FEATURED SPEAKERS
Dayna Bowen Matthew, JD PhD
Dayna Bowen Matthew, JD, Ph.D., is the William L. Matheson and Robert M. Morgenthau Distinguished Professor of Law and the
F. Palmer Weber Research Professor of Civil Liberties and Human Rights at the University of Virginia School of Law. She holds an
appointment in the School of Medicine’s Department of Public Health Sciences. Matthew is a Non-Resident Senior Scholar at the
Brookings Institution, in the Economic Studies Department. Matthew worked as a Senior Advisor for the Environmental Protection
Agency Office of Civil Rights, and as a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, worked on Capitol Hill, helping to address public health disparities for disadvantaged communities. Professor Matthew cofounded the Colorado Health Equity Project a medical-legal partnership incubator; the Equity Institute Initiative, a community-engaged scholarship partnership; and she is the author of Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care.
Dayna Bowen Matthew, JD, Ph.D., is the William L. Matheson and Robert M. Morgenthau Distinguished Professor of Law and the
F. Palmer Weber Research Professor of Civil Liberties and Human Rights at the University of Virginia School of Law. She holds an
appointment in the School of Medicine’s Department of Public Health Sciences. Matthew is a Non-Resident Senior Scholar at the
Brookings Institution, in the Economic Studies Department. Matthew worked as a Senior Advisor for the Environmental Protection
Agency Office of Civil Rights, and as a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, worked on Capitol Hill, helping to address public health disparities for disadvantaged communities. Professor Matthew cofounded the Colorado Health Equity Project a medical-legal partnership incubator; the Equity Institute Initiative, a community-engaged scholarship partnership; and she is the author of Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care.
Joyce (Joy) Balls-Berry, Ph.D., MPE
"Impacting Health Equity Through Community Engagement and Capacity Building"
Dr. Balls-Berry is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and the Program Manager for the Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCaTS) Office for Community Engagement in Research. She completed her formal education at Xavier University of Louisiana with graduate training at Washington University School of Medicine and The University of Toledo. Dr. Balls-Berry completed a post-doctoral research fellowship in health equity, epidemiology, and biostatistics at The University of Florida. Her work as a scientist centers on increasing awareness of the importance of community-patient engagement in research to increase health equity in minority and under-resourced communities. Dr. Balls-Berry is the principal investigator of a number of health disparities research studies and recently received a PCORI award to expand the efforts of the Minority Women in Research Network, which she established in 2011. The network’s mission is to promote community-patient engagement in research conducted by minority women scientists interested in research collaborations, academic scholarship, innovation, and dissemination. As an educator, Dr. Balls-Berry received the Mayo Clinic Teacher of Year and CCaTS Educator of the Year awards. Recently, she shared her story of living with dyslexia and handling personal challenges as a TEDx Talk. Dr. Balls-Berry has served as a mentor and coach to a number of students, academics, and leaders. Her work as a mentor focuses on helping individuals find their true calling.
"Impacting Health Equity Through Community Engagement and Capacity Building"
Dr. Balls-Berry is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and the Program Manager for the Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCaTS) Office for Community Engagement in Research. She completed her formal education at Xavier University of Louisiana with graduate training at Washington University School of Medicine and The University of Toledo. Dr. Balls-Berry completed a post-doctoral research fellowship in health equity, epidemiology, and biostatistics at The University of Florida. Her work as a scientist centers on increasing awareness of the importance of community-patient engagement in research to increase health equity in minority and under-resourced communities. Dr. Balls-Berry is the principal investigator of a number of health disparities research studies and recently received a PCORI award to expand the efforts of the Minority Women in Research Network, which she established in 2011. The network’s mission is to promote community-patient engagement in research conducted by minority women scientists interested in research collaborations, academic scholarship, innovation, and dissemination. As an educator, Dr. Balls-Berry received the Mayo Clinic Teacher of Year and CCaTS Educator of the Year awards. Recently, she shared her story of living with dyslexia and handling personal challenges as a TEDx Talk. Dr. Balls-Berry has served as a mentor and coach to a number of students, academics, and leaders. Her work as a mentor focuses on helping individuals find their true calling.
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The vast majority of medical care in the United States is administered in a community based-setting. Yet, training for clinicians and clinician-researchers rarely concentrates in a community setting, and thus many important social underpinnings of disease go unnoticed and unaddressed.
With the advent of community-university partnerships such as the teaching health centers program, community based participatory research and clinical and translational research programs, stronger connections between community and university are being made possible. |
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Still though, as social determinants of health are increasingly seen as the key to many chronic diseases, we feel that academic health institutions and local and regional community health entities stand to partner, communicate, and connect in many more radical ways.
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This conference targets a vibrant audience of clinicians, academics, health service organizations, social workers, public health, regional and local foundations, community health workers and community leaders with interest and passion for social justice, health equity, community and patient advocacy.
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As a cardiovascular outcomes researcher, this conference introduced me to wonderful folks in the community that have been tremendous partners as we further our patient-centered research on shared decision-making.
Carol Decker RN, PhD