TY - JOUR
T1 - The National Conference on Health Disparities Student Research Forum
AU - Ford, Marvella E.
AU - Malek, Angela M.
AU - Martino, Erica
AU - Abraham-Hilaire, Latecia
AU - Ariyo, Oluwole
AU - Burshell, Dana
AU - Callwood, Gloria
AU - Campbell, Laura
AU - Cannady, Kimberly
AU - Chavis, Courtney
AU - Crawford, Brittney
AU - Edwards, Andie
AU - Findlay, Victoria
AU - Finley, Rita
AU - Greenaway, Chamiere
AU - Hazelton, Tonya
AU - Hill, Monique
AU - Howard, Marion
AU - Knight, Kendrea D.
AU - Lopez-Littleton, Vanessa
AU - Moore, Lloyd
AU - Randle, Diandra
AU - Rivers, David E.
AU - Salley, Judith D.
AU - Seabrook, Terry
AU - Slaughter, Sabra
AU - Stukes, James B.
AU - Thorpe, Roland J.
AU - Ragster, La Verne
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by US Department of Defense (DOD) Southeastern Virtual Institute for Health Equity and Wellness grants W81XWH-11–2-0164 and W81XWH-10–2-0057; US DOD grant W81XWH-12–1-0043;National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants P20CA157071, R01MD005892, U54CA210962, UL1TR001450, and P30CA138313; National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) grant U54MD000214; National Institute on Aging (NIA) grant K02AG059140; NIH/National Cancer Institute (NCI) grants R25 CA193088—South Carolina Cancer Health Equity Consortium (SC CHEC): Summer Undergraduate Research Training Program and; P30CA138313-10S2—Cancer Center Support Grant Administrative Supplement to Strengthen NCI Supported Community Outreach Capacity through Community Health Educators (CHEs) of the National Outreach Network (NON)).
Funding Information:
The NCHD SRF Planning Committee thanks all sponsors, staff, faculty, and poster judges, students, for their support. The authors would like to thank the late Mr. Leroy Lewis for his unwavering commitment and dedication to the NCHD SRF. Special thanks go to Dr. David E. Rivers and Dr. Sabra Slaughter for their visionary leadership and continued support.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - The annual National Conference on Health Disparities (NCHD) was launched in 2000. It unites health professionals, researchers, community leaders, and government officials, and is a catalyzing force in developing policies, research interventions, and programs that address prevention, social determinants, health disparities, and health equity. The NCHD Student Research Forum (SRF) was established in 2011 at the Medical University of South Carolina to build high-quality biomedical research presentation capacity in primarily underrepresented undergraduate and graduate/professional students. This paper describes the unique research training and professional development aspects of the NCHD SRF. These include guidance in abstract development, a webinar on presentation techniques and methods, a vibrant student-centric conference, and professional development workshops on finding a mentor and locating scholarship/fellowship funding, networking, and strategies for handling ethical issues in research with mentors. Between 2011 and 2018, 400 undergraduate and graduate/professional students participated in the NCHD SRF. Most students were women (80.5%). Approximately half were African American or black (52.3%), 18.0% were white, and 21.3% were of Hispanic/Latinx ethnicity. The NCHD SRF is unique in several ways. First, it provides detailed instructions on developing a scientific abstract, including content area examples. Second, it establishes a mandatory pre-conference training webinar demonstrating how to prepare a scientific poster. Third, it works with the research mentors, faculty advisors, department chairs, and deans to help identify potential sources of travel funding for students with accepted abstracts. These features make the NCHD SRF different from many other conferences focused on students’ scientific presentations.
AB - The annual National Conference on Health Disparities (NCHD) was launched in 2000. It unites health professionals, researchers, community leaders, and government officials, and is a catalyzing force in developing policies, research interventions, and programs that address prevention, social determinants, health disparities, and health equity. The NCHD Student Research Forum (SRF) was established in 2011 at the Medical University of South Carolina to build high-quality biomedical research presentation capacity in primarily underrepresented undergraduate and graduate/professional students. This paper describes the unique research training and professional development aspects of the NCHD SRF. These include guidance in abstract development, a webinar on presentation techniques and methods, a vibrant student-centric conference, and professional development workshops on finding a mentor and locating scholarship/fellowship funding, networking, and strategies for handling ethical issues in research with mentors. Between 2011 and 2018, 400 undergraduate and graduate/professional students participated in the NCHD SRF. Most students were women (80.5%). Approximately half were African American or black (52.3%), 18.0% were white, and 21.3% were of Hispanic/Latinx ethnicity. The NCHD SRF is unique in several ways. First, it provides detailed instructions on developing a scientific abstract, including content area examples. Second, it establishes a mandatory pre-conference training webinar demonstrating how to prepare a scientific poster. Third, it works with the research mentors, faculty advisors, department chairs, and deans to help identify potential sources of travel funding for students with accepted abstracts. These features make the NCHD SRF different from many other conferences focused on students’ scientific presentations.
KW - Conference
KW - Health disparities
KW - Professional development
KW - Underrepresented students
KW - United States
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U2 - 10.1007/s13187-021-02082-3
DO - 10.1007/s13187-021-02082-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 34655025
AN - SCOPUS:85117158597
SN - 0885-8195
VL - 38
SP - 85
EP - 95
JO - Journal of Cancer Education
JF - Journal of Cancer Education
IS - 1
ER -