• Women and Heart Disease: Leadership and Contributions of
  Women Physicians
  Presented by the UMMC National Center of Excellence in Women's Health & the Jackson Heart Study,  Part of the UMMC Mini-Med School Program
  March 11, 2008, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, UMMC Student Union
   
• Mississippi Women Physician’s Day
  March 12, 2008 Gov. Haley Barbour's Proclamation of Mississippi Women Physician's Day.
  Breakfast and exhibit viewing 8:30 am - 9:45 am at the Mall Center Stage. Shuttle service provided to the Capitol. Box lunch provided by MSMA at noon.
   
• Health Career Accomplishments of African-American Women
  Presented by the UMMC Division of Multicultural Affairs & Jackson/Hinds Library System
  March 13, 2008 12 noon – 2:00 pm, Mall Center Stage
  UMMC will bus registrants at 5:00 to the Medical Mall to view the exhibit

Dr. Jasmine Taylor, Div. of Multicultural Affairs, moderator
Panel:

Dr. Renita Cotton
Dr. Lynda Jackson Assad
Dr. Evelyn Walker
Dr. Frieda Bush
Dr. Geraldine Chaney-Bowie

Includes a book signing by Dr. Walker

• Healthy Children for a Strong Mississippi
  Presented by the UMMC National Center of Excellence in Women's Health & Jackson/Hinds Library System
  March 20, 2008, 9:30 am – 11:30 am, Mall common area

Children will receive healthy snacks and drinks.
Tables devoted to topics such as: skeletal system, circulatory system, muscles, respiratory system, brain, teeth, smoking & drugs, five senses, physical activity and nutrition. Plus library books and bookmarks and a healthy body puppet show.

• The Future of Women's Health in Mississippi
  Presented by the UMMC National Center of Excellence in Women's Health
  March 28, 2008, 8:00 am – 3:00 pm, Regency Hotel
  
  APRIL
   
• A Historical Perspective of Women Physicians "A Lady Alone: Elizabeth Blackwell, First American Woman Doctor," a one woman play written by N. Lynn Eckert, M.D. and performed by Linda Gray Kelley.
  Presented by the UMMC National Center of Excellence in Women's Health
  April 1, 2008, 6:00 – 8:00 pm, UMMC Conference Center
   
• Women’s Health Update 2008 : A Woman’s Health Throughout Her
  Life Span
  Presented by the UMMC National Center of Excellence in Women's Health
  April 2, 2008, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm, UMMC Conference Center
   
• Recruiting the Next Generation: Women in Biomedicine
  A community science forum present by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Base Pair & SOAR programs
  April 8, 2008, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, Mall Center Stage
  The drawing for the quilt will also be conducted.

Panel of speakers:

Katherine Evans Schneider (UMC)
Lena Palmer (Durham)
Nina Washington (Chicago)
Colibri Jenkins (Tulane)
Ayanna Jenkins (UMC)