March 2, 2017
Mayo Clinic Well Represented At Cancer Summit
The 2017 Minnesota Cancer Alliance Summit was held on February 1st with Mayo Clinic well represented. The event served as an annual gathering of Minnesota’s cancer researchers, care providers, and patient advocates, as well as the platform for unveiling the new Minnesota Cancer Plan 2025, a statewide framework for action in reducing cancer burdens. Both […]
January 7, 2016
Highlights from the 2015 Arizona Health Equity Conference
The 2nd Annual Arizona Health Equity Conference was a great success with approximately 315 attendees and glowing evaluation feedback. Mayo Clinic, through support from the Office of Health Disparities Research and CCaTS, was one of 13 planning organizations who came together to collaboratively plan this event. The event, which took place on October 29, 2015 […]
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November 19, 2015
Arizona OHDR: African American Community Health Literacy Initiative
On November 7, 2015, Dr. Kenneth Poole led Your Health Matters, the second installment of an African American community health literacy initiative in Phoenix sponsored by the Office of Health Disparities Research, Arizona. The event took place at First Institutional Baptist Church in downtown Phoenix. Topics included health maintenance and prevention, cancer, and a discussion […]
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November 10, 2015
Health Disparities Researchers and OHDR Staff Attend Healthy Churches 2020
Mayo Clinic health disparities research investigators and administrators were in wide attendance at the recent Healthy Churches 2020 Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina. Healthy Churches 2020 is a faith-based health initiative by The Balm in Gilead organization, designed to meet the unique needs of African American and African congregations that strive to become community centers […]
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November 9, 2015
Mayo Clinic Health Disparities Researchers Featured at Upcoming National Conference
A number of Mayo Clinic health disparities researchers will be featured at the upcoming American Association for Cancer Research’s (AACR) 8th Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved. Sikander Ailawadhi, M.D., will present Outcome Disparities in Multiple Myeloma: The Role of Race/Ethnicity at Educational Session 3 on […]
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September 30, 2014
Annual Retreat in Rochester, Minn.
The Office of Health Disparities will host its annual retreat on October 6 and 7, 2014, at the Double Tree Hotel in Rochester, Minn.
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September 16, 2014
Registration Open for October 30 Arizona Health Equity Conference
By Chara Chamie
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May 22, 2014
Documentary: Start Moving, Start Living
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