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Join BPA for in-person and virtual events throughout the year including our two flagship conferences, members only meetups, collaboratives, and more. Our calendar of events is updated regularly, so we encourage you to sign up for our e-blasts and newsletters to receive event invitations directly to your inbox.
The Spring Conference is held in correlation with an HBCU, an academic institution, or a location with a large African descent population within the continental U.S. and features broad programming that addresses the needs of psychiatric professionals across the career span.
The Fall Conference, known as the Transcultural Conference, is held away from the continental U.S. in a territory or country that has a large population of the African Diaspora or relevant to the interests of Black Psychiatrists. We hold our annual meeting at this event and offer off-site excursions for the purposes of education, networking, and fellowship.
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Established in 1986, the Andrea Delgado Award, M.D. Memorial Lecturer Award was BPA’s first award program. Its purpose is to honor the Founding Program Director of the Annual Transcultural Conferences. The Recipient is recognized for outstanding achievements in Psychiatry including fostering the global view of psychiatry in the African Diaspora.
1986 | Ezra E.H. Griffith, M.D.
1994 | Jeanne M. Spurlock, M.D.
1996 | Patricia M. Newton, M.D.
1997 | Cassandra Newkirk, M.D.
1998 | Averette Moon Park, M.D.
1999 | Billy E. Jones, M.D.
2000 | George Mallory, M.D.
2001 | Maxie Collier, M.D.
2006 | June Jackson Christmas, M.D.
2016 | Carl Bell, MD
2017 | Rangaswamy Thara, PhD.
2018 | James Comer, MD
2022 | Jessica Isom, MD
2023 | Sarah Vinson, MD