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Yuma, AZ – (May, 2023). - The Regional Center for Border Health, Inc., is collaborating with the Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) and Arizona Biomedical Research Centre (ABRC) to host the 5^th Annual Yuma ABRC Forum with the theme “Collaborative Partnerships, Translating Research to Practice.”

The workshop will be held on Thursday, May 25, 2023, from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm, at the Pivot Point Conference Center, 310 N. Madison Avenue, in Yuma, Arizona.

According to Ms. Amanda Aguirre former State of Arizona Senator and current President & CEO of Regional Center for Border Health, Inc., this workshop will focus on four on-going areas of research education and program development: Binational Border Health; Community Engagement; Clinical and Community Health Research Based Agenda; and Workforce Development.

The agenda will start with Welcome remarks by Ms. Aguirre, and Mr. Michael J. Sabath, PhD Associate Vice President, and CEO with NAU Yuma Campus.

Keynote speaker will be Mr. Jose Luis Cruz Rivera, PhD, President of NAU.

Presentations followed by breakout sessions include the following:

• Successes at NAU: Research into Actions and Measurable Outcomes, by Mr. Robert Trotter II, PhD, Regents’ Professor Emeritus of Anthropology with NAU CHER; and Mr. John Garcia, MBA, CPM, Program Director with ABRC.
• Educational Partnerships with Mexican Universities: How Do They Benefit Individuals, Institutions, and the Region?, by Mrs. Yimin Wang, PhD Vice Provost for Global Affairs with NAU.
• ADHS Health Equity Report State Health Improvement Plan, by Ms. Michelle Kreutzber-Martinez Border Health Liaison with ADHS.

For more information please contact Mrs. Mariajose Almazan, Executive Assistant to the President & CEO of RCBH at mrincon@rcfbh.org or call (928) 315-7910.

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Media Contact: Alex Bejarano, Public Relations Director

928-315-7910 / abejarano@rcfbh.org