Medical Mall hosts Jackson Heart Study Celebration of Life on Saturday

The Jackson Medical Mall Thad Cochran Center is hosting the 15^th Annual Celebration of Life on Saturday, Feb. 28, 8 a.m. to noon.

The program is an annual event “to celebrate the life and legacies of the African-American family in addition to highlighting the importance of the Jackson Heart Study,” said Dr. Donna Antoine-LaVigne, principal investigator of the Community Outreach Center, Jackson Heart Study/Jackson State University.

The free event open to the public at 350 West Woodrow Wilson Ave. coincides with Black History Month and National Heart Month, she said.

The event features nationally and internationally known speakers with information relevant to African-American health, health-related resource information and health screenings (glucose, cholesterol, and blood pressure).

Guest panelists include: Dr. Reuben Warren, executive director, National Center for Bioethics in research and Health Care, Tuskegee University; Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble, professor of Medical Humanities and professor of Health Policy and American Studies, George Washington University; and Dr. Anne R.

The Jackson Heart Study is the largest single-site, prospective, epidemiologic investigation of cardiovascular disease among African Americans ever undertaken.

It exemplifies a unique collaborative model among three institutional partners, the Jackson community, and the National Institutes of Health to discover and test best practices for eliminating health disparities.

The Jackson State University School of Health Sciences, College of Public Service, is located at the Medical Mall, headed by Dr. Ricardo A. Brown, dean.

For more information, contact Darcel T. Odom, 601-979-8709, or Marty Fortenberry, 601-979-8736. 

Contact: 

Olivia S. Goodheart, director, public relations, 601.979.1483, olivia.s.goodheart@jsums.edu

Jim Ewing, media specialist, 601.979.2950, james.h.ewing@jsums.edu