Touro University holding health equity series via Zoom

Touro University California is inviting the public to attend their Summer 2020 Health Equity Series held via Zoom at noon over the next four Fridays.

All are welcome to attend this free event to learn more about the event where experts discuss the intersection of health equity, criminal justice, trauma and higher education.

The Zoom link can be found at https://zoom.us/ meeting/register/tJErce6gqzkrHdwgAoJ8CLeh0bDwRdgfTJ3s.

Experts on the panel include …

• Gayle Cummings, PsyD, MPH, TUC College of Education and Health Sciences Assistant Dean and Public Health Program Director

• Nemesia Kelly, MPH, TUC Health Equity and Criminal Justice Concentration Chair

• Carly Strouse, DrPH, MPH, TUC Health Equity and Criminal Justice Concentration

Assistant Professor

• Alan Ceaser, PhD, Chief Science Officer, Plantacea Innovation Lab

• Melissa Nold, JD, Civil Rights Attorney

• Eduardo Velasco, MD, PhD, MSc, TUC Associate Dean for Preclinical Education and Professor, TUCCOM Diversity and Inclusion Representative

• Sarah Sweitzer, TUC Provost and Chief Academic Officer and member of the TUC Commission on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

• Steven Jacboson, Ed.D, TUC Dean of Student Affairs and member of the TUC Commission on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

• Andrea Garcia, Associate Vice President of Advancement and member of the TUC Commission on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

The schedule for the weekly Friday meetings are as follows …

• Friday: Criminal justice system and mass incarceration as social determinants of health: a discussion with the MPH Program’s Health Equity and Criminal Justice Concentration.

• July 24: Police violence as a public health issue: a discussion with Alan Ceaser, PhD and Melissa Nold, JD on the intersection of police violence and toxic stress and trauma.

• July 31: Diversity in healthcare education: a discussion with Eduardo Velasco, MD, PhD, MSc on reducing health disparities by increasing diversity in the healthcare workforce.

• August 7: Stress and trauma impacts on health disparities: a discussion with members of the TUC Commission on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion on the need for trauma informed systems.

Register for the free event online at: https://tu.edu/healthequitysummerseries.