2002 Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health

Webcast of the opening and keynote presentations

The opening and keynote presentations from the 2002 summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health will be broadcast via the internet. The Broadcast will begin at 1.30 p.m (EST) and will continue till 4.30 p.m (EDT) on Monday, June 17, 2002. Please register with us to view the webcast.

Click here to view the webcast (MONDAY only)
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RealPlayer is required to view this broadcast. You may download a free copy from www.real.com/player
(be sure to check the Minimum System Requirements on that page). After you have installed RealPlayer, test your ability to download the webcast by viewing the archived webcast of the 4th Annual William T. Small Keynote Lecture by Sherman A. James, Ph.D from the 24th Annual Minority Health conference, March 1, 2002.

You will also need an Internet connection (at least 28.8K bps; faster is better).

Be sure to test your computer setup well in advance of the broadcast so you can obtain assistance from your usual source of technical support.

Opening Presentation:
MONDAY, June 17, 2002 (Begins: 10:30am PDT, 11:30am MDT, 12:30pm CDT, 01:30pm EDT)
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health: An Overview of National Data and NIH Future Directions in Behavioral and Social Causal Factors
Raynard Kington, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health
Moderator: Vijaya K. Hogan, Dr.P.H., Clinical Associate Professor, Dept Maternal and Child Health; Director, Curriculum on Health Disparities, School of Public Health; on detail from the Division of Reproductive Health at the CDC.

Keynote Lecture:
MONDAY, June 17, 2002 (Begins: 12:05pm PDT, 01:05pm MDT, 02:05pm CDT, 03:05pm EDT)
SES, Ethnicity, Culture: Toward Understanding the Sources of Disparity in Academic and Mental Health Outcomes
Oscar A. Barbarin, III, Ph.D. (Keynote)
L. Richardson and Emily Preyer Bicentennial Distinguished Professor for Strengthening Families, School of Social Work and Senior Investigator, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
Moderator: Victor J. Schoenbach, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology; Principal Investigator, Minority Health Project, School of Public Health, UNC-CH.


Links: 
    2002 Institute home page
    Agenda
    Continuing education credits
    Credits and acknowledgements
    Find a downlink site in your area
    Instructors
    Objectives, intended audience, policies
    Participant evaluation forms
    Pre-register to attend the Institute at UNC-CH
    Videoconference materials
    Videotapes
    Webcast of the opening & keynote lectures

Links for downlink sites: 
    General information
    Information for site facilitators
    Downlink agreement
    Register a satellite downlink site
    Publicity flyer (620 kb word doc)
    Daily attendance form (33 kb word doc)

Other links: 
    Previous Videoconferences in this series
    Final report on the 2001 Videoconference
    Back to the top

  Return to the Minority Health home page 


06/05/02raj Minority_Health@unc.edu