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Southeastern American Indian Cancer Health Equity Partnerships (SAICEP)
June 7, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
“Southeastern American Indian Cancer Health Equity Partnerships (SAICEP)” is part of the 2023 Paul A. Godley Health Equity Research Week (HERW). Panelists: Ronny A. Bell (Professor and Chair, Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy), Stephanie B. Wheeler (Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center) and others.
This special session will spotlight the Southeastern American Indian Cancer Health Equity Partnership (SAICEP), a recent collaborative formed through the Community Outreach and Engagement teams at the NCI Comprehensive Cancer Centers at Duke, UNC Lineberger and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. SAICEP focuses on understanding and addressing the cancer-related health needs of American Indian communities in North Carolina and beyond. This panel will feature representatives from each partner organization, as well as community advisory members, sharing about the formation of the collaborative and its important research work.
This panel will be a virtual event.
About HERW
The Paul A. Godley Health Equity Research Week (HERW) brings faculty, staff, students and community members together to highlight and encourage health equity research, promote collaboration and networking, and encourage strategic planning and partnerships in the UNC School of Medicine, across UNC’s campus and beyond.
In 2020, the UNC School of Medicine, in collaboration with UNC CHER, held the first Paul A. Godley Health Equity Symposium. In 2023, the symposium is shifting to a research week with expanded opportunities to highlight health equity research from faculty, staff, students. community members and other partners. HERW will include research presentations, panel discussions and a keynote presentation.