IHSI Calendar

Please join us for the three-part speaker series, Achieving Equity: Disparities in Mental Health. These events will discuss equity issues and funding opportunities related to mental health, including barriers to care, service utilization, and risk and resilience in underrepresented populations. Registrants may choose to attend one, two, or all three events in the series. The series is hosted by the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute Health Equity Core.

In this session, Illinois faculty members will give brief presentations on current research related to mental health equity, followed by a Q&A session.

• Mental health during the perinatal period: Karen Tabb Dina, Social Work
• Changes in sense of belonging among underserved populations: Nidia Ruedas-Gracia, Educational Psychology
• A Wellness Store: An innovative approach to health and wellbeing: Ruby Mendenhall, Sociology
• Issues affecting Veterans and their families: Rachel Hoopsick, Kinesiology and Community Health