to Confront HIV | Dr. Latrice Pichon and Ms. Bettina |
| 11.12.10 | Project 38108: Raising Infant Mortality Awareness through Theater | Lillie Thomas & Project 38109 |
| 10.22.10 | I'm A Survivor: African American Women Overcoming Breast Cancer | Dr. Barbara Davis |
| 9.17.10 | Housing Policies and Health Disparities: The Criminal Connection | Drs. Richard Janikowski and Phyllis Betts |
| 8.20.10 | CBPR: Definition and Description | Dr. Leon Caldwell |
| 7.23.10 | A Faith-Based Message: HIV and the Church | Dr. Noel Hutchison |
| 6.18.10 | Connect to Protect: HIV Prevention in 38106 | Andrea Williams |
| 5.14.10 | Preventing Infant Mortality: The Blues Project | Dr. Kimberly Lamar |
| 4.27.10 | The Mayor's View on the MED and Health Disparities | Mayor Joe Ford |
| 4.23.10 | H2D and Health Disparities | Dr. Rani Whitfield |
| 2.19.10 | Lessons from PATH" Challenges in CBPR | Dr. Golden |