Indiana University-Bloomington will be hosting a retreat for the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. The theme is, “Impact of Sociology in Health and Wellness in Times of Social Change.”
The featured speaker is Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, the National Institutes of Health.
Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD, oversees NIMHD’s annual budget to advance the science of minority health and health disparities research. NIMHD conducts and supports research programs to advance knowledge and understanding of health disparities, identify mechanisms to improve minority health and reduce health disparities, and develop effective interventions to reduce health disparities in community and clinical settings.
The full agenda can be seen below:
9 -9:10 AM Welcome – Jeff Zaleski, Vice Provost for Research, IU Bloomington, and Joel Ybe, Indiana CTSI IU Bloomington Navigator
9:10-9:30 AM “Indiana CTSI – Overview & New Directions” – Sharon Moe, MD, and Sarah Wiehe, MPH, MD, Indiana CTSI co-directors and IU School of Medicine
9:30-10 AM “Thinking About SDOH: Suicide and Unemployment in the US” – Bernice Pescosolido, distinguished professor, Dept. of Sociology, IU Bloomington
10-10 :30 AM “Aging and the social brain: The role of social networks in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias” – Brea Perry, professor of sociology, affiliate faculty IU Network Science Institute
10:30-11 AM “Social Pressure and Tobacco Use Among Indiana Youth” – Miranda Spitznagle, director, Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, Indiana Department of Health
11-11:15 AM Break
11:15-11:30 AM “Participatory Approaches in Building Community Academic Partnerships Focused on Addressing Addictions and Issues Related to Long-Term Recovery” – Priscilla Barnes, associate professor, Dept. of Applied Health Science, School of Public Health-Bloomington
11:30-11:45 AM “Centering Equity in Health Research” – Elaine Hernandez, assistant professor, Dept. of Sociology
11:45 AM-12 PM “Investigating Links between Environmental Pollutants and Obesity in Rural Indiana – From Basic Research to Public Health” – Jason Tennessen, associate professor, Dept. of Biology
12-12:45 PM Lunch Break – Indiana CTSI-designated IUB Core Facilities Banner Highlights
12:45-1:15 PM “Towards a research data commons for translational health investigators” – Kosali Simon, Herman B Wells Endowed professor, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, associate vice provost for health sciences
1:15 -1:45 PM “How Family Matters for Health Disparities during the COVID-19 Pandemic” – Mieke Thomeer, associate professor, Department of Sociology, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham
1:45-2:15 PM “How Science Can Promote Health Equity” – Eliseo Pérez-Stable, director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, NIH
2:15 PM Closing Remarks – Jeff Zaleski, Vice Provost for Research, IU Bloomington
