Environmental Fridays, April 7
Welcome to Season IV, Episode 12, of "Environmental Fridays ... it is personal."
Join us this coming Friday, April 7, 2023, for Environmental Fridays, Episode 12, at 9:30 a.m. EST to listen and learn about "How Does Beauty & Personal Products Affect Your Health?" by Tiah Tomlin-Harris, D. Bing Turner and Dede K. Teteh.
Our co-host is Gloria Brown Wright, retired professor of chemical education, Central Connecticut State University.
The Zoom Meeting link is https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84075113359?pwd=TGMvYUxycHExRFMvdnlWL1o4TEV1QT09.
- Meeting ID: 840 7511 3359
- Passcode: 172320
Share with others. Everyone is welcome. Environmental Fridays is free to all—students, professionals, community.
Contact Desmond Hartwell Murray, associate professor of chemistry, at murrayd@andrews.edu if you have any questions.
GUEST SPEAKER BIOS
Tiah Tomlin-Harris, MS, an overcomer of Triple Negative Breast Can't-cer, as she calls it, has dedicated herself to being a community change agent and advocate, with a focus on health disparities, black women's health and healthy lifestyle education. As a result of her advocacy work, she has received recognition and awards, including President Bush’s Point of Lights Award. After her diagnosis with breast cancer at a young age, Tiah believed that no one should walk this cancer journey alone and founded the My Breast Years Ahead sisterhood and co-founded My Style Matters, a 501c grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and supporting underserved families impacted by cancer. Through her life's work, Tiah is moving people from Awareness to Action.
D. Bing Turner, MPH, was born and raised in Compton, California, and graduated from the prestigious King Drew Medical Magnet High School. He later graduated from Morehouse College with a degree in education and a Master of Public Health (MPH) from Claremont Graduate University. Bing is a community grounded public health professional, who courageously seeks opportunities to create systems, models and programs that can provide access for those who have been disengaged or whom have been misrepresented. Bing views public health as a dynamic discipline and active concept that can be used to empower communities and to create change for a healthier perspective and healthier local environment. He is the co-founder of Heritage Farmers Market and Heritage Wellness Collective.
Dede K. Teteh, DrPH, assistant professor, is a certified health education professional with a wide breadth of experience across academia, research, policy development and strategic communications. She brings a deep knowledge of the public health sector—spanning both individual and community health—as well as a teaching and research-based background. Through her work in community advocacy and prevention, as well as several roles at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, she has cultivated an interest in sustainable public health infrastructure and building healthier communities, particularly in Black populations. As a social/behavioral scientist, Teteh uses community-based participatory research approaches to reduce health disparities and promote health equity in African diaspora populations. Teteh was born and raised in Lomé, Togo, and grew up in Bronx, New York, and Atlanta, Georgia, but currently calls Southern California home.
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