From: Tanisha M. [mailto:medlibrarianvi@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 10:17 PM To: Sandra Phoenix Subject: Fwd: Health Disparities Institute in St. Thomas, USVI - Oct 20-21 Greetings Sandra: I hope this message finds you well! Please forgive the 'late' notice but I would still like to share this opportunity with medical schools in the HBCU LA in hopes that they might be able to participate in some way. I have already forwarded this to Cynthia at Howard, but I don't have contact info for the others. If any questions arise, just let me know. Best regards, Tanisha [http://www.cercinstitute.org/images/2011-institute-text-logo.jpg]<http://www.cercinstitute.org/index.html> Partnerships, Collaborations, and Models to Reduce Health Disparities in the USVI and the Caribbean Abstracts<http://www.cercinstitute.org/abstracts.html> | Agenda<http://www.cercinstitute.org/agenda.html> | Exhibits & Support Opportunities<http://www.cercinstitute.org/supporters.html> | Registration<http://www.cercinstitute.org/registration.html> | Venue<http://www.cercinstitute.org/venue.html> Join us on St. Thomas, USVI [https://www.activestatic.net/images/Buttons/flashWidget-noscript.jpg]<http://www.regonline.com/986213> Register Online<http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=986213> M. Joycelyn Elders, MD - 15th US Surgeon General - Opens U.S. Caribbean Health Disparities Institute[https://www.regonline.com/custImages/295955/MTGMIA11/elders_photo_thumb.jpg] Dr. M. Joycelyn Elders, the 15th US Surgeon General, will bring the Opening Keynote Address at the UVI-CERC Fourth Annual Health Disparities Institute. Dr. Elders will address the topic of "The Importance of Place in Improving Health Outcomes." TARGET AUDIENCE The Fourth Annual CERC Health Disparities Institute is expected to attract public health scientists, pharmacists, nurses, allied health professionals, physicians, social workers, health policy makers, health educators, researchers, and public and community health leaders with an interest in eliminating health disparities utilizing multidisciplinary approaches. PURPOSE This Institute will focus on replicable multidisciplinary collaborative models and approaches from the clinical, research, and community arenas that integrate all levels of providers to improve health outcomes and reduce health disparities in the USVI and the Caribbean. ________________________________ Registration and Accommodations [https://www.regonline.com/custImages/295955/CERC-UVI/sttfr_phototour37_thumb.jpg]Traveling to St. Thomas, USVI for the Fourth Annual CERC Institute? Register Now<http://www.cercinstitute.org/registration.html> to be eligible for discounted lodging rates at the Marriott Frenchman's Reef St. Thomas Resort. Registration Early Bird Discount Deadline September 9, 2011 - visit http://www.cercinstitute.org/registration.html for more details. LODGING (Discount Deadline October 3, 2011) - CERC Institute Registration<http://www.cercinstitute.org/registration.html> must be completed in order to obtain the CERC Institute Group Discount Rates. The Institute Group rates are based on availability up to three (3) days prior to and three (3) days after the Institute. Attendees are responsible for their own expenses related to travel, parking, lodging, and any other incidental charges. Visit http://www.cercinstitute.org/venue.html for more lodging information. Resort View - Single/Double $151 Water View - Single/Double $174 Extra Guest Charge $40 per night Hotel room rates are subject to availability and applicable state and local taxes (currently 8%) in effect at the time of check in. ________________________________ About the Caribbean Exploratory NIMHD Research Center for Excellence The School of Nursing at the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) grant (#5- P20MD 002286) from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) established the Caribbean Exploratory NIMHD Research Center for Excellence, hereafter referred to as the Caribbean Exploratory Research Center (CERC). The CERC will provide opportunities for a concerted focus on access to care, lack of health insurance, low levels of education, high levels of poverty and a growing immigrant population that may represent significant barriers to health care, health promotion, and prevention activities in the Virgin Islands as well as the unique intersections of island history, context, culture, demographics, socio-economic status and other factors that might contribute to health disparities within the islands. ________________________________ [https://www.regonline.com/t/o.aspx?e=9&p=235318&a=dEnA+VP8/Vf4HOW0PrE8lQ==] This email communication was sent by: CERC Institute Secretariat 1513 East Cleveland Ave. :: Bldg 100-B, Suite 110 :: Atlanta, GA 30344-6947 -- Tanisha N. Mills, MLIS *Aspiring Medical Librarian* -- Tanisha N. Mills, MLIS *Aspiring Medical Librarian*