11th Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health

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11th Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health

JUNE 20-23, 2005; program starts at 1:30pm EDT: 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 related to health disparities.; (This session will be broadcast via Satellite and Internet.
All other sessions will be broadcast only via satellite.); Conference information

Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History

Opening day session at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History:: Hon. Melvin L. Watt, U.S. House of Representatives and Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) (bio); Gem Daus, MA (Director of Policy, Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum) (website) (bio); 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); Allan Noonan, MD, MPH (Director, Public Health Program, Morgan State University) (website) (bio); Rosa Pérez Perdomo, M.D.,M.P.H.,Ph.D., Secretary of Health, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (website) (bio); The panel will be moderated by Stephanie L. Crayton, Media Relations Manager, Office of Public Affairs and Marketing, UNC Health Care (bio)

Presenters for Tuesday-Thursday, June 21-23:: H. Jack Geiger, M.D., M.Sci.Hyg., Sc.D.(hon.), City University of New York (bio); Carole Anne Heart, Executive Director, Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmen's Health Board (website) (bio); Winifred King, Ph.D., RAPP, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (bio); Sela Panapasa, Ph.D., University of Michigan (bio); Rosa Pérez Perdomo, M.D.,M.P.H.,Ph.D., Secretary of Health, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (website) (bio); 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).

Please see all credits and acknowledgements

Links for participants:
Abstracts, bibliography, links to slides
Agenda
Archived (“on-demand”) webcast of the opening session
Attending the conference at UNC-CH
Credits and acknowledgements
Find a viewing site near you
Participant Evaluation Form

Links for site facilitators:
Register to be a satellite downlink site
Attendance sheet for signing-in participants
Color publicity flyer
Site facilitator evaluation

Other links:
Previous Videoconferences in this series
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Last updated: 8/13/2005 by Vic