Agenda (Final edition)
8:00 am
Registration/Continental Breakfast
Central
Atrium
9:00 am
Introductions & Welcome
Grumman
Auditorium
William L. Roper, MD, MPH
Dean, School of Public
Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Archie Ervin, PhD
Assistant to the Chancellor
Director, Office of
Minority Affairs
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
Presider: Kacey Hanson, Masters Student
Conference
Co-Chair
Department of Maternal and Child Health
School of Public
Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
9:30 am
Remarks on 25th Anniversary Grumman Auditorium
William T. Small, Jr., MSPH
Adjunct Professor
Department of
Health Education
North Carolina Central University
Previous
Associate Dean
School of Public Health
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
9:45 am
William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Address
Grumman
Auditorium
Camara P. Jones, MD, MPH, PhD
Research Director on Social
Determinants of Health
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Atlanta, GA
Presider: Victor Schoenbach,
PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology
School of
Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Co-Presider: Angela Thrasher, MPH, Doctoral Student
Conference
Co-Chair
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education
School
of Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:45 am
Poster Session I & Break
Central Atrium
11:00 am
MORNING CONCURRENT SESSIONS
(A1) Race in Contemporary Scientific Research and Medical Practice:
One Step Forward, Two Steps BackMountain
Laurel AB
Kevin Schulman, MD, MBA, RN
Professor of Medicine and Business
Administration
Director, The Center for Clinical and Genetic
Economics
Duke Clinical Research Institute
Durham, NC
Jay
Kaufman, PhD
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
School of Public
Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kari E.
North, PhD
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
School of Public
Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Presider:
Marlyn Allicock, MPH, Doctoral Student
Department of Health Behavior
and Health Education
School of Public Health, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Co-Presider: Dionne Piggott,
MSPH
Medical Student
School of Medicine, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
(A2) Historical Perspectives: Race and
the Implications for Health
Dogwood Room AB
Cherry Beasley
Professor
School of Nursing
University of
North Carolina at Pembroke
Pembroke, NC
Marilyn Yarbrough,
JD
Professor
School of Law
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
Velma Watts, PhD
Director
Maya Angelou Institute for the
Improvement of Child and Family Education
Winston-Salem State
University
Winston-Salem, NC
Presider: Seronda Jackson, MS, Doctoral Student
Department of
Epidemiology
School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Co-Presider: Katrina Debnam, Masters Student
Department of Health
Behavior and Health Education
School of Public Health, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(A3) Community Participatory Research to Mitigate Environmental
Injustice Within Impoverished Communities in North Carolina
Redbud
AB
Omega Wilson
West End Revitalization Association-CDC
Mebane,
NC
Gary Grant
Executive Director
Concerned Citizens of
Tillery
Tillery, NC
Marian Johnson-Thompson, PhD
Director, Education and Biomedical
Research Development
National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Research Triangle Park, NC
Presider: Chris Heaney, Masters Student
Department of Environmental
Sciences and Engineering
School of Public Health, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Co-Presider: Antoine Smith, Masters Student
Department of Health
Behavior and Health Education
School of Public Health, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(A4) Using Qualitative Research to Improve Health Within
Communities of Color: Advantages and Challenges in Application and
Opportunities for Policy Change
Bellflower AB
Derek M. Griffith, PhD
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Health
Scholar, Post Doctoral Fellow
Department of Health Behavior and Health
Education
School of Public Health
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Siobhan Maty, PhD, MPH
W.K. Kellogg Community Health Scholar, Post
Doctoral Fellow
Department of Health Behavior and Health
Education
School of Public Health
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Scott Rhodes, PhD, MPH, CHES
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community
Health Scholar, Post Doctoral Fellow
Department of Health Behavior and
Health Education
School of Public Health
University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ivan M. Remnitz, MA
Hispanic Liaison, El Vinculo
Community
Mentor
W. K. Kellogg Foundation Community Health Scholars
Program
Pittsboro, NC
Presider: Annice Kim, MPH, Doctoral
Student
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education
School of
Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Co-Presider: Jimmy Wallace, Masters Student
Department of Health
Behavior and Health Education
School of Public Health, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(A5) Categorizations and
Characterizations of the 'Authentic Indian': Health Policy Implications
for American Indians and Alaska Natives
Azalea Room AB
Dean
S. Seneca, MPH, MCURP
Assistant Director, Office of Tribal
Affairs
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Atlanta,
GA
Patrik Johansson, MD, MPH
Health Disparities Intern
