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9th Annual Summer Public Health Research Videoconference
on Minority Health - www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2003/
June 9-13, 2003; 1:30-4:30pm EDT, from Chapel Hill, NC USA Via C-band satellite and (Monday only) on the Internet Participate via Internet (Monday session only) or at nearly 100 satellite downlink sites. Ask questions / make comments by toll-free telephone, fax, email, or web form. AGENDA * MONDAY, June 9, 2003 (satellite AND Internet) Research Towards the Elimination of Health Disparities Yvonne T. Maddox, PhD, Deputy Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD Innovations in HIV Prevention with Latina and African American Women at High Risk Hortensia Amaro, PhD (KEYNOTE), Distinguished Professor of Health Sciences at the Bouve College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University, Boston, MA. * TUESDAY, June 10, 2003 (satellite only) Genomic Definition of Self and Group Identity: Implications for Biomedical Research Charles N. Rotimi, PhD, Associate Professor of Genetic Epidemiology and Director of The National Human Genome Center at Howard University, Wash, DC. Racial and Ethnic Data Issues for Epidemiologic Studies Olivia Carter-Pokras, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. * WEDNESDAY, June 11, 2003 (satellite only) Using Health and Family Data from the National Center for Health Statistics to Study Health Disparities Anjani Chandra, PhD, Demographer, National Survey of Family Growth, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD. African Americans and HIV: Context and Epidemiology Adaora A. Adimora, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. * THURSDAY, June 12, 2003 (satellite only) The Development, Implementation, and Assessment of a Culturally Innovative HIV/AIDS Intervention for Hispanic Drug Injectors. Antonio L. Estrada, PhD, Professor, Mexican American Studies and Public Health; Director, Mexican American Studies and Research Center, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Roots of American Indian/Alaska Native: Indigenous Health Disparities Michael Bird, MSW, MPH, Executive Director, National Native American AIDS Prevention Center, Oakland, CA. * FRIDAY, June 13, 2003 (satellite only) Racial Disparity in Infant Mortality among African American Women: A Comparative Study Fran T. Close, PhD, Assistant Professor, Maternal and Child Health & Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL. Seat Belt Use among African-Americans: Utilizing Key Stakeholders to Decrease the Disparity. Otis Cosby, MD, PhD, Director, Environmental and Occupational Health, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN. See: www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2003/agenda.htm This year's Videoconference is presented by the University of North Carolina School of Public Health Minority Health Project (UNC Program on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health Outcomes), the UNC Center for Health Statistics Research (funded by the CDC National Center for Health Statistics), and the Morgan-Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions (funded by the NIH National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities). Major funding comes from the CDC National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention in collaboration with the Association of Schools of Public Health and the CDC Center for Infectious Diseases Office of Minority and Women's Health The School of Public Health is NOT charging a site fee. To register a Videoconference site, visit: www.minority.unc.edu The presentations by Dr. Maddox and Dr. Amaro will be presented as a live webcast by Kaisernetwork.org, a free service of the Kaiser Family Foundation (see www.minority.unc.edu for information and the link). _________________________________________________________ Minority Health Project UNC Program on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health Outcomes School of Public Health University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400 919-843-6934 / Fax 919-966-6735 2003-06-07-emailannounce ______________ www.minority.unc.edu - UNC SPH Minority Health Project
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