The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gillings School of Global Public Health (link)

   
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at UNC-CH and elsewhere 

12th Annual Summer Public Health Research
Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health

Videoconference Agenda

MONDAY, June 26, 2006  -  Examining the Science Behind Race-Specific Medicine [View the archived webcast] [Purchase a videotape]

2:00-4:00pm EDT

Panel

Joseph L. Graves, Jr., Ph.D. (bio) (PBS interview) (NY Times interview) (slides)
Professor of Biology and Dean of University Studies
North Carolina A&T State University (website)

Pilar Ossorio, Ph.D.,J.D. (bio) (PBS interview) (slides)
Associate Professor of Law and Medical Ethics
University of Wisconsin Law School (website)

Morris W. Foster, M.Phil,Ph.D. (bio) (slides)
Professor and Acting Chair
Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma (website)

Stephanie L. Crayton (Moderator) (bio) 
Media Relations Manager, Office of Public Affairs and Marketing
UNC Health Care (website)

Reactors:

Jerome Wilson, M.A., Ph.D. (bio) 
Associate Director for Scientific Program Operations, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
(website)

Bonzo Reddick, M.D. (bio) 
Clinical Instructor, Department of Family Medicine, UNC-CH School of Medicine (website)

Jay Kaufman, Ph.D. (bio) 
Department of Epidemiology (website), UNC-CH School of Public Health

Kristal Raymond, M.P.H. (bio) 
Doctoral Student, Department of Epidemiology (website), UNC-CH School of Public Health


WEDNESDAY, June 28, 2006  -  Tobacco Use Prevention Initiatives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities - The On the Ground Smoking Cessation & Prevention Project (link) (Session description) [View the archived webcast] [Purchase a videotape]

2:00pm EDT

Allan S. Noonan, M.D.,M.P.H. (Moderator) (bio)
Dean of the School of Public Health and Policy, Morgan State University (website)

2:15pm Michelle Cotton-Laws (bio)
Ph.D. candidate in Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University

2:35pm Sharon Fryar Height, B.A. (bio) (slides)
Project Director, Bennett College for Women (website)

2:55pm

Adrienne Y. Witherspoon, B.F.A. (bio) (slides)
Tobacco Project Coordinator, School of Nursing, North Carolina A&T State University (website)

3:15pm Helen Lettlow, Dr.P.H. (Discussant) (bio) (slides)
Associate Vice President for Program Development
American Legacy Foundation (website)
3:30pm Questions and discussion
4:00pm Session adjourns

 

Links for participants:
 *  Abstracts, bibliography, speaker biographies
 *  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

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
 *  Back to the top

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Minority Health Project| Department of Epidemiology
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
2104D McGavran-Greenberg, CB#7435 | Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7435
Phone 919-966-7436 | Fax 919-966-2089| E-mail Minority_Health@unc.edu
Last updated: 6/2,3,9,15,16,21,22,27,28/2006 by Vic