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Penny Rosenblum, Ph.D. Owner, Vision for Independence, LLC Consultant for Project INSPIRE<https://www.pathstoliteracy.org/resources/project-inspire-free-self-paced-courses-increase-stem-potential-individuals-who-read> Research Professor Emerita, University of Arizona Email: rosenblu@arizona.edu<mailto:rosenblu@arizona.edu> From: Natalina Martiniello <natalina.martiniello@umontreal.ca> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 9:25 AM Subject: [EXT]INOVA June 12th virtual presentation: Reviewing Recommendations to Enhance Inclusion for Researchers with Disabilities in Canada and the U.S. External Email [INOVA logo at the top-center in yellow with thick curved, tapered lines above and below the acronym INOVA.] International Network of Researchers with Vision Impairment and their Allies Virtual presentation: Reviewing Recommendations to Enhance Inclusion for Researchers with Disabilities in Canada and the United States When: Monday, June 12th, 4 - 5 Pm ET. Where: On Zoom. Register here: https://cnib.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkcumvrzMoHtVlfoOp74ezANTBilU1tpii INOVA provides a forum for attendees to learn about and discuss research and policy issues related to advancing inclusion for researchers with visual impairments and their allies. Join us for our next virtual session with guest speakers, Dr. Bonnie Swenor and Dr. Mahadeo Sukhai. Description In this fire-side discussion, Dr. Bonnie Swenor and Dr. Mahadeo Sukhai will summarize recently published recommendations to advance equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility for researchers with disabilities within federal research funding agencies in Canada and the United States. They will provide an overview of the reports developed by the National Institute of Health (NIH) in the U.S. and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) in Canada. They will compare and contrast proposed recommendations to increase inclusion for trainees and researchers with disabilities in both countries (with a focus on visual impairment), highlighting the strengths of recommendations, where gaps remain and what next steps are needed to move these priorities forward. Link to the NIH recommendations: https://www.acd.od.nih.gov/documents/presentations/12092022_WGD_Disabilities_Subgroup_Report.pdf Link to the CIHR recommendations: https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/53308.html Bios: Dr. Mahadeo Sukhai is the world's first congenitally blind geneticist. Mahadeo is Vice-President Research & International Affairs and Chief Accessibility Officer for the CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind), having previously served as a researcher at the University Health Network in Toronto. Dr. Sukhai also holds adjunct faculty appointments at Queens University (Kingston, ON), OCAD University (Toronto) and Ontario Tech University (Oshawa, ON). Dr. Sukhai is the Chair of the Employment Technical Committee for Accessibility Standards Canada, as well as the External Co-Chair of the CIHR Expert Advisory Committee on Accessibility and Systemic Ableism. In his role at CNIB, Mahadeo leads a significant research program focused on social determinants of health and inclusion for people living with sight loss in Canada. As Chief Accessibility Officer, Mahadeo also leads organizational culture change initiatives on accessibility and inclusion for CNIB. Bonnielin Swenor is an associate professor at The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and holds joint appointments at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is the founder and director of the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center, which aims to shift the paradigm from 'living with a disability' to 'thriving with a disability'. Motivated by her personal experience with a visual disability, her work takes a data-driven approach to advancing health equity for people with disabilities and promoting disability inclusion in higher education, STEMM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine), public health, and research. Dr. Swenor has provided advice and expertise on disability data, equity, and inclusion to multiple organizations and agencies, was a speaker at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Summit on Equity and Excellence in STEMM, is chair of a National Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) committee developing a series of workshops on disability inclusion in STEM, co-chaired the NIH Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD) Subgroup on Individuals with Disabilities , and is a member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ACD Health Equity Workgroup. Her work has been published in leading academic journals, such as the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), and the Lancet, and has been featured in multiple news outlets including the New York Times, the Washington Post, and TIME magazine. Please email Dr. Natalie Martiniello (natalina.martiniello@umontreal.ca<mailto:natalina.martiniello@umontreal.ca>) with questions / accommodation requests. CART will be provided.