BLAISER Minority Health Disparities Lecture Series: 'Clinical Research Disparities'

The Border Latino & American Indian Summer Exposure to Research (BLAISER) program at the University of Arizona Health Sciences presents:

"Clinical Research Disparities"

Anna Valencia, MPH, MBEMH, Senior Director of Clinical Research Operations for the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix

WHEN: Friday, June 15, 2018 | 11 a.m .-Noon
WHERE: Drachman Hall A114

Lecture/Video Recorded
This event will be archived for later viewing on the UAHS BioCommunications website at this link: https://arizona.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=d731786e-44b3-4977-9eb2-a8fc01826b00

About the Speaker
Ms. Valencia has over 20 years of in-depth experience in the clinical research field successfully building, coordinating and providing oversight of multiple, fast-paced, complex research initiatives. She holds a master’s degree in public health from University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health in Tucson where she also completed a two-year fellowship in Project EXPORT (Excellence in Partnerships for Community Outreach, Research on Heath Disparities and Training). Anna also has a master’s degree in bioethics and medical humanities from the University of South Florida and currently serves as a member of the Banner – University Medical Center’s bioethics committee. 

Contact: Viridiana Johnson, BLAISER coordinator, viridianaj@medadmin.arizona.edu

About the BLAISER Program
The Border Latino and American Indian Summer Exposure to Research (BLAISER) Program, led by the University of Arizona Health Sciences Office of Diversity and Inclusion, is strongly committed to attract students that represent the diverse population to biomedical research, expose them and make them sensitive to the Health Disparities in Southern of Arizona and the border region. This cutting-edge 10-week, undergraduate research experience provides an extraordinary laboratory training opportunity, pairing junior and senior level student-scholars with preeminent UA Health Sciences researchers. This is a premier research experience for undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds arming them with skills to make them competitive and successful in their pursuit of post-secondary education and research.

This annual summer program was created in 2015 to address health disparities in Arizona’s ethnically diverse and fast-growing communities. The inaugural class consisted of 15 students. In 2017, 20 students participated. A maximum of 25 students will be accepted annually. This year's program runs from June 4 to Aug. 7, 2018. Participants gain an extraordinary opportunity to immerse themselves on campus at the University of Arizona Health Sciences. Learn more here: diversity.medicine.arizona.edu/BLAISER