BRITE Center Recruiting Koreans Ages 18-19 for Advisory Board Position

BRITE Center research study is seeking Koreans ages 18-19 to serve on our advisory board regarding a study of smoking among Korean youth.

If interested in serving on our advisory board, please send an email with your name and contact information to thebritecenter@gmail.com



COVID-19: The Battle To Save Black Lives (Virtual Town Hall)

Center Director Vickie Mays will speak as part of a panel Thursday, April 30, from 12 to 1:30 p.m on the health, economic, and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black communities during a virtual town hall meeting presented by the Minority Health Institute.

  • Richard Allen Williams, M.D., FACC, FAHA, FACP*President and Founder, Minority Health Institute Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Past President, National Medical Association Founder, Association of Black Cardiologists
  • David Pryor, MD MPH, Regional Vice President, Medical Director, Anthem
  • Jehan (Gigi) El-Bayoumi, MD, FACP, Founding Director, Rodham Institute Professor of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA, President, American Medical Association
  • Oliver T. Brooks, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Watts HealthCare Corporation President, National Medical Association
  • Muntu Davis, MD, MPH, County Health Officer, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
  • Gustavo Friederichsen, CEO, Los Angeles County Medical Association
  • Lisa Barkley, MD, FAAFP, FSAHM, FACSM, Chair and Program Director, Family Medicine Residency, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
  • Mia Keeys, MA, Director of Health Equity Policy & Advocacy, American Medical Association
  • Reverend J. Edgar Boyd, Pastor, First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles



LA County Department of Public Health COVID-19 Volunteer Training

The UCLA BRITE Center for Science, Research & Policy in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is offering an opportunity for volunteers ages 12 and up, and from all backgrounds, to engage with communities and increase COVID-19 vaccination rates in LA County. Volunteers will assist with current efforts to improve access to vaccines in disproportionately affected communities as well as areas that are struggling with vaccine hesitancy. By choosing to volunteer with our program, you will be making a difference in the fight against COVID-19 as a vaccine warrior!

For more information, please visit the Vaccine Warriors website.



Confidence in Crisis: Strengthening Medical Trust within the Black Community during the Pandemic

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the UCLA Health Black Leadership Coalition and the UCLA Health Office of Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and demands to end longtime systemic inequality.

 



[Virtual Townhall] COVID-19 VACCINATION: IT MATTERS IN SAVING BLACK LIVES VIRTUAL TOWN HALL

 

 

Click here to view a recording of the event (Passcode: RHH*xKi9).

Click here for the program itinerary.

 



MLK DAY OF SERVICE COVID-19 Q&A SESSION

Join us in making a pledge to talk to 3 people in your network about COVID-19 for a MLK Day of Service!

We also hope that you will participate in a day of service by talking with three people in your network, especially your family about their questions about the vaccine and share with them what you have learned. On Monday, January 18th as a part of this UCLA Day of Service, Dr. Briggs-Malonson of UCLA Health will organize a group of Black physicians and scientists to answer questions that your family/network may have about the vaccine in general, at 3 PM PST.

[THIS EVENT IS NOW COMPLETED. WE WILL SHARE A VIDEO RECORDING SHORTLY]

For more Q&A please visit www.uclahealth.org/covid-19-faqs