2025 Ethics, Equity, and Engagement Conference Meet the Speakers Dr. Bertha Hidalgo an Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Epidemiology and Associate Dean for the Office of Access and Engagement at the UAB School of Public Health. She holds degrees from Stanford University, the University of Southern California and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She leads research programs in genetic epidemiology and dissemination science. Dr. Hidalgo has a highly productive record of peer-reviewed research in relevant research areas with publications as lead or co-lead author in high-impact journals including Nature, Scientific Reports, Diabetes, American Journal of Public Health, with over 100 publications. She has attained research funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, and internal funding from UAB. Dr. Hidalgo is the past chair of the Minority Affairs committee and President-Elect of the American College of Epidemiology, as well as a long-standing member on the NHLBI Board of External Experts. Dr. Hidalgo is also recipient of the 2019 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Early Career Achievement Award. (fb)

2025 Ethics, Equity, and Engagement Day Meet the Speakers Wendi Parminter, DPH, MHA Director of Employee Wellness Outreach and Volunteer Services, DCH Health System, Tuscaloosa AL. Her goal is to promote support holistic employee wellness through programs developed based on employees needs and to connect healthcare with the community by building mutual respected collaborative relationships which will lead to community trust of the healthcare system leading to better healthcare outcomes. She earned her bachelor’s and MBA degree from Devry University Atlanta, MBA Keller Graduate School of Management, Devry University and Doctor of Public Health, Epidemiology, Capella University. (fb)