Meet Our 2024 Keynote Speaker
Dr. Arvin Garg, MD, MPH, is a Professor of Pediatrics and Vice Chair of Health Equity at UMass Chan Medical School. He is also the Associate Chief Quality Officer for Health Equity for the UMass Memorial Health System. Dr. Garg’s highly regarded research addresses adverse social determinants of health (SDoH) in pediatric care, advocating particularly for low-income families. His work has been cited in professional guidelines and recognized with awards such as The Francis F. Schwentker Award and The Society of Pediatric Research Fellow Clinical Research Award. He has been continuously funded by the NIH since 2009 and has published over 90 papers.
Arvin Garg, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Pediatrics, UMass Chan Medical School
Associate Chief Quality Officer, Health Equity, UMass Memorial Health
Founding Director, Child Health Equity Center
Call For Abstracts
NYC RING invites you to share your work with our community of clinicians, researchers, and scholars at the 2024 Convocation of Practices on October 29th!
Submissions are now open to individual investigators or interdisciplinary teams pursuing research and quality improvement questions with a link to primary care, including:
- Research conducted within primary care practices
- Community-based research with relevance and connection to health systems
- Medical education/pathway investigations centering research training focused on health equity
- Resident or student-initiated projects in the above settings
Funded research, pilot studies, and quality improvement projects from any clinical area are welcome, provided that the aims have implications for primary care. Completed studies as well as works in progress will be considered.
We are particularly interested in implementation studies and topics related to social needs screening and navigation, integration of social care within medical care, community-engaged research, and health equity research.
Poster session attendees will have the opportunity to vote for best presentations, and honorees will be announced by NYC RING and presented with an award following Convocation.
To submit your project, please prepare an abstract of no more than 300 words and complete the form at the link below. Selected projects may be presented in either poster or storyboard format. Display requirements and submission instructions are detailed at the beginning of the submission form.
Poster & Storyboard Submission – 2024 NYC RING Convocation of Practices
For any questions or assistance with the submission process, please contact NYCRING@einsteinmed.edu.
