Health Equity Matters ~ CDC OMHHE's Quarterly E-Newsletter 06/05/2014   Health Equity Matters Quarterly E-Newsletter to share News, Perspectives, & Progress from CDC's Office of Minority Health & Health Equity (OMHHE)     Welcome! OMHHE's e-newsletter is intended to promote awareness of minority health & health equity issues, support the achievement of our goals to eliminate health disparities, and foster ongoing communication & collaboration. Commentary CAPT. Yvonne Green, Director of the Office of Women's Health, presents A Call to Action for Women's Health. Science Speaks Selected publications from OMHHE authors including two articles from the MMWR Supplement "Strategies for Reducing Health Disparities". .   Conversations in Equity Dr. Ana Penman-Aguilar contributes as a guest blogger to share and exchange perspectives on the science and practice of health equity. News You Can Use! Timely information on upcoming projects, key personnel changes, and effective programs & initiatives.   Health Equity Champion! We are honored to recognize Sherry Hirota as a Health Equity Champion for her service to the Asian & Pacific Islander communities! TRIVIA! Spring 2014 Volume 3, Issue 2 Announcements Activities, Funding, Trainings, Summits, Conferences & more! Health Observances June is LGBT Pride Month / Presidential Proclamation. Statistics Highlight Difference in teen birth rates by race & ethnicity. Quick Links Special Feature Health Disparities Subcommittee (to the Advisory Committee to the CDC Diirector) Chair Presented with Medallion Award. Health Equity Matters E-Newsletter http://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/newsletter/current.html CDC's Office of Minority Health & Health Equity (OMHHE) http://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/ The future of food safety needs your vote! 06/05/2014 May 2014 Special Edition | Voting open until June 13! Whole Genome Sequencing Project is Finalist for HHS Innovates Award Your vote will help select the “People’s Choice.” The HHS Innovates  competition applauds and rewards workplace innovation. It pushes public health to think “outside of the box” and develop new ways of tackling ongoing problems. This competition has generated more than 500 innovative projects over the past five years. And it is happening right now. Last month, HHS employees chose six finalist innovations. . Whole Genome Sequencing is a cross-govermental project that gathers every agency responsible for controlling foodborne illness in America to combat Listeria. Each year more than 1,600 people get sick from Listeria, and about 1 in 5 dies. It is the third leading cause of death from food poisoning. This project paves the way for replacing the many laboratory methods used today to detect and investigate foodborne illness with a single, fast method in whole genome sequencing. Whole genome sequencing will cut the time needed to identify and characterize the bugs that make people sick in order to detect and investigate outbreaks. Watch video on Whole Genome Sequencing: the Future of Food Safety. Vote now! Whole genome sequencing is the begining of the biggest transformation of public health microbiology in decades. The faster we find the causes of outbreaks, the faster we can stop disease from spreading, protect health and save lives.   Vote now! ANYONE can vote!  Worth sharing with a few thousand of our closest friends?  Polls close June 13. Click here for previous newsletters. This week’s CDC Genomics Update features cancer precision medicine, men’s health, sepsis & Tourette syndrome 06/05/2014        Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. June 5, 2014 | Volume 32 Number 22                        Access the complete issue Cancer Precision Medicine Healthy People 2020 Men's Health Month Cancer Survivorship Familial Hypercholesterolemia Type 2 Diabetes Sepsis Tourette Syndrome Pathogen Genomics Inflammatory Bowel Disease Regular Topics Birth Defects & Child Health Cancer Chronic Diseases Ethics, Policy & Law Family History Genomics in Practice Infectious Diseases Newborn Screening Reproductive Health Reviews, News & Commentaries Tools & Databases CDC Genomics Publications Select Events Funding Office of Public Health Genomics: http://www.cdc.gov/genomics The Office of Public Health Genomics (OPHG) provides updated and credible information on how genomic information and family health history can improve health and influence policy and practice. 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