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As a joint-appointed Professor in Anthropology and Public Health at ECU, yesterday I participated in the OPEN HOUSE event with my Anthropology colleagues so that we could meet all the new Anthropology majors, Anthropology graduate students, and all ECU students interested in the field of Anthropology. It was a very successful gathering of students, faculty, and staff. After all the faculty introduced ourselves, it was meet and greet with the students along with playing games and eating a little food. Check out a few photos from the OPEN HOUSE held at the Flanagan Bldg on the main campus of East Carolina University! Time to KICK-OFF the new academic year in the Department of Anthropology and ECU! #ecu #eastcarolinauniversity #departmentofanthropology #anthropology #ecudepartmentofanthropology #drb

As a joint-appointed Professor in Anthropology and Public Health, yesterday I joined my Anthropology colleagues in WELCOMING our new cohort of Graduate Students in our Anthropology Department with enthusiasm for the upcoming 2024-2025 academic year! After each of the Anthropology faculty introduced ourselves to the new cohort of Graduate Students, the Graduate Director - Dr. Ryan Schacht -- provided them with all the specific requirements in completing their MA degree in our department. Here are a few photos from the new Graduate Student Orientation meeting in the Anthropology Department.

Here is our PROMOTIONAL FLYER related to our Inaugural Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities (ERHD) Distinguished Lecture Series featuring Dr. Justin Moore - Wake Forest University School of Medicine - sent out today to all of our networks.

This week, I finally have time to work on one of my DRAFT articles related to the next phase of a research project that I completed this past year. I would like to get some FEEDBACK from my LinkedIn audience as to whether the topic of this research study and the potential journal article would be of interest to you, your colleagues, and the general public. Please share your thoughts, comments, and suggestions. Thanks! #covid19 #collegestudents #mentalhealth #mentalhealthcopingstrategies #covid19vaccines #publichealth

It's August 2nd and now I can finally reflect back on my Summer 11 week course entitled, "Capstone Experience in Ethnic Health & Health Disparities: MPH 6009" which finished last week! This Capstone course and the Capstone Paper (which is a Fieldwork Proposal) is the culmination of the ERHD courses in our program in which graduate public health and medical students are strongly encouraged to re-examine our current public health and medical systems in order to provide their CREATIVE, INNOVATIVE, and CULTURALLY-COMPETENT strategies in their final paper that can improve the lives of SPECIFIC ETHNIC and RURAL HEALTH DISPARITY populations in the United States and especially in Eastern NC! Every year, I am AMAZED and pleasantly SURPRISED of the professional quality of their papers, the passion to their health disparity issue, the commitment to their specific population, and the deeper understanding of these complicated health disparity issues in which many graduate public health and medical students do not get the opportunity to investigate during their graduate professional training. So here are the TITLES of the CAPSTONE Fieldwork Proposals that my graduate public health and medical students from Brody School of Medicine completed during this summer's MPH 6009 course: "Opioid Epidemic Crisis among Incarcerated Males" "The Perpetuation of Obesity in the United States" "Improving Awareness of the Challenges Experienced by Children with Complex Medical Needs" "Health Disparities in Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis" "Addressing Rural-Urban Disparities in Infrastructure and Capacity to Address Health Needs: Implications for Primary Care, Trauma Care, and OB/GYN Care in Rural Areas" "Mental Health Disparities among Ethnic Minority Populations in Eastern North Carolina" "Hands-On Health Education": A Physio Camp Initiative for Early Childhood Healthy Lifestyle Development" "Diabetes Prevention Program: Educating & Empowering the Adults of Pitt County on Managing Type 2 Diabetes" "Employability Program for People Experiencing Homelessness" "Investigating Medical Interpretation for Limited English Proficiency, Spanish-Speaking Patients at Safety Net Clinics in Eastern North Carolina" "Capstone Experience in Ethnic Health & Health Disparity: Substance Use and Misuse" Again, it was my HONOR and complete JOY to have these phenomenal young professionals in our ERHD program for the past 2 years. They will join the next cohort of ERHD graduates who will change the WORLD! #erhd #healthdisparities #ruralhealthdisparities #ruralhealth #ecu #departmentofpublichealth #brodyschoolofmedicine

In preparation for the upcoming academic year (2024-2025) at East Carolina University, I felt that I needed some new Business cards since I have not had any for almost 14 years. (I have been employed at ECU for the past 19 years.) Indeed, I realize that a majority of folks do not use business cards as much anymore, but it does make a difference when you're attending conferences or meeting new professionals at your respective university. In fact, I STILL have my business cards from all the institutions that I have worked for as a professional since 1988 starting at the University of Houston. So as a joint-appointed professor at ECU, here are my NEW BUSINESS CARDS highlighting my Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities (ERHD) Graduate Certificate Online Program, the Department of Public Health, and the Department of Anthropology. So what do you think about it? Look forward to your response.

