Agenda Information

Saturday, June 20, 2009 - morning

Welcome and Opening

8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Registration

9:00 a.m.

Welcome & Opening

Lovell A. Jones, PhD, - Director, Center for Research on Minority Health, Department of Health Disparities Research, Founder, Health Disparities, Awareness, Research & Training (HDEART) Consortium, Houston, TX. (confirmed)

Greetings from the Director, Office of Research on Women’s Health, NIH

Vivian W. Pinn, M.D., - Associate Director, Research on Women’s Health, Director, Office of Research on Women’s Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.  (confirmed)

Greetings from the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

John Mendelsohn, MD, - President, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. (confirmed)

Greeting from the HDEART Consortium and the Introduction of our Special Guest

Kirk A. Calhoun, MD, - President, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, TX. (confirmed)

The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, - 18th Congressional District, Texas, Houston, TX. (confirmed)

10:30

Introduction of Keynote Speaker

Ernest Hawk, MD, MPH, - Vice President & Division Head, Division of Cancer Prevention & Population Sciences, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. (confirmed)

10:45

Can We Do Anything About Health Disparities in America?

S. Leonard Syme, PhD, - Professor of Epidemiology and Community Health (Emeritus), School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA. (confirmed)

11:30

Questions and Answers

11:45

Workshop Overview

Lovell A. Jones, PhD, - Director, Center for Research on Minority Health, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. (confirmed)

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

Saturday, June 20, 200 - afternoon

Biological and Cultural Factors

Moderator

Janis Hutchinson, Ph.D., M.P.H.

1:00

Biological and Cultural Factors

Jeffery J. Guidry, PhD - Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, Department of Health & Kinesiology, College Station, TX.  (confirmed)

2:00

Asian American Health Disparities:  Dispelling the Model Minority Myth

Beverly J. Gor, BS, EdD - Texas Health Disparities Scholar, Center for Research on Minority Health, Department of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. (confirmed)

3:00

15 minute break

3:15

Partnerships for Comprehensive Cancer Control

Judith Salmon Kaur, MD - Associate Professor of Oncology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Director, Native American Programs, Rochester, MN.  (confirmed)

4:15

Linking the Changing Faces of U.S. Latinos to Health Outcomes:  Is There Equity for All?

Guadalupe Palos, RN, LSMW, DrPH - Assistant Professor, Department of Symptom Research, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. (confirmed)

5:15

Health Disparities in Other U.S. Populations

Gilbert H. Friedell, MD - Director (Emeritus), Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. (confirmed)

6:15

Panel Discussion

6:45

Reception – Robert C. Hickey Auditorium (Foyer)

Sunday, June 21, 2009 - morning

Human Genomics and Health Disparities

7:30 a.m.

Registration & Breakfast

Moderator

Robin Fuchs-Young, Ph.D.

8:00

Genes, Ethnicity and Autoimmunity: A Historical Perspective

John D. Reveille, MD - Professor & Director, Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunogenetics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX. (confirmed)

9:00

Population Substructure & Health Disparities:  Insights from Biological Anthropology

Fatimah Jackson, PhD - Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. (confirmed)

10:00

15 minute break

10:15

Ancestry, Health & Disease:  Placing Genetic Susceptibility into Context

Rick Kittles, PhD - Associate Professor, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.  (confirmed)

11:15

Translational Oncogenomics:  Genomics Characterization as a Means to Discover Novel  Tumor Specific Abnormalities Associated With Clinical Outcomes

John D. Carpten, PhD - Senior Investigator & Director, Integrated Cancer Genomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute (Tgen), Tempe, AZ.  (confirmed)

12:15 p.m.

Questions and Answers

Sunday, June 21, 2009 - afternoon

Human Genomics and Health Disparities

12:40

Introductions

Celia Garcia-Prieto – Postdoctoral Fellow, Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. (confirmed)

12:45

Lunch Speaker – Christopher I. Amos, PhD - Professor & Deputy Chair, Ad Interim, Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. (confirmed)

Moderator

Robin Fuchs-Young, Ph.D.

2:00

Gena Objectives MicroRNAs and Native Cultural Issues

Lynne T. Bemis, PhD - Associate Professor, University of Colorado Health Science Center, Aurora, CO., & Linda Burhansstipanov, MSPH, DrPH,CHES - Grants Director, Native American Cancer Research, Pine, CO. (confirmed)

4:30

Questions and Answers

5:00

Adjourn

Monday, June 22, 2009 - morning

Health disparities, Changing Outcomes via Changing Approaches

7:30 a.m.

Registration & Breakfast

Moderator

Robert G. Robinson, M.S.W., Dr.P.H.

