Center for Health Equity & Evaluation Research
Director’s welcome - Welcome to the Center for Health Equity & Evaluation Research (CHEER), the only Congressionally mandated comprehensive health disparities research, education and training center outside of the federal government. CHEER is undergoing transition to become a collaborative entity between The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the University of Houston. More information about the transition is forthcoming.
News and Events
Summer Workshop 2011
The 9th Annual "Disparities in Health in the Global Context" Summer Workshop was held June 20 – 25, 2011, at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The opening keynote for last summer's workshop was given by Professor Sir Michael G. Marmot M.B.B.S., M.P.H., Ph.D., Director of the International Institute for Society and Health at the University College of London. The goal of the workshop was to provide attendees with a comprehensive approach to the issue of health disparities and a broad knowledge base of the bio-psychosocial approach in addressing health disparities. Save the date for the upcoming 2012 Annual Health Disparities Summer Workshop, which will take place June 26 through July 1, 2012 at the Hilton Americas Houston.
InterCultural Cancer Council's Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved, and Health Equity
CHEER staff is working with the ICC to coordinate the 12th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved, and Health Equity. This international symposium on cancer and minority health marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of the event and will be held from June 27 through July 1, 2012 at the Hilton Americas Houston. More information about the ICC's Biennial Symposium can be found on the InterCultural Cancer Council's website: www.iccnetwork.org.