It has been more than 60 days since my last Food For Thought.
This one was simulated by the recent New York Times article of Genomics
& Race and the op ed response by 67 Scholars.
Almost five years ago, Francis Page, Jr. gave me access to his weekly newspaper - Houston Style Magazine. I had written op ed pieces which have been published by others, but I always felt that I couldn’t express my thoughts fully. In limiting the op ed pieces to 500 to 1200 words, many of the pieces , in my opinion, really lacked the ability to get to the root of the problem. The only requirement of HDEART C was to proof read and not to libel anyone. What HDEART C is trying to to do is connect the dots. In sending this out to be reviewed so that I keep my promise of keeping misspelling to a minimum and not libeling anyone, I got the following response. “It is nice to think that so many of us feel the same way. I believe that we are often isolated -- particularly for those of us who work in developing, and remote settings -- and so we wonder if our opinions are out of lockstep with the mainstream in terms of academics and practitioners. But you have shown that to not be the case. Thank you. Let us hope for an impetus to action now.”
In
creating a Linkedin Page - HDEARTCONSORTIUM - we now have close to 1300
liked in least than two weeks. We are now four individuals away for
have 500 HHESA Network members. With new institutional/organizational
members joining HDEART C, we have now exceed 50 member. Almost five years ago, Francis Page, Jr. gave me access to his weekly newspaper - Houston Style Magazine. I had written op ed pieces which have been published by others, but I always felt that I couldn’t express my thoughts fully. In limiting the op ed pieces to 500 to 1200 words, many of the pieces , in my opinion, really lacked the ability to get to the root of the problem. The only requirement of HDEART C was to proof read and not to libel anyone. What HDEART C is trying to to do is connect the dots. In sending this out to be reviewed so that I keep my promise of keeping misspelling to a minimum and not libeling anyone, I got the following response. “It is nice to think that so many of us feel the same way. I believe that we are often isolated -- particularly for those of us who work in developing, and remote settings -- and so we wonder if our opinions are out of lockstep with the mainstream in terms of academics and practitioners. But you have shown that to not be the case. Thank you. Let us hope for an impetus to action now.”
So here is the latest Lovell's Food For Thought - http://stylemagazine.com/news/
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Lovell A. Jones, Ph.D., F.H.D.RExecutive Director
Health Disparities, Education, Awareness, Research & Training (HDEART)
Consortium (Academic Home - TAMSPH)
Health Disparities, Education, Awareness, Research & Training (HDEART)
Consortium (Academic Home - TAMSPH)
Adjunct Professor
Department of Health Promotion & Community Health Sciences
Texas A&M University School of Public Health (TAMSPH)
College Station, Texas
Research Faculty
College of Science & Engineering
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
lovell.jones@tamucc.edu
Professor Emeritus
University of Texas Distinguished Teaching Professor
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Professor Emeritus
University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
College of Science & Engineering
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
lovell.jones@tamucc.edu
Professor Emeritus
University of Texas Distinguished Teaching Professor
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Professor Emeritus
University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
http://www.thehistorymakers.or
OP ED WEB PAGE - http://stylemagazine.com/staff
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