8:00

Introductions

Robert G. Robinson, MSW, DrPH - (Retired) Associate Director for Program Development, Office of Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. (confirmed)

8:15

Employing Community Competence to Address Disparate Tobacco Use

William S. Robinson, MA - Executive Director, National African American Tobacco Prevention Network, Durham, NC. (confirmed)

9:00

Frontera de Salud:  Mobilizing Healthcare Students to Confront Disparities in Health

Kirk L. Smith, MD, PhD - Arnold P. Gold Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Member, Institute for the Medical Humanities, Director, Frontera de Salud, Associate Director for Community Outreach, Stark Diabetes Center, University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston. (confirmed)

9:45

15 minute break

10:00

HEALTH – As Seen Through the Wide-Angle Lens

Gary Earl - Senior Vice President of CIGNA, and Co-Founder, CIGNA Communities of Health. (confirmed)

10:45

Addressing Cervical Cancer in Little Haiti, Miami:  CBPR in ACTION

Erin N. Kobetz, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Jay Weiss Center for Social Medicine & Health Equity, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL. (confirmed)

11:30

Panel Discussion

12:00 p.m.

Introductions

12:10

Lunch Speaker-Joel S. Dunnington, PhD, - Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. (invited)

Monday, June 22, 2009 - afternoon

Health Disparities, Genomics, and Ethics

Moderator

Janice A. Chilton, Dr.P.H., C.H.E.S.

1:15 p.m.

Introductions

Janice A. Chilton, DrPH, C.H.E.S., - Instructor, Center for Research on Minority Health, Department of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.  (confirmed)

1:30

Narrowing the Gap through Attention to Values and Ethics in Public Health Risk Assessment

Colin L. Soskolne, PhD - Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Canada.  (confirmed)

2:45

Understanding the Role of Genetics in Health Disparities:  Perspectives of the Lay Public & Health Professionals

Vence L. Bonham, Jr., JD - Senior Consultant on Health Disparities, and Della Brown White, PhD – Research Fellow, Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MA. (confirmed)

4:00

15 minute break

4:15

Addressing the Socio-Economic Determinants of Health as a Matter of Social Justice

Marion Danis, MD - Senior Staff Head, Section on Ethics & Health Policy, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD. (confirmed)

5:30

Questions and Answers

6:00

Adjourn

6:30

Tour & Reception – John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - morning

Health Disparities & Media

7:30 a.m.

Registration & Breakfast

Moderator

George A. Strait, Jr.

8:00

Introductions

George A. Strait, Jr. - Assistant Commissioner Public Affairs, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health & Human Services, Washington, DC.  (confirmed)

8:15

TBA

George A. Strait, Jr. - Assistant Commissioner Public Affairs, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health & Human Services, Washington, DC.  (confirmed)

9:00

TBA

Elizabeth Cohen, BS, MPH - Senior Medical Correspondent, Health and Medical Unit, CNN News Network. (confirmed)

9:45

15 minute break

10:00

TBA

Walter E. May, - President/CEO, Pikeville Medical Center, Pikeville, KY. (confirmed)

10:45

TBA

Laurence J. “Larry” Payne, - Political Consultant, The Education Foundation of Harris County, Houston, TX. (confirmed)

11:30

Panel Discussion

12:00

Lunch

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - afternoon

Health Disparities & Social Determinants

Moderator

Diane Rowley, M.D., M.P.H.

1:00

Social Justice:  A Prerequisite for Eliminating Health Disparities

Bill (William Carter) Jenkins, MS, PhD, MPH - Director, Morehouse College, The Research Center of Health Disparities, Atlanta, GA. (confirmed)

2:00

Addressing Health Inequities Through Social Determinants of Health

Alexandra (Lexi) B. Nolen, PhD, MPH – Acting Director, Center to Eliminate Health Disparities & Associate Director of the PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center on Training in International Health at The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX. (confirmed)

3:00

15 minute break

3:15

Health Literacy Meets Social Justice:  Words Do Count

Cathy D. Meade, PhD, RN, FAAN – Senior Member, Division of Cancer Prevention & Control Health Outcomes & Behavior, Professor, Moffitt Cancer Center & USF College of Medicine, Department of Oncologic Sciences, Tampa, FL. (confirmed)

4:45

Merging Culture and Intervention – A Mandatory Element for Success

Thelma Hurd, MD - Associate Professor, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX. (confirmed)

5:15

Questions and Answers

6:00

Adjourn

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - morning

Health Policy & Economics

7:30 a.m.

Registration & Breakfast

Moderator

Armin Weinberg, Ph.D.

8:15

Reducing Health Disparities by Improving the Quality of Primary Care in Low Income Communities

Robert Otto Valdez, PhD - Executive Director, The RWJF Center for Health Policy, Associate Director, Office of Community Health, UNM Health Science Center, Professor, Family & Community Medicine and Economics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.  (confirmed)

9:15

Delivering on the Elimination of Health Disparities:  The Role of Health Care Organizations

Winston F. Wong, MD, MS - Medical Director, Community Benefit, Disparities Improvement and Quality Initiatives, Kaiser Permanente, National Program Office, Oakland, CA.  (confirmed)

10:15

15 minute break

10:30

Framing a Public Discussion on the Social Determinants of Health

Lauri Andress, MPH, JD, PhD - Consultant: Wisconsin Center for Health Equity ; Adjunct Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX (confirmed)

11:30

Income Inequality and Health

Ya-Chen, Tina Shih, PhD - Associate Professor, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. (confirmed)

12:30

Questions & Answers

12:45 p.m.