Here is an update of our UPCOMING ERHD Distinguished Lecture Series for the Fall 2024. Dr. Justin Moore is now on the Frontpage of our ERHD website. Check it out at: https://erhd.ecu.edu We are very delighted that Dr. Moore will be our FIRST ERHD Distinguished Lecture and we hope that many of you will attend online. If you are interested, please send me your email at: [email protected]. #erhd #ecu #ruralhealthdisparities #disparities #healthdisparities #healthequity

It's SUMMERTIME and another FUN thing that I do totally separate from my work activities is to spend quality time with my wife - MrsB! As Empty Nesters and Blessed to have 3 successful young professional adults, we produce a light-hearted, fun, engaging YOUTUBE show catered for Empty Nesters & Baby Boomers entitled, "Movie Reviews by DrB and MrsB." This YOUTUBE show gives us an opportunity to showcase our entertainment interests in a whole new way! So if you want to see how I have a little FUN during summertime, check out our new Movie Reviews by DrB and MrsB - Season #3, Episode #2 - "Summer Box Office and Netflix Movies 2024." Haha! I hope you like it! #movies #summermovies #moviereviews #emptynesters https://lnkd.in/epQuF54U

It's July 1st and now I can look back at my Summer I East Carolina University graduate course which lasted 5 1/2 weeks entitled, "African American Health: MPH 6005," to assess how my graduate students performed. A vast majority of my graduate public health and medical students in this class performed BETTER than expected! Since I have been teaching this graduate course in our Department of Public Health for the past 18 years, the graduate students in this class continue to EXCEL each year. I am pleasantly surprised on their eagerness and commitment to dive deep into a wide array of African American health and medical issues that I present through my podcast/webcast lectures, readings, discussion board sessions, and online videos! Of course, I do my BEST to present all of the African American health issues as OBJECTIVELY as possible yet with a bit of CULTURAL insight that I have as an African American individual and scholar in the field practically all of my life! To illustrate the type of research projects or proposals that my graduate students completed for this African American Health course, check out some of the TITLES: "African American Health Proposal: Tobacco Use & Health Consequences amongst African Americans" "Fieldwork Proposal/Project: Obesity among African Americans" "The Prevalence of Diabetes in African Americans: Mobile, Alabama" "Proposal for Project on Mental Health and Mental Health Care Barriers among African Americans in Raleigh, NC" "The Existence of Mental Illness in African Americans: Depression, Anxiety, and Panic Disorder" "A Needs Assessment of the African American Community in Martin County, North Carolina" "Breaking the Chains: Transforming Type II Diabetes Care in African American Communities" "Dementia among African Americans" "Culture, Diabetes, and Health Outcomes among African Americans" "Improving Diabetes Outcomes in the African American Community Proposal Project" "The Prevalence and Impact of Cardiovascular Disease among African Americans" "A Cultural Health Assessment on the Mental Health Status, Awareness, and Services for African Americans in South Florida" "Substance Abuse and Mental Health within the African American Population" "Applied Medical Anthropologic/Public Health Fieldwork Proposal: Determinants of Healthcare Related to HIV Care and Prevention Within the African American Community" "The Temple of God: Faith and Religion's Influence on Health in African American Communities" "Enhancing African American Breastfeeding Rates in the United States" "Uncontrolled Hypertension among African American Patients" Hopefully now you can see that our current graduate public health and medical students are very much INTERESTED, EXCITED, INTRIGUED, CURIOUS, and COMMITTED in wanting to learn more and to do their part regardless of their individual background with respect to African American health! It definitely makes me feel good to teach this MPH 6005 African American Health course!

As Director of the Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities (ERHD) Graduate Certificate Online program at East Carolina University, I am very pleased to announce that we are starting a new DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES beginning this Fall 2024 entitled, "The Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities Distinguished Lecture Series." It will feature renown, innovative, culturally-competent, and forward-thinking scholars and clinicians who are dedicated to eliminating health disparities for all populations particularly in ethnic and rural communities around the world! Our FIRST speaker will be Dr. Justin Moore! Dr. Justin Moore is Co-Director of the ERHD program and a Professor & Vice-chair in the Department of Implementation Science in the Division of Public Health Sciences in the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC.. The title of his DISTINGUISHED LECTURE will be: "LEVERAGING IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE TO IMPROVE HEALTH EQUITY AND REDUCE HEALTH DISPARITIES" Dr. Moore's Distinguished Lecture is scheduled for Thursday, September 12th at the East Carolina Heart Institute (ECHI Bldg), Room 2128 on the Brody School of Medicine and Health Sciences campus. It will be broadcasted online. Anyone who is interested to join online, please send me your email and I will add you to our list of participants to invite! We hope you will ATTEND online to our new ETHNIC and RURAL HEALTH DISPARITIES DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES beginning this Fall 2024! #erhd #ecu #ethnicandruralhealthdisparities #implementationscience #drjustinmoore Here is a photo of Dr. Justin Moore.