The Writers’ Society Micro-Mini Institute (MMI) is intended to provide additional opportunities for Fellows to become more proficient and comfortable with thinking critically, writing clearly, and analyzing and presenting quantitative data in scientific and scholarly documents.

Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN, past president of the American Nurses Association (ANA), was honored on March 24 as keynote speaker at the national conference of the Minority Fellows Program (MFP) sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

IWI documents and articles

The Human Genome and Personalized Medicine: Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders Prevention and Treatment in a Diverse Society, February 10-13, 2011 Durham, North Carolina

Reducing Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disparities through Culturally Competent Leadership, Health Policy, Research, and Practice August 23-25, 2010, Atlanta, Georgia

Reducing Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disparities through Culturally Competent Leadership, Health Policy, Research, and Practice August 23-25, 2010, Atlanta, Georgia

An act of kindness by a black laundress to help out a white co-worker decades ago helped influence the move to improve health care for minorities across the nation. That is what Ambassador Margaret Heckler - a former U.S. Congress member, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Ireland from 1985 to 1989 - told attendees as the conference on minority health disparities got under way Thursday at the Westin Resort.

The Science, Practice, and Policy of Eliminating Health Disparities among American Indians in South Dakota: Building on Existing Wisdom August 13 - 16, 2009

More than four thousand nurses from around the world convened during the 24th Quadrennial Congress of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) June 30th – July 4th, in Durban, South Africa. "Leading Change: Building Healthier Nations" was the Congress theme. The Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) abstract, “Employing the Logic Model to Assure Relevant and Efficient Approaches for Recruiting and Retaining Ethnic Minority Nurses in Doctoral Programs in the USA” was presented by Dr. Faye Gary, MFP Executive Program Consultant, Dr. Jillian Inouye, National Advisory Committee Member and Alumna, and Janet Jackson, MFP Program Manager. My abstract, ‘The Social Determinants of Substance Abuse in Older African American Baby Boomers: The Effects of Family, Media Images, and Environment,” was accepted for poster pesentation.

April 27, 2009

“Uniting Science, Culture, and Practice to Transform Lives and Strengthen Communities” was the theme for this year’s winter institute. We were all privileged to enjoy this conference in fast-paced, diverse city of Miami, FL. What I found interesting about the city of Miami, are the harsh realities that the city is facing in regards to immigration, unemployment, mental health, and substance abuse concerns. Upon my preparation for the trip to Miami, all I kept thinking and hearing in my mind was Will Smith’s famous song, “Miami’... but I wasn’t prepared to hear about the “real” Miami.

February 12, 2009

February 12, 2009