Annual Conference
Conference Registration:
http://register.cce.umn.edu/Course.pl?sect_key=186086 Conference Objectives
- Explore strategies to eliminate disparities in disease, health outcomes, and access to health care across racial, ethnic, sexual orientation and socioeconomic groups
- Provide a platform to disseminate health equity and minority health research results to students, faculty, organizations, and community members
- Explore successful partnerships and how they might ultimately contribute to elimination of health disparities
- Examine legal, social, and ethical responsibilities of research with under-served populations
Preliminary Agenda
Monday, April 23rd
1:45 pm - 2:45 pm Registration
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Opening remarks
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Plenary Speaker:
Jane Delgado, Ph.D., M.S., President and CEO, National Alliance for Hispanic Health
4:15pm - 6:00 pm Poster Session
6:15 pm - 7:30 pm Dinner and keynote speaker:
Kweisi Mfume, Former United States Congressman 1987 - 1996 and Former President of NAACP Tuesday, April 24th
8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast and registration
9:00 am - 9:15 am Opening remarks
9:15am - 10:30am Showcasing our Work
Janet Thomas, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Kathleen Call, PhD Associate Professor and Director, Graduate Programs in Health Services Research,
Policy and Administration
10:45 am - 12:00 pm Community University Partnerships
Michele Allen, M.D., M.S. Assistant Professor, Medical School
Community Partner: Padres Informados
Rahel Ghebre, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Community Partner: Sirad Osman of American Community Services
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Lunch
1:45 pm - 3:00 pm Recruitment Session
Moderator: Kola Okuyemi, M.D., M.P.H., Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Panel: Selwyn Vickers, M.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery
Jean Ford, M.D. Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Anne Joseph, M.D., M.P.H., Department of Medicine
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Legal and Ethical Responsibilities in Biospecimen Research
Discussant: Mary Faith Marshall, PhD
Panel: Ron Whitener, Assistant Professor of Law, UW Law School, Director, Tribal Court Criminal Defense Clinic
Executive Director, Native American Law Center Jean Ford, M.D. Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Director, Johns Hopkins Center to Reduce Cancer Disparities, Associate Director of Community
Programs and Research, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
4:00 pm - 4:15 pm Closing Remarks
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