For academic year 2017-18, Marquette University will engage in a year-long series of events focusing on health equity. Building on last year’s theme “Freedom Dreams Now,” this year will explore health disparities, the social determinants of health, and opportunities for achieving greater equity locally and globally. Engaging students, faculty, staff, and the communities making up greater Milwaukee, Forum events will focus on several dimensions of health equity: Children’s health/social determinants of health Mental health: enduring stigmas and challenges Global health: developing Marquette networks Incarceration and health Milwaukee: accessing healthcare Spread the word about #MUForum.
| 2017 | ||
| Tuesday, October 17th | ||
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| 12:00 AM |
Healthy Neighborhoods, Healthy Neighbors: What Fractures the Well-being of my Community? Keith Stanley, Near West Side Partners Marquette University 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM |
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| Wednesday, November 8th | ||
| 12:00 AM |
Poverty Makes Us Sick: How Milwaukee is Addressing an Epidemic of Trauma Susan Giaimo, Marquette University Marquette University 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM |
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| 2018 | ||
| Tuesday, February 20th | ||
| 12:00 AM |
Health Disparities Among African-American and Low-income Children Earnestine Willis, Medical College of Wisconsin Marquette University 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM |
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| Monday, March 19th | ||
| 12:00 AM |
The Complexity and Tragedy of the Opiod Epidemic: A Nurse's Perspective Alfredo Gonzalez Marquette University 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM |
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| Tuesday, March 27th | ||
| 12:00 AM |
Making Milwaukee Healthier for All: What Each of Us Can Do. (Keynote Lecture) David R. Williams, Harvard University Marquette University 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM |
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