[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5440]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO DR. SAUNDRA H. GLOVER

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                         HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 22, 2015

  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Dr. Saundra 
H. Glover on the occasion of her retirement from the University of 
South Carolina. Serving as Associate Dean for Health Disparities and 
Social Justice of the Arnold School of Public Health and Director of 
the Institute for Partnerships to Eliminate Health Disparities (IPEHD), 
Dr. Glover has devoted her life to fighting inequity in health status 
and health care.
  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. famously said at the 1966 National 
Convention of the Medical Committee for Human Rights: ``Of all the 
forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and 
inhumane.'' I profoundly agree with that view. While many bemoan the 
poor health status of many Americans and their lack of access to care, 
Dr. Glover spent decades working to correct this shocking and inhumane 
injustice.
  In her fight to eliminate health disparities, Dr. Glover has brought 
to bear a plethora of weapons. She has conducted research, winning 
millions of dollars in grants and leading efforts to create the Health 
Disparities Research Network. She has been a prolific author, 
publishing dozens of articles in academic journals. She has been an 
educator, working to address the dearth of minority public health 
professionals and earning the South Carolina Rural Health Association's 
Excellence in Education Award. She has been a community leader, serving 
on the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control 
(DHEC) commissioner's health disparities advisory board and partnering 
with DHEC's Office of Minority Health on a number of statewide 
initiatives. In 2010, she was appointed to the Executive Committee of 
the Congressional Black Caucus Institute 21st Century Council, leading 
the health policy subcommittee.
  In all of these endeavors, Dr. Glover has attacked the complicated 
problem of health disparities from a wide array of angles. Her 
publications have covered topics as diverse as HIV, mental health, 
diabetes, asthma, access to care, and health services delivery. IPEHD, 
under her directorship, has been engaged in research and community 
activities that address HIV, cervical cancer, head and neck cancers, 
prostate cancer, obesity, mental health, autoimmune diseases, 
musculoskeletal injuries, and environmental health. In all of her work, 
Dr. Glover has focused on identifying and developing partnerships, 
engaging vulnerable and underserved communities in research, prevention 
and intervention activities, and training underrepresented minorities 
in biomedical and behavioral research.
  I am particularly grateful for Dr. Glover's role in organizing the 
James E. Clyburn Health Disparities Lecture Series. She has taken the 
lead in developing this annual lecture series to bring together 
academicians, clinicians, and community partners to share research and 
best practices on promoting health equity. Recognizing the importance 
of turning knowledge into action, Dr. Glover has ensured that this 
lecture series include follow-up dialogue sessions to identify 
community-level action steps to address racial, ethnic, and residence-
based disparities in HIV and cancer in South Carolina and across the 
country. The success and growth of these programs would not have been 
possible without Dr. Glover's leadership.
  With all of these accomplishments, it is no surprise that Dr. Glover 
has garnered numerous honors and awards over the years. The University 
of South Carolina honored her with the Outstanding Black Alumni Award 
in 2004 and the Martin Luther King Faculty Social Justice Award for 
Exemplary Teaching, Research, and Service in 2010. She has also 
received national acclaim, winning the National Council of Negro 
Women's Living the Legacy Award in 2011, the Urban League's 2012 Tower 
Award for contributions to the betterment of humanity, and the Alpha 
Phi Alpha Fraternity's MLK Community Service Award in 2013. We in South 
Carolina have been fortunate to have such a distinguished figure 
serving our community for so many years.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask you and my colleagues to join me in congratulating 
Dr. Glover on her well-deserved retirement. I wish her good health and 
Godspeed.

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