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JUNE
20-23, 2005; program starts at 1:30pm EDT
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This year's Videoconference begins with a special broadcast to celebrate the dedication
of the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History (SCBCH).
The two-hour broadcast will feature the Hon. Mel Watt, Chair of the Congressional
Black Caucus, and five leaders from diverse areas of public health and policy
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(This session will be broadcast via Satellite and Internet.
All other sessions will be broadcast only via satellite.)
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Opening
day session at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History:
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Hon.
Melvin L. Watt, U.S. House of Representatives and Chair of the Congressional Black
Caucus (CBC) (bio)
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Gem
Daus, MA (Director of Policy, Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum)
(website)
(bio)
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Gary Grant
(Executive Director, Concerned Citizens of Tillery [NC])
(website)
(bio)
- Carole
Anne Heart (Executive Director, Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmen's Health Board)
(website)
(bio)
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Allan Noonan,
MD, MPH (Director, Public Health Program, Morgan State University)
(website)
(bio)
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Rosa Pérez
Perdomo, M.D.,M.P.H.,Ph.D., Secretary of Health, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
(website)
(bio)
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panel will be moderated by Stephanie L. Crayton, Media Relations Manager, Office
of Public Affairs and Marketing, UNC Health Care (bio)
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Presenters
for Tuesday-Thursday, June 21-23:
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H. Jack Geiger,
M.D., M.Sci.Hyg., Sc.D.(hon.), City University of New York (bio)
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Carole
Anne Heart, Executive Director, Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmen's Health Board
(website)
(bio)
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Winifred
King, Ph.D., RAPP,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (bio)
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Sela Panapasa,
Ph.D., University of Michigan (bio)
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Rosa Pérez
Perdomo, M.D.,M.P.H.,Ph.D., Secretary of Health, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
(website)
(bio)
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Cynthia
Prather, Ph.D., SISTA Project, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (bio)
The 11th Annual Videoconference is dedicated to the memory of
Charles Blackmon, 1938-2005, a leader in the movement
for health for all.
The 2005 Institute and Videoconference are presented by
the UNC School of Public Health Minority Health Project [UNC Program on Ethnicity,
Culture, and Health Outcomes (ECHO)]
and the Morgan-Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions (CHDS).
Major funding is provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [National
Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP), and the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID)
Office of Minority and Women's Health in collaboration with the Association of
Schools of Public Health (ASPH).
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