The National Conference on Health Disparities Student Research Forum

Marvella E Ford^{1

2}, Angela M Malek³, Erica Martino^{3

4}, Latecia Abraham-Hilaire⁵, Oluwole Ariyo⁶, Dana Burshell⁷, Gloria Callwood⁸, Laura Campbell⁹, Kimberly Cannady¹⁰, Courtney Chavis^{3

4}, Brittney Crawford⁴, Andie Edwards⁴, Victoria Findlay^{4

11}, Rita Finley¹², Chamiere Greenaway¹³, Tonya Hazelton¹⁴, Monique Hill¹⁰, Marion Howard⁸, Kendrea D Knight^{3

4}, Vanessa Lopez-Littleton¹⁵, Lloyd Moore¹⁶, Diandra Randle¹⁷, David E Rivers⁵, Judith D Salley¹⁷, Terry Seabrook¹⁸, Sabra Slaughter¹⁹, James B Stukes¹⁷, Roland J Thorpe Jr²⁰, LaVerne Ragster²¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA. fordmar@musc.edu.
² Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA. fordmar@musc.edu.
³ Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
⁴ Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
⁵ Department of Public Information & Community Outreach Main Library, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
⁶ Department of Biology, Allen University, Columbia, SC, 29204, USA.
⁷ Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27516, USA.
⁸ School of Nursing, University of the Virgin Islands, Charlotte Amalie, 00802, US Virgin Islands.
⁹ College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Academic Affairs Faculty, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
¹¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
¹² Department of Pathology and Anatomy, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30310, USA.
¹³ Public Policy Department, Amerihealth Caritas Family of Companies, Philadelphia, PA, 19113, USA.
¹⁴ College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
¹⁵ California State University Monterey Bay, 100 Campus Center, Seaside, CA, 93955, USA.
¹⁶ National Environmental Justice Conference and Moore Companies, Washington, D.C, 20006, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Biological & Physical Sciences, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC, 29115, USA.
¹⁸ The Space Company, 82 ½ Spring Street, Charleston, SC, 29403, USA.
¹⁹ Department of Medicine, Center for Health Disparities Research, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
²⁰ Program for Research On Men's Health, Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
²¹ University of the Virgin Islands, Charlotte Amalie, 00802, US Virgin Islands.

PMID: 34655025
PMCID: PMC8519742
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-021-02082-3

The National Conference on Health Disparities Student Research Forum

Marvella E Ford et al. J Cancer Educ. 2023 Feb.

. 2023 Feb;38(1):85-95.

doi: 10.1007/s13187-021-02082-3. Epub 2021 Oct 16.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA. fordmar@musc.edu.
² Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA. fordmar@musc.edu.
³ Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
⁴ Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
⁵ Department of Public Information & Community Outreach Main Library, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
⁶ Department of Biology, Allen University, Columbia, SC, 29204, USA.
⁷ Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27516, USA.
⁸ School of Nursing, University of the Virgin Islands, Charlotte Amalie, 00802, US Virgin Islands.
⁹ College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Academic Affairs Faculty, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
¹¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
¹² Department of Pathology and Anatomy, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30310, USA.
¹³ Public Policy Department, Amerihealth Caritas Family of Companies, Philadelphia, PA, 19113, USA.
¹⁴ College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
¹⁵ California State University Monterey Bay, 100 Campus Center, Seaside, CA, 93955, USA.
¹⁶ National Environmental Justice Conference and Moore Companies, Washington, D.C, 20006, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Biological & Physical Sciences, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC, 29115, USA.
¹⁸ The Space Company, 82 ½ Spring Street, Charleston, SC, 29403, USA.
¹⁹ Department of Medicine, Center for Health Disparities Research, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
²⁰ Program for Research On Men's Health, Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
²¹ University of the Virgin Islands, Charlotte Amalie, 00802, US Virgin Islands.

PMID: 34655025
PMCID: PMC8519742
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-021-02082-3

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Conference; Health disparities; Professional development; Underrepresented students; United States.

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National and international locations of academic institutions of students participating in the National Conference on Health Disparities (NCHD) Student Research Forum (SRF), 2011-2018. Note: The NCHD SRF was not held in 2015

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