Presentations – Program for Research on Men's Health

Dr. Griffith speaks at the National Maternal Health Innovation Symposium, August 2023.

Global Men's Health Equity: Considerations, Challenges and Opportunities

Derek Griffith’s presentation in collaboration with Global Action on Men’s Health, Global Public Health Week Webinar, and the World Federation of Public Health Associations

Invited Keynote Addresses/Grand Rounds/Colloquia

Griffith, D.M. (2025, April). Global Men’s Health Equity: Considerations, Challenges, & Opportunities.Keynote Address, Global Public Health Week Webinar [Virtual]. Co-sponsored by the World Federation of Public Health Associations and Global Action on Men’s Health.

Griffith, D.M. (2025, April). “How does it feel to parent as a problem?” Perspectives of expectant and new Black fathers.Keynote Address, 8th Annual Black Maternal Health Conference. Theme: The Role of Fathers in Addressing Maternal Health Inequities. Tufts University School of Medicine, Center for Black Maternal Health & Reproductive Justice. Boston, MA.

Griffith, D.M. (2025, January). Sankofa and the science of community-based health equity research:
Charting the course for the next 40 years. Keynote Address, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Prevention Research Centers 40th Anniversary Celebration and Kickoff Meeting. Atlanta, GA.

Griffith, D.M. (2024, February). Expectant and New Black Fathers: Paradoxes, Priorities, & Perspectives. Invited speaker, Grand Rounds. Obstetrics & Gynecology, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Washington, DC.

Griffith, D.M. (2023, December). Equity in Men’s Health. Plenary keynote speaker, Men’s Health World Congress. Sarawak, Malaysia.

Griffith, D.M. Jaeger, E. C., Pepperman, P., Chustz, K.A., Frazier, D., Wilson, A., Brown, H. (2023, August). Fathers’ perspectives on fatherhood, paternal involvement, and resources to promote maternal health during pregnancy and childbirth: Implications for policy and practice. Invited speaker, National Maternal Health Innovation Symposium. Minneapolis, MN.

Griffith, D.M. (2023, May). Promoting Black Men’s health and well-being in 2023: Challenges and opportunities. Keynote address, Grand Rounds. Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University. Washington, DC.

Griffith, D.M. (2023, March). Trustworthiness in context: Potential participant perspectives on medical research. Invited panelist, University of Minnesota’s 8th Annual Research Ethics Day Conference: “What Makes Your Research Trustworthy? Threats and Opportunities.” Minneapolis, MN.

Griffith, D.M. (2023, February). Trustworthiness: Explaining and quieting the echoes of Tuskegee. Keynote address, Community Engagement Grand Rounds. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dallas, TX.

Invited Panels and Presentations: Academic Institutions

Griffith, D. M. (2025, February 18). Black Men’s Health 40 Years after the ‘Heckler Report’: Where do we go from here? [Virtual event]. Keynote address, EPIC Pathways Leadership Series, School of Nursing, the University of Michigan.

Griffith, D. M. (2024, December 11). 40 Years after the ‘Heckler Report’ on Black and Minority Health: Where do we go from here? December Grand Rounds, Johns Hopkins Welch Center, and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, Health Equity Jam Session, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

Griffith, D.M. (2024, May 9) Invited panelist for Equity ECHO Series, “The Ethics of Doing Research with Communities: Advancing Anti-Racist Models.” [Virtual event]. University of New Mexico Health Science Center, New Mexico.

Griffith, D.M., Smith, T., Swanson., M. (2024, May 13). Promoting Father Engagement to Enhance Baby’s Brain Health Development [Virtual event]. School of Public Health, University of Texas, Houston.

Evans Davis, S., Griffith, D.M., Pernell, C., (2024, April 16). Anti-racism and Health Equity [Virtual event]. Invited speaker for Partners for Advancing Health Equity (P4HE) webinar, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7btl4lzXEAE

Griffith, D. M. (2024, March 21). A vision for Black men’s health and well-being [Virtual event]. Featured speaker at the Curtis Center Health Equity Seminar at the University of Michigan.

Griffith, D.M. (2024, February). A Vision for Black Men’s Health & Well-being. Invited speaker, Black Health & Wellness Speaker Series. Dietrich School Arts & Sciences, University of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, PA.

Griffith, D.M. (2024, January). Health Equity: From Lens to Science. Invited speaker, Health Equity: From Lens to Science series. University of California, San Francisco. San Francisco, CA.

Presentations at Professional Conferences and Meetings

Griffith, D.M., Gilgoff, J. Jaeger, E.C. & Heilman, B. (2025, November). Movember Real Face of Men’s Health USA 2025 report. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC.

Gilgoff, J. & Griffith, D.M. (2025, November). Toward US boys and men’s health policy: Qualitative results from a policy Delphi within the current landscape. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC.

