Agbor-Baiyee Honored by Indiana Area Health Education Centers Program Office

At its February 2007 meeting, the Indiana Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program's Diversity Committee recognized William Agbor-Baiyee for his service as inaugural chair of the committee from 2001-2006. Created to assist the Indiana AHEC program in accomplishing its goals related to increasing the diversity and cultural competence of Indiana's health workforce, the Diversity Committee assists the AHEC program's community-based and statewide staff with strategic planning, evaluation, and partnership development.

Dr. Agbor-Baiyee participated in the late 1990s with Indiana AHEC founding director Stephen J. Jay, M.D., in planning the launch of the Indiana AHEC Program. As chair of the committee Dr. Agbor-Baiyee guided the Diversity Committee's early development and its later role in shaping projects such as "PROMiSE: Partners Recruiting Opportunities for Minority Student Education," a five-year project designed to boost the interest and intent of racial/ethnic minority high school students in Indiana in health careers. The project is a joint project of Indiana State Department of Health's Office of Minority Health, Indiana AHEC Program, and Indiana Minority Health Coaltion.

Dr. Agbor-Baiyee is succeeded as chair of the Indiana AHEC Program Diversity Committee by Yvette Spicer, project director of Indiana Cares, a statewide initiative at Ivy Tech Community College promoting job-training for the high-growth healthcare industry.

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