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Save the Date More information and registration are forthcoming. This Hickey Lectureship will feature four community leaders: Sevonna Brown, Madeline Dorval-Moller, Emilie Rodriguez, and Victoria St. Clair. This event will be held in-person on Thursday, February 6th, 2025, from 4 PM to 6:30 PM at the CU School of Nursing. The title of their talk is "Centering Community as a Form of Research Justice: The Importance of CBOs in Leadership in Research and Medical Institutions to Address Maternal Inequity." Light refreshments will be served. The annual Kathleen Hickey Endowed Lectureship in Science of Cardiovascular Care, hosted by the Center for Research on People of Color at Columbia University School of Nursing, memorializes Kathleen Hickey, EdD, a Columbia Nursing professor who conducted innovative, interdisciplinary research to improve cardiovascular health. Her research and clinical practice was focused on cardiogenetics, clinical care and management of atrial and ventricular arrythmias, and prevention of sudden cardiac death. Hickey was also co-director of the Precision in Symptom Self-Management Center and held a joint appointment in the Division of Cardiology (electrophysiology) as both a family and adult nurse practitioner. The lectures is held every February and is free and open to the public. This is the first endowed lectureship at Columbia University honoring a nurse scientist. Sevonna Brown is Co-Executive Director of Black Women’s Blueprint. BWB equips individuals, organizations, and institutions with the knowledge and specific tools to achieve true inclusion along each individual or institutions’ diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) journey while building culture and building the capacity of leaders and managers to lead long-term sustainability. Madeleine Dorval-Moller is the Executive Director of the Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership. NMPPaddresses maternal and child health and wellness issues, especially within low-income communities and high-risk populations. They provide participant-focused, culturally sensitive services to improve birth outcomes and reduce disparities, by taking care of women before, during, and after pregnancy. Emilie Rodriguez is the Founder of The Bridge Directory and owner of Ashe Birthing Services (Ashe). The Bridge Directory is a platform for perinatal health professionals of color and a community for the families they serve. Their mission is to heal the disparities in healthcare from within by training institutions and providers, redefining expectations in care, and closing the access gap. Victoria St. Clair is a full-spectrum doula and manages the doula program at the Caribbean Women’s Health Association. CWHA aims to address the nonmedical factors that influence health outcomes by undertaking a community-based approach to our work. CWHA is the largest no-cost community-based doula provider in New York City's five boroughs and boasts the most extensive and diverse group of active doulas. These doulas, rooted in their respective communities, offer comprehensive and culturally sensitive prenatal, birth, and postpartum care and support.   

Program Overview VIRTUAL CONFERENCE Columbia University Irving Medical Center invites you to join the leading educators from Columbia University, addressing an overview of high yield challenging scenarios in the management of ANCA-Vasculitis. Through a combination of lectures and case-based presentations, this course will deliver up-to-date and cutting-edge information that can be directly integrated into clinical practice. Video Access Following the program, all registrants will be given access to lecture video recordings for one month. Learning Objectives 1. Discuss the basis of the pathogenesis of ANCA-Vasculitis. 2. Define renal pathology patterns of ANCA-Vasculitis. 3. Discuss pathogenesis, pathology, and immunosuppressive strategies available to health care providers (nephrologists, clinicians, pathologists, geneticist NP, and PAs). 4. Discuss ongoing clinical trials utilizing novel therapies for ANCA-Vasculitis. 5. Identify additional barriers to utilization for future educational opportunities. Accreditation Statement In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and Columbia University. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Amedco Joint Accreditation #4008163. Physicians (ACCME) Credit Designation Statement Amedco LLC designates this live virtual activity for a maximum of x.x AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Physician Assistants PAs may claim a maximum of x.x Category 1 credits for completing this activity. NCCPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Nurse Practitioners The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) recognizes the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as approved accreditors and allow reciprocity for AANPCP continuing education credit. Maximum of x.x hours.

Registration will be available soon. This Anti-Racism Speaker Series will feature Marisa Spann, PhD on Thursday, March 27th, 2025, from 10 AM to 11 AM via Zoom. The title of her talk is forthcoming. Dr. Spann is a Herbert Irving Associate Professor of Medical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She is a clinical neuropsychologist with specialty training in developmental neuroimaging and perinatal epidemiology. Dr. Spann’s research aims to identify early immune, brain, and neuropsychological antecedents of childhood psychiatric risk to reduce the time to intervention for young children.