| November 1991: The Committee on Minority
Affairs was created as an ad hoc committee during the
1991 Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia by American College
of Epidemiology President Raymond Greenberg and the Board
of Directors. The Committee held its first meeting during
the Annual Meeting. Victor Schoenbach was asked to serve as
chair. The Committee's charge was:
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Assess the current status of minorities in the profession
of epidemiology;
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Recommend specific actions to increase minority representation
in epidemiology;
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Assess the role of the College in promoting increased
minority representation in epidemiology;
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Recommend actions to increase research on health concerns
of minority populations;
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Recommend strategies for increasing the number of minority
epidemiologists who are affiliated with the College.
July 1992: Committee initiates survey of Distribution
of racial and ethnic distribution of faculty, students, and
postdoctoral fellows in U.S. epidemiology degree programs
November 1992: Committee initiates a content analysis
of recruitment materials from U.S. epidemiology degree programs
regarding headings and text related to minorities, minority
issues, and affirmative action; course titles related to minorities;
faculty research interests; mentions of the atmosphere of
the campus or the surrounding area in relation to ethnic diversity.
Pictures were screened in relation to minorities shown, activities
in which they are engaged in and the context.
November 1993: Committee initiates survey of minority
recruitment activities by U.S. epidemiology degree programs.
February 1994: First liaison member (from Society
for Epidemiologic Research) joins the Committee.
February 1994: Recommendations submitted to the Board
of Directors for attracting minority epidemiologists to the
College.
March 1994: Board of Directors accepts the Recommendations,
eliminates the application fee, and requests the Committee
to draft a Statement of Principles.
September 1994: Draft of Statement of Principles
accepted "in principle" by ACE Board of Directors.
September 1994: By-law change creates the Committee
on Minority Affairs as a Standing Committee of the College.
Victor Schoenbach appointed as Chair.
January 1995: Revised Statement adopted by Board
of Directors, subject to comment period.
May 1995: Following editorial revisions, final version
of Statement approved by ACE Executive Committee.
October 1995: American Heart Association Council
on Epidemiology and Prevention endorses the Statement of Principles.
November 1995: Statement
of Principles and accompanying Commentary
published in Annals of Epidemiology.
January 1996: Content analysis of recruitment materials
published in Annals of Epidemiology.
May 1997: Survey of minority recruitment activities
published in Annals of Epidemiology.
September 1997: Bill Jenkins, Ph.D. appointed Chair.
September 1998: Bill Jenkins and Victor Schoenbach
lead breakfast roundtable on "How can we bring diversity into
the profession" at the 1998 Annual Meeting in San Francisco
February 1999: Additional endorsements received for
the Statement of Principles. (List
of endorsements)
September 1999: Victor Schoenbach leads breakfast
roundtable on "Diversity in the profession - why has progress
been so slow?" at the 1999 Annual Meeting in Bethesda
February 2000: Vickie Mays, Ph.D. appointed Chair.
October 2000: Vickie Mays and Victor Schoenbach lead
breakfast roundtable on "Diversity in epidemiology: finding
ways to improve" at the 2000 Annual Meeting in Atlanta
Since 2002, the MAC has offered an annual
full day scientific workshops on health disparities topics
as a way of providing training of racial and ethnic minority
epidemiologists and others. Listed below are the workshop
topics to date, with links to Powerpoint slides and videos
for selected presentations.
2002 - "Community-Based Participatory
Research With Native Americans And Latino Communities: Epidemiologists
in The Community"
2003 - "What Does an Epidemiologist
Do? Implications of the Classification of Race and Ethnicity
for Research on Health Disparities in Blacks, Asians, Native
Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders"
2004 - "Trust, Mistrust and Ethics
in Health and Health Care Research with Racial/Ethnic Minority
Populations"
2005 - Meeting cancelled due to Hurricane
Katrina
2006 - "Race and Pharmacogenomics:
Pharmacogenomics What is An Epidemologist to Do?"
2007 - "Applying Epidemiologic Methods
in the Hispanic Community Health Study: Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)"
2008 - "Research Ethics in Studying
Genes and the Environment in Diabetes among Ethnic Minorities"
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