Leon, N., Colvin, C.J., Baker, P., & Griffith, D.M. (2025, November). No Man’s Land: A Global Action on Men’s Health report on how men are considered in global primary health care policy. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC.

Shand, T. & Griffith, D.M. (2025, November). Out of Focus: A Global Action on Men’s Health report on the representation of men in global sexual and reproductive health policy. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC.

Griffith, D.M. (2025, February 13). Availability and Access to Men’s Reproductive Health Services. [Virtual participant]. Invited external speaker presented to the Gender and Rights Advisory Panel (GAP), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Griffith, D.M. (2025, February 13). Promoting Black men’s health and well-being. [Virtual event]. Keynote Address presented at the Society for Health Psychology, American Psychological Association (Division 38), Presidential Research Webinar Series.

Griffith, D.M. (2025, January 15). Expectant and new Black fathers: Paradoxes, priorities, and perspectives [Virtual event]. Presented at the virtual Obstetrics & Gynecology Grand Rounds Lecture Series at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, D.C.

Griffith, D.M. (2024, November 19). How can we improve the mental well-being of Men? Challenges, Considerations, & Opportunities. [Virtual event]. Panelist as part of Conversations about Men’s Mental Health in Africa, Regional Public Awareness Webinar on Men’s Mental Health in Africa, African Region, World Health Organization, Republic of Congo.

Griffith, D.M. (2024, November 7). Advancing the Science of Gender, Power, and Health. [Virtual event]. Keynote Address presented at the NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival, Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research, Bethesda, MD.

Griffith, D.M., Jaeger, E.C., Pennings, J., Ogunbiyi, A., Porter, T., & Pepperman, P. (2024, October). Acceptability and feasibility findings of tailored app use in a community-based weight loss intervention for African American men. Oral presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN.

Ogunbiyi, A., Jaeger, E.C., Pepperman, P., Porter, T., Wichmann, E. & Griffith, D.M. (2024, October). Comparing Health Promotion Efforts in Retired and Non-Retired Men: Lessons Learned from Mighty Men (Pilot Study); A Health Promotion Intervention Program. Oral presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN.

Griffith, D.M. (2024, October 15). Cancer Prevention and Control in Black Men: Context, Considerations, and Intervention Approaches. [Virtual event]. Keynote Address, Health Equity Action Speaker Series, LUNGevity.

Baker, P., Leon, N., Colvin, C, & Griffith, D.M. (2024, September). Gone Missing: The Treatment of Men in Global Cancer Policy. Poster presentation, World Cancer Congress, Geneva, Switzerland.

Griffith, D.M. (2024, August 9). Visions for manhood and men’s health equity. Keynote Address presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.

Griffith, D.M. (2024, July 19). Opportunities for Health Equity Research: Moving Beyond “One Side of the Coin”. [Virtual event]. Keynote Address presented at the NIH UNITE Workshop Best Practices, Gaps, and Opportunities in Intervention Research Addressing Structural Racism and Health Disparities, Bethesda, MD.

Griffith, D.M. (2024, June 12). Sankofa and the science of community-based health equity research:
Charting the course for the next 40 years. Keynote Address presented at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kick-Off Meeting and 40th Anniversary celebration. Atlanta, GA.

Griffith, D.M. (2024, February 15). Expectant and new Black fathers: Paradoxes, priorities, and perspectives [Virtual event]. Presented at the virtual Obstetrics & Gynecology Grand Rounds Lecture Series at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, D.C.

Griffith, D.M. (2023, December). Equity in Men’s Health. Plenary keynote speaker, Men’s Health World Congress. Sarawak, Malaysia.

Leon, N., Colvin, C.J., Baker, P., Griffith, D.M. (2023, November). How men are treated in global cancer policy: A Global Action on Men’s Health report. Invited speaker, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA.

Griffith, D.M., Pepperman, P., Jaeger, E.C., Chustz, K.A., Frazier, D., Wilson, A., Brown, H. (2023, November). “In the Birthing Process, Don’t Forget the fathers”: Results from AIM CCI Fatherhood Focus Groups. Oral presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA.

Griffith, D.M. (2023, June). Men’s health equity. Invited speaker. Virtual Town Hall on Publicly Supported Boys and Men’s Health Initiatives. American Public Health Association Men’s Health Caucus. Washington, DC.

Griffith, D.M., Jaeger, E.C., Pepperman, P., Chustz, K., Frazier, D., Wilson, A., & Brown, H. (2023, March). Amplifying fathers’ perspectives, needs & recommendations to facilitate paternal involvement during pregnancy and childbirth. Oral presentation at the National Healthy Start Association’s Fatherhood Summit on the Health and Wellness of Boys & Men, Washington, DC.