10th Annual NYU Langone Health Equity Symposium - 2024

Please join us for the 10th Annual NYU Langone Health Equity Symposium on Tuesday, October 8th from 9am-5pm.

The conference will be held in Murphy Auditorium on the NYU Langone Health campus, located at 550 First Avenue, NYC. Virtual participation will also be available, with separate registration through WN_no-Sy1DkQjqYoWUl5--Prgrequired.

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This year's theme is "Cultivating a Diverse Health Workforce: Strategies & Pathways to Equity and Inclusion." The keynote address will be provided by olugbenga-g-ogedegbe,">span>, Dr. Adolph & Margaret Berger Professor of Population Health, and Director, Institute for Excellence in Health Equity (IEHE).

Breakfast and coffee will be available beginning at 9am. Lunch will be provided, and there will be a reception following the event at 4:30pm.

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The NYU Langone Health Equity Symposium is co-sponsored by NYU Langone Health’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute, the Department of Population Health, Office of Diversity Affairs, Institute for Excellence in Health Equity, and the NYU-CUNY Prevention Research Center.

Confirmed speakers include:

Panel 1: Building the Community Health Worker Workforce: Training, Professional Development, and Career Pathways

Moderator: Dina Pimenova, MPH

Senior Project Coordinator, CHW Research & Resource Center

Department of Population Health

NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Alzahraa (Zahra) Ahmed

Community Health Representative/Patient Navigator

Perlmutter Cancer Center

Jennifer Begley

Project Supervisor, CHW Training Program

Department of Community-Based Programs

Family Health Centers at NYU Langone

Kevin Fiori MD, MPH, MS

Vice Chair, Community Health & Engagement, Department of Pediatrics

Director, Community Health Worker Institute

Montefiore Einstein

Mariama Kora, MPH

Senior Program Administrator

Columbia Center for Community Health

Dina Pimenova, MPH

Senior Project Coordinator, CHW Research & Resource Center

Department of Population Health

NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Mary Redd, MSW, LCSW, ACSW

InTOuCH CHW Champion

Safiya Voss

Training Specialist

Community Health Worker Institute

Montefiore Medical Center

The University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Department of Family & Social Medicine

Moderator: Dowin Boatright, MD, MBA

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine & Population Health

Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine

NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Laura Castillo-Page, PhD

Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Malika Fair, MD, MPH

Senior Director, Equity and Social Accountability

Association of American Medical Colleges

Joseph Ravenell, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Population Health and Medicine

Associate Dean for Diversity Affairs and Inclusion

NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Ana Salper, JD

Associate General Counsel

NYU Langone Health

Shruthi Venkataraman, MD, MS

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Boatright Lab

Department of Emergency Medicine

NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Panel 3: Creating Opportunity: Health Equity and STEM Pathways for the Clinical Translational Research Workforce

Moderator: LaTasha Fraser, PhD

Program Manager for Pathway Programs

Office of Diversity Affairs

NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Lisa Altshuler, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Emily Drum, MPH

Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives and Education

Clinical and Translational Science Institute

NYU Langone Health Brooklyn

Maria Khan, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor, Division of Comparative Effectiveness and Decision Science

Director, Population Health PhD Program

Department of Population Health

NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Stephanie Quintero Chacon, BA

Scientific and Technical Educational Pipeline Program for Students (STEPPS) Alumnus

Research Data Associate

Department of Pediatrics

NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Alexandr (Alex) Trifonov

Program Coordinator - LGBTQ+ Cancer Care and Research Program

Perlmutter Cancer Center

NYU Langone Health

Amin Yakubov, MPH, MBA, ACRP-CP

Associate Director – Research Operations

Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)

NYU Langone Health Brooklyn