Translating Equity into Action

Monday, March 27, 2023  ·  UK Gatton Student Center  ·  Lexington, KY

Registration open until March 20, 2023 (Register here)

This year's conference is held in conjunction with the Biomedical Informatics Research Day, College of Dentistry Research Day, College of Health Sciences Research Day, College of Nursing Scholarship Showcase, College of Public Health Research Day, and Dissemination & Implementation Science Mini-Symposium.

The full agenda, including keynote speakers, is available on the conference website.

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Morning Keynote: What's 'Tuskegee" Got to Do With It: Trust, Trustworthiness and African Americans
Vanessa Northington Gamble, MD, PhD
University Professor of Medical Humanities
and Professor of American Studies
George Washington University

Lunch Keynote: An Exploration Towards the Mindset of Equity
David Butts, MA, CDE
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer
Bluegrass Care Navigators
Lexington, KY

Biomedical Informatics Research Day Keynote: EHRs in an era of Precision Medicine
Justin B. Starren, MD, PhD, FACMI
Director, Institute for Augmented Intelligence in Medicine - Center for Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Chief of Health and Biomedical Informatics in the Department of Preventive MedicineProfessor of Preventive Medicine (Health and Biomedical Informatics) and Medical Social Sciences
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University 

Dissemination and Implementation Science Mini-Symposium Keynote:
Pursuing Health Equity through Implementation Science in Cancer Prevention Research
Prajakta Adsul, MBBS, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine 
University of New Mexico College of Health Sciences

Parking

Parking is available to park in the Cornerstone Garage (aka Parking Structure 5, at the corner of S. Limestone and Upper Street.

• UK employees with E parking passes (except for orange) and above can park for free.
• For everyone else, parking in the Cornerstone Garage is paid: $2 per hour with a $16 per exit maximum.

More info on parking at the Cornerstone Garage » 

For UK employees who park elsewhere on campus, you can take the Blue/White bus route to reach the Gatton Student Center; show your employee badge to ride for free.

Questions about the event? 

Contact April Bridenbecker at april.bridenbecker@uky.edu.