It's National Public Health Week! VCU's Public Health Student Association has partnered with the School of Population Health to host a series of fantastic events this week. Here's what's coming up!

📷 Take #OACAction and Be a Part of the Solution- Urge the Minnesota baseball team to recognize the harm stigma and bias can cause! Send a message to the St. Paul Saints baseball leadership, Sean Aronson, urging them to reconsider their decision.
obesityaction.org/action-center/…

This is NOT okay! #StopWeightBias OAC

#WomensHistoryMonth spotlight: Jessica LaRose, PhD Jessica Gokee LaRose, PhD

Stop putting zoom links in emails! Calendar invites, PLEASE!!!

#WomensHistoryMonth spotlight: alumna Kristal Lyn Brown, PhD
Dr. Brown is Assistant Professor at Drexel University’s College of Nursing and Health Professions. She is a transdisciplinary health equity scholar whose work bridges the areas of stress, obesity, and disordered eating.

This #WomensHistoryMonth we're featuring outstanding SBS alumnae, women in leadership roles, and students and faculty conducting research focused on improving women's health.

Check out our presentations at #SBM2024 tomorrow Friday, 3/15. You don't want to miss the amazing and talented Dr. Autumn Lanoye and Dr. Karly Casanave-Phillips. Huge thanks to NIDDK and VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center for funding this work! 👇

My conference is ACTIVE. What about yours? #SBM2024 #5KComplete #WalkRunWalk #PhillyPhilly #BrotherlyLove #MovingMyBody #HeartHealth #mentalhealth

…Just another AMAZING day at #SBM2024 SBM

Talk about talent! #SBM2024 #76ers

Don't miss these special #DigitalHealthSIG events at #SBM2024 on Fri 3/15:
💼8am Digital Health SIG Business Meeting (Salon B)
💻9am Digital Health SIG symposium (Salon K-L)
🥳3 pm: Digital Health SIG networking session (Franklin 3).

Calling adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors! Our team is looking for AYAs who are interested in helping us test and refine an app for use in a new lifestyle intervention designed specifically for AYAs. See details below and please R/T!
#survivorship #ayacancer

Join us in celebrating International Women’s Day! At SBS we #InspireInclusion through our research, mentorship, and our operations.

We are just ONE week away from #SBM2024 in Philadelphia! 🙌🎉

What are you most excited for at this year's Annual Meeting?!

Did you know that March is also National Nutrition Month? Check in with us to learn how CHE and our partners are working to reduce food access disparities and improve health equity through nutrition! 🥕🍅🌽

#nutrition month #nationalnutritionmonth #healthequity #nutrition

Why are med schools offering classes on structural racism, you ask?

Because of Henrietta Lacks
Because of the Tuskegee Study
Because of experimental procedures on enslaved Black women
Because of unnecessary procedures on women in ICE detention centers
Because if you are Black or…

Today is the beginning of a very special week for all of us!!! #EatingDisorderAwarenessWeek is an annual event dedicated to raising awareness about eating disorders, promoting understanding, and providing support to individuals affected by these conditions.
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Grateful for this ADVANCE VCU Council of Chairs session today on strengths-based leadership -- love to see VCU embracing and promoting a strengths focused culture!