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Join Dr. Onome Oghifobibi and Kathryn Reed for the third installment of the Race &... Lecture Series on January 27, 2022 at noon.

The new Race &... Lecture Series is a part of the Race and Social Determinants of Equity, Health, and Well-being Cluster Hire Initiative. The lunchtime speaker series provides a spotlight for each new faculty member to describe their work and interests. 

We invite you to listen to this UPMC HealthBeat podcast on Suicide Prevention Among LGBTQ+ Teens hosted by Kristen L. Eckstrand, MD, PhD, Medical Director of UPMC LGBTQ+ Health. In this podcast Dr. Eckstrand discusses why LGBTQ+ adolescences and teens are more likely to attempt suicide than their straight peers. She also provides information on the warning signs of suicide and ways you can help an adolescent or teen in need.

Please join us in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Center on Race and Social Problems with esteemed scholar and White House Champion of Change, Haben Girma.
 

We invite you to join us for the next Research Equity and Community Health Collaborative's (REACH's) Health Equity Seminar on February 17, 2022 from 11:00am-12:00pm. 

We hope you will join us as we celebrate PRIDE Month with a series of special lectures and other activities designed to educate and raise awareness. 

On June 22, 2022 from noon to 1:00pm Dr. Dana Rofey and and her colleague Emil K. Smith will present and host a discussion focusing on Eating Disorders in Trans and Non-binary Youth and Young Adults. 

As PRIDE Month draws to a close we invite you to join Kristen Eckstrand, MD, PhD and J. Joy Gero, PsyD for a special lecture and discussion on Transforming LGBTQIA+ Health Quality at UPMC. The lecture will take place on June 29, 2022 from 12:00pm-1:00pm.