Lunch Speaker - TBA

Carl Hill, PhD, MPH - Health Science Administrator, EA Program, Division of Special Populations, National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.  (confirmed)

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - afternoon

Kellogg Scholars

Moderator

Barbara K. Krimgold

Introductions

Barbara K. Krimgold - Director, Kellogg Health Scholars National Program Office, Center for Advancing Health, Washington, DC.

2:00

TBA

German Hernandez, MD - Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso, TX.  (confirmed)

2:45

TBA

Melva Green, MD - Associate Staff, John Hopkins Medical Institute, Department of Psychiatry, Baltimore, MD. (confirmed)

3:30

15 minute break

3:45

TBA

Anne Foster-Rosales, MD, MPH - Chief Medical Officer of the Planned Parenthood of Golden Gate in San Francisco, CA. (confirmed)

4:30

TBA

Sonia E. Ruiz Chiriboga, PhD, - The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. (confirmed)

5:15

Questions and Answers

6:00

Adjourn (Buses to the Marriott Medical Center)

7:00-9:00

Kellogg Scholars Reception @ Trevisio's Restaurant

Thursday, June 25, 2009 - morning

Kellogg Scholars

7:30 a.m.

Registration

Moderator

Barbara K. Krimgold

8:00

Introductions/Moderator

Barbara K. Krimgold - Director, Kellogg Health Scholars National Program Office, Center for Advancing Health, Washington, DC.

8:10

Do You Know What Pesticides Are?  A Bio-cultural Model of Migrant Farmworker Health Disparities

Amy Snipes, PhD - Postodoctoral Fellow, Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, The University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health, Houston, TX. (confirmed)

8:55

TBA

Larkin L. Strong, PhD - Instructor, Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.  (confirmed)

9:40

15 minute break

9:55

Effective Management of Chronic Disease Despite Access and Income Barriers

Gina L. Evans, PhD - Assistant Professor, Chronic Disease Prevention & Control Research Center, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. (confirmed)

10:40

A Sociocultural Approach to Understanding Racial Disparities in Late-Life Physical Function

Mindi Spencer, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Health Promotion, Education & Behavior & The Institute for Southern Studies, University of South Carolina. (confirmed)

11:25

Questions and Answers

12:15

Lunch Speaker – TBA

Nathan Stinson, Jr., PhD, MD, MPH – Acting Chief, Division of Extramural Activities & Scientific Programs, National Center on Minority Health & Health Disparities, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD. (invited)

Thursday, June 25, 2009 - afternoon

Kellogg Scholars & Health Disparities

Moderator

Barbara K. Krimgold

1:15

Introductions

Barbara K. Krimgold - Director, Kellogg Health Scholars National Program Office, Center for Advancing Health, Washington, DC.

1:30

Environmental Health Perspectives of a Minority Community

Denae King, PhD - Research Scientist, Center for Research on Minority Health, Department of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. (confirmed)

2:15

TBA

Naima Wong, PhD - Consultant, Georgia Health Policy Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, GA. (confirmed)

3:00

15 minute break

3:15

TBA

Cara James, PhD, - Senior Policy Analyst, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. (confirmed)

4:15

The Relationship Between Place and Health Disparities:  Latino Experiences

Patricia Y. Miranda, PhD, MPH - Kellogg Health Scholar, Center for Research on Minority Health, Department of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. (confirmed)

5:00

Latino Aging and Health Disparities

Angelica P. Herrera, MPH, DrPH – Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, UC San Diego, San Diego, CA. (confirmed)

5:45

Questions and Answers

6:15

Adjourn

Friday, June 26, 2009 - morning

Health Disparities

7:30 a.m.

Registration & Breakfast

Moderator

Lorraine R. Reitzel, Ph.D.

8:00

How the First Health Disparity Was Eliminated:  What We Need to Learn For Eliminating Other Health Disparities

Moon S. Chen, Jr., PhD, MPH - Professor and Associate Director, University of California, Davis, Department of Public Health Sciences, Davis, CA. (confirmed)

9:00

Cultural Tailoring for African Americans:  The Eat for Life Study

Kenneth Resnicow, PhD - Professor, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI. (confirmed)

10:00

15 minute break

10:15

Dying While Black: Why Colorblind Policies Won't Eliminate the Slave Health Deficit

Vernellia R. Randall, JD - Professor of Law, The University of Dayton School of Law, Dayton, OH. (confirmed)

11:15

Panel Discussion

Friday, June 26, 2009 - afternoon

12:00 p.m.

TBA – Lunch Speaker

Caya Lewis – Department of Health & Human Services, Washington, DC. (invited)

1:00

Closing Remarks

Maureen Y. Licthveld, MD, MPH, Professor & Chair, Freeport McMoRan Chair of Environmental Policy, Associate Director Population Sciences, Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. - (confirmed)

2:30

Adjourn