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Coffee & Conversation with Wizdom Powell

November 9, 2016 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Dr. Wizdom Powell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Behavior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a trained population health disparities research scientist and clinical psychologist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Behavior.  Dr. Powell is recognized nationally for the impact of her work addressing social determinants of health inequities among boys and men of color. Resolving the widely acknowledged “gender paradox” that men, despite having more social power than women, are more likely to experience pre-mature death than women is central to this work. She is the winner of UNC’s Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement by Young Faculty for 2015.

As a researcher and author, Dr. Powell is shaping how the intersection of race, masculinity, health beliefs and behavior are understood and addressed by psychologists and health professionals. Dr. Powell was awarded the Distinguished Professional Service Award by the American Psychological Association, Division 51 in 2014.

In addition to her long list of peer-reviewed articles, presentations and invited talks, Dr. Powell She is the author of book chapters that are essential to the work and training of psychologists and public health professionals. Among these, Everyday racism as a threat to the masculine social self: Framing investigations of African American male health disparities, a chapter in the APA Handbook of Men and Masculinities, published in 2015.

She was selected by the UNC Institute of African-American Research (IAAR) as a 2015-2016 faculty fellow and served as a White House Fellow and Special Advisor on military mental health policies to Secretary Leon Panetta as an appointee of the Obama administration.

Dr. Powell teaches  Foundations of Health Behavior II and is a mentor to both MPH and doctoral students.

Details

Date:
November 9, 2016
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Event Category:
Website:
http://honorscarolina.unc.edu/community-and-events/coffee-and-conversation/

Venue

Graham Memorial, Room 039 (Basement Level)
218 E. Franklin Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27514 United States