Launching a Career in Health Disparities Research—An NCCIH Perspective

This National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) Hot Topics Webinar highlighted three NCCIH-funded early career investigators engaged in health disparities research focused on HIV populations. The investigators provided an overview of their research and engaged in a guided discussion about their career trajectory and challenges of conducting research to address health disparities. Research to address health disparities is a high priority for NCCIH.

Agenda

3:00–3:15 p.m. | Opening Remarks

• Helene M. Langevin, M.D., Director, NCCIH 
• Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D., Director, Division of Extramural Research, NCCIH

3:15–3:45 p.m. | Panel Presentation 

• Eugene Dunne, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Oral Health Sciences, Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University 
• Crystal Chapman Lambert, Ph.D., C.R.N.P., N.P.-C., F.N.P.-B.C., A.C.R.N., Associate Professor, Department of Family, Community & Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham  
• Shufang Sun, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University

3:45–4:30 p.m. | Guided Discussion with Panelists

• Beda Jean-Francois, Ph.D., Program Director, NCCIH Clinical Research in Complementary and Integrative Health Branch
• Lanay Mudd, Ph.D., Program Director, NCCIH Clinical Research in Complementary and Integrative Health Branch