ERHD Program: Results from the National Medical Association Meetings

As promised, I am reporting on the results from our participation as Exhibitors at the National Medical Association meetings held in Washington, DC. from July 23-27th at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. This was the first time that the ERHD program displayed our Exhibit at a national conference. We had a table top exhibit … Read more

ERHD Program attending 2011 National Medical Association Conference

It gives me great pleasure to inform everyone that the ERHD program will be attending and exhibiting our promotional display at the National Medical Association (NMA) Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly in Washington, DC from July 23 – 27th, 2011. We are excited about this opportunity to take part in the exhibit portion of the … Read more

Enrolling for Fall 2011

The ERHD Graduate Certificate Online Program is accepting applications from qualified graduate students for Fall 2011. To obtain a graduate certificate in ethnic and rural health disparities, completion of 12 credit hours is required. The ERHD program consists of four online courses: ERHD Courses 1. MPH 6005 African American Health 2. MPH 6007 Global Public … Read more

ERHD Program Adds New Students for Spring 2011 Semester

The Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities (ERHD) had a successful start in the fall with the first set of exceptional student professionals beginning our program. Now, we are beginning the Spring 2011 semester and we are fortunate to have three more students to join our innovative graduate online program. The new students will join our … Read more

ERHD Scholarships for Spring 2011

The ERHD Scholarship committee announces the availability of ERHD Spring Scholarships. The ERHD Scholarships are available to full-time or part-time graduate students with an interest in health disparities who will enroll and complete the East Carolina University ERHD graduate certificate online program. Candidates for the $1,000 scholarships will be asked to write a 500 – … Read more

Welcome All ERHD Students – The ERHD Program begins August 24, 2010

It is my distinct pleasure to welcome all Ethnic & Rural Health Disparities (ERHD) students to our brand new graduate certificate online program! It has been somewhat of a long-time coming yet now we are here together to start this new public health and medical training initiaitive. The first course in the ERHD program is: … Read more

ERHD PROGRAM accepting Applications for Fall 2010 and Spring 2011

Greetings Everyone, With the official approval of the ERHD program last month and now the evaluation of applicants for the ERHD program, we are very excited about the start of the Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities Graduate Certificate Online Program this coming Fall 2010! Fortunately, our ERHD program was granted extra time this spring to … Read more

ERHD Graduate Certificate Program “OFFICIALLY APPROVED!”

Yesterday was a historic day for our program! We were officially approved by the Chancellor of East Carolina University to start our graduate certificate online program for the university. This is a day that I had envisioned for the past 5 years when I started brainstorming the ideal about creating a certificate program specifically for … Read more

ERHD Graduate Certificate Online Program Approved by EPPC Committee

Greetings Everyone, Just to keep you updated on the progress of the ERHD Graduate Certificate Online Program, yesterday I presented the program before the Educational Policies and Planning Committee (EPPC). By the end of the meeting, the EPPC approved our ERHD Graduate Certificate Online program. The next step is to request approval of the certificate … Read more

ERHD Certificate Gets Approved by GCC

Greetings Everyone, A few days ago, I learned that our ERHD Graduate Certificate Program was approved by the university’s Graduate Curriculum Committee (GCC) on October 21st. After this approval, it moved to our Graduate School Administrative Board (GSAB) and it was approved at this level committee also. Now our Certificate proposal moves to the next … Read more