Presented by the WashU Black Postdoctoral Association and the Office of Po stdoctoral Affairs.
Postdocs\, staff\, and stu dents are invited to celebrate Black History Month with a special seminar a nd reception. Attendees will hear from Dr. Will Ross\, Associate Dean for Diversity\ , Principal Officer for Community Partnerships\, and Alumni Endowed Profess or of Medicine in Nephrology. Dr. Ross will discuss ‘The Future of Publ ic Health and Community Engagement.’
All are welcome to attend. We hope you will join us to learn\, reflect\, and engage w ith your community.
Refreshments will be served upstairs in the FLTC Hearth following the seminar. Vegan options will be available. To help with catering estimates\, please RSVP if you plan to attend.
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Will Ross\, MD\, MPH\, is associa
te dean for diversity\, principal officer for community partnerships\, and
alumni endowed professor of medicine in the Nephrology Division at Washingt
on University School of Medicine. He has overseen diversity and inclusion a
nd community engagement for three decades\, creating durable pipeline progr
ams to develop a diverse workforce of students\, residents and faculty in m
edicine and public health. Those efforts include broadening the societal un
derstanding of the social determinants of health\, improving medicine\, pub
lic health and STEM workforce diversity\, and expanding the school of medic
ine’s local public health footprint.
He has promoted heal th equity locally\, nationally and globally through collaborations with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)\, and public health offic ials in Ethiopia and Haiti. He is the co-founder of Casa de Salud Latino He alth Center. Dr. Ross is board chair and founding member of the Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience\, a magnet health professions high school in St. Louis. He has received and administered federal and local grants to attract underrepresented students and trainees into careers in STEM and me dicine fields. He is a past member of the Center for Disease Control and Pr evention’s Health Disparities Committee\, where he helped incorporate socia l determinants of health in the CDC promotions framework and Healthy People 2020. He and is a founding associate editor of the public health journal\, Frontiers in Public Health Education and Promotion.
Individuals with disabilities ar e encouraged to attend all WashU sponsored events. If you are a person who requires reasonable accommodation to participate in this event\, don’t hesi tate to contact the WashU Office of Postdoctoral Affairs in advance at 314- 273-5384 or postdoc@wustl.edu.
Our programs are open to all mem bers of the WashU community and participation is voluntary. The Office of P ostdoctoral Affairs does not discriminate in access to\, or treatment or em ployment in\, its programs and activities on the basis of race\, color\, ag e\, religion\, gender\, sexual orientation\, gender identity or expression\ , national origin\, veteran status\, disability or genetic information.
Questions about this event? Please contact Grace Beaudoin (beaudoing@wustl.edu).
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