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This science project poster created by UVI students, from left, Sarah Wolf, Shaniece Liverpool and Keturah Solomon, took
third place in the student poster competition at the National Health Disparities Conference.
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50 UVI students participated in 2013 Disparities Conference’s Undergraduate and
Graduate Forum on Nov. 13. The student forum was sponsored by the Bennie and Martha Benjamin Foundation. |
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| Rev. Dr. H. Beecher Hicks |
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| UVI President Dr. David Hall stressed the vital importance of the task facing conference participants during his welcome address. |
The Rev. Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Jr., servant pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Church of Largo, Md., provided the keynote address at the the Seventh Annual National Conference on Health Disparities, scheduled for Nov. 13-16, at Sugar Bay Resort on St. Thomas. The University of the Virgin Islands was a major sponsor of the conference, which had the theme: “Reducing Health Disparities Through Sustaining and Strengthening Healthy Communities.” It focused on policies and programs designed to reduce the impact of health disparities, with panels addressing issues of particular importance in the Caribbean region.
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Conference attendees applauding the keynote presentation.
