Selected Presentations & Appearances
Persist! The Long and Bumpy Road Toward Racial Health Equity in America
- University Healthy Equity Conference
· November 16, 2017
Keynote/Named Lecture
Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America and the School of Public Health, Brown University,
Providence, RI
John Henryism and the Health of African Americans: Risks and Rewards
- The E. Lorraine Baugh Lecture on Diversity and Inclusion
· October 16, 2017
Keynote/Named Lecture
MGH Institute for Health Professions,
Boston, MA
Expanding Black Freedom: The Difficult Path to Racial Health Equity in America
- The Wade Hampton Frost Lecture and Award
· October 31, 2016
Keynote/Named Lecture
The American Public Health Association,
Denver, CO
The Black Image in the White Mind: Implications for Racial Equity in America
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Lecture
· January 18, 2016
Keynote/Named Lecture
Washington University School of Medicine,
St. Louis,MO
The Black Image in the White Mind: Implications for Racial Health Equity in America
- Vernberg Distinguished Lecture
· November 18, 2015
Keynote/Named Lecture
Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina,
Columbia, SC
The Black Image in the White Mind: Implications for Achieving Racial Equity in America
· October 8, 2015
Invited Talk
University of Michigan ,
The Strangest of all Encounters: Racial Discrimination in Healthcare
· August 14, 2015
Lecture
The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
The Health of African Americans: 1915-2015
- Booker T Washington Keynote Address to Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Death of Booker T. Washington
· April 17, 2015
Invited Talk
Co-sponsored by Tuskegee University and the Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia,
Chronic Stress, Social Inequity and Health Impact
· December 5, 2013
Lecture
Chapel Hill, NC
Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Cardiovascular Diseases: The Promise and Perils of John Henryism; The Sol Levine Lecture on Society and Health,
· April 25, 2013
Lecture
Harvard University School of Public Health
African Americans and the Long Civil Rights Struggle for Equity in Health Care
· October 11, 2012
Lecture
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton New Jersey
Where Have You Gone, John Henry? Rising Social Inequalities and Health Disparities
· June 29, 2012
Lecture
Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease: The John Henryism Hypothesis
· May 29, 2012
Lecture
Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta GA
Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease: The John Henryism Hypothesis
· May 29, 2012
Lecture
Universidad de Puerto Rico en Cayey
2011 Martin Luther King Commemorative Address
· December 19, 2011
Lecture
Health Sciences Assembly, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
The Pursuit of Happiness: Social Justice and National Wellbeing
· May 13, 2011
Lecture
Tulane University School of Public Health, New Orleans LA
US Racial-Ethnic Health Disparities: 21st Century Challenges and Opportuntiies
· April 12, 2010
Lecture
Institute for Public Health, Washington University in St. Louis
Race, Stress, and Health: 21st Century Challenges and Opportunities
· April 9, 2010
Lecture
Annual Meeting of the Oregon Public Health Association
Race, Stress, and Health: 21st Century Challenges and Opportunities
· February 5, 2010
Lecture
Sixth Annual Jean Mills Symposium, East Carolina University
After the Walls Came Tumbling Down: The Health Legacy of the 1960s Civil Rights Era in a Southern Community
· December 4, 2009
Lecture
Duke University
Improving Population Health and Reducing Health Disparities in North Carolina
· April 24, 2009
Lecture
Raleigh
Presidential Address - Epidemiology and Societal Health: A Retrospective-Prospective View
· June 1, 2008
Lecture
Society for Epidemiologic Research
US Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Heath and Healthcare: Where Should We Go From Here?
· May 23, 2008
Lecture
Minneapolis, MN
US Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Heath and Healthcare: Where Should We Go From Here?
· May 23, 2008
Lecture
University of MN
US Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Heath and Healthcare: Where Should We Go From Here?
· April 9, 2008
Lecture
University of Chicago
US Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Heath and Healthcare: Where Should We Go From Here?
· March 28, 2008
Lecture
St. Louis University