CCTS 2023 Spring Conference: Translating Equity into Action

Translating Equity into Action

Monday, March 27, 2023  ·  UK Gatton Student Center  ·  Lexington, KY

Registration open until March 20, 2023 (Register here)

This year's conference is held in conjunction with the Biomedical Informatics Research Day, College of Dentistry Research Day, College of Health Sciences Research Day, College of Nursing Scholarship Showcase, College of Public Health Research Day, and Dissemination & Implementation Science Mini-Symposium.

The full agenda, including keynote speakers, is available on the conference website.

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Morning Keynote: What's 'Tuskegee" Got to Do With It: Trust, Trustworthiness and African Americans

Vanessa Northington Gamble, MD, PhD

University Professor of Medical Humanities

and Professor of American Studies

George Washington University

Lunch Keynote: An Exploration Towards the Mindset of Equity

David Butts, MA, CDE

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer

Bluegrass Care Navigators

Lexington, KY

Biomedical Informatics Research Day Keynote: EHRs in an era of Precision Medicine

Justin B. Starren, MD, PhD, FACMI

Director, Institute for Augmented Intelligence in Medicine - Center for Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Chief of Health and Biomedical Informatics in the Department of Preventive MedicineProfessor of Preventive Medicine (Health and Biomedical Informatics) and Medical Social Sciences

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University 

Dissemination and Implementation Science Mini-Symposium Keynote:

Pursuing Health Equity through Implementation Science in Cancer Prevention Research

Prajakta Adsul, MBBS, MPH, PhD

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine 

University of New Mexico College of Health Sciences

Parking

Parking is available to park in the Cornerstone Garage (aka Parking Structure 5, at the corner of S. Limestone and Upper Street.

• UK employees with E parking passes (except for orange) and above can park for free.
• For everyone else, parking in the Cornerstone Garage is paid: $2 per hour with a $16 per exit maximum.

More info on parking at the Cornerstone Garage » 

For UK employees who park elsewhere on campus, you can take the Blue/White bus route to reach the Gatton Student Center; show your employee badge to ride for free.

Questions about the event? 

Contact April Bridenbecker at april.bridenbecker@uky.edu.