Office of
Minority Health
Rockville, MD
Gregory Richardson
Executive Director
North Carolina Commission
on Indian Affairs
Raleigh, NC
Lynn Lowry-Chavis, MPH
Program Manager
AI N-O-T
Project
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert G. Robinson, DrPH
Associate Director for Program
Development
Office on Smoking and Health, Office of the
Director
Atlanta, GA
Presider: Lawrence Shorty
Center for
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
NC American Indian Tobacco Addiction and Prevention
Initiative
Co-Presider: Kyna McCullough, MPH, Doctoral Student
Department of
Epidemiology
School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
12:15 pm
Lunch
Trillium Room
1:30 pm
AFTERNOON CONCURRENT SESSIONS
(B1) Access and Advocacy: How Politics and Social Policy Affect
Health Among Vulnerable Populations
Azalea AB
Dean Duncan, PhD
Research Associate Professor
School of Social
Work
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Leslie Brown,
JD, MPH
Program Coordinator
Office of Minority Health and Health
Disparities, Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention Section, NC
Division of Public Health
Raleigh, NC
Paula Wolf
Senior Fellow, NC Child Advocacy Institute
Chief
Lobbyist, Covenant with North Carolina's Children
Raleigh,
NC
Presider: April Perry, Doctoral Student
Department of
Epidemiology
School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Co-Presider: Sarah Temin, Masters Student
Department
of Health Policy and Administration
School of Public Health, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(B2) Sorting by Color: How Official Racial and Ethnic
Categorizations Impact Minority Health
Dogwood AB
Olivia Carter-Pokras, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
School of Medicine
University
of Maryland
Baltimore, MD
Emmanuel Ngui
Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
NC
Department of Health and Human Services
Raleigh, NC
Trude
Bennett, DrPH, MPH, MSW
Associate Professor
Department of Maternal
and Child Health
School of Public Health
University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Presider: Jennifer Norton, Doctoral Student
Department of Epidemiology
School of Public Health, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Co-Presider: Elliott Brown
Department of
Nutrition
School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
(B3) The Impact of Immigration Policies on Health Care Access for
Latinos in North Carolina
Mountain Laurel AB
Andrea Bazan Manson, MPH
Executive Director
El Pueblo
Raleigh,
NC
Andrea Weathers, MD, DrPH
Assistant Professor
Department
of Maternal and Child Health
School of Public Health
University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jane Perkins, JD
Director of Legal Affairs
National Health Law
Program
Chapel Hill, NC
Presider: Crystal Crutcher, Masters Student
Department of Health
Policy and Administration
School of Public Health, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Co-Presider: Ahn Tran, MPH, Doctoral Student
Department of Health
Behavior and Health Education
School of Public Health, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(B4) Translating and Disseminating Health Disparities
Research
Bellflower AB
Felicia E. Mebane, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Health
Policy and Administration
School of Public Health
University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Beverly Rockhill, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of
Epidemiology
School of Public Health
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Pam Silberman, JD, DrPH
Associate Director for Policy
Analysis
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services
Research
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Presider: Eileen Yam, Masters Student
Department of Maternal and
Child Health
School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Co-Presider Wendy Chen, MPH, Doctoral Student
Department of Health
Policy and Administration
School of Public Health, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
(B5) Challenges of Access to and Utilization of Mental Health
Services for Populations of Color
Redbud AB
Joseph Telfair, DrPH, MSW, MPH
Associate Professor
Dept of
Maternal and Child Health
School of Public Health
University of
Alabama
Birmingham, AL
Terry T. McCandies, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Frank Porter Graham
Child Development Institute
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
Betsy Sleath, PhD, RPh
Associate Professor
School of
Pharmacy
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Presider: Stephanie Etienne, Masters Student
Department of Health
Behavior and Health Education
School of Public Health, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Co-Presider: Aviva Scully, Masters Student
School of Public Health,
School of Social Work
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2:45 pm
Poster Session II and Break
Central Atrium
3:00 pm
Panel Discussion
Where Will We Be In 2010? Sharpening the Focus On the Health
Disparities Picture
Grumman Auditorium
Nan Freeland
Natural Resources Leadership Institute
North
Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
Valerie Ann Kaalund, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of
African and Afro-American Studies
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, PhD
Professor
Department of Health
Policy and Administration
School of Public Health
University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Cynthia Lopez, PhD
Research Professor
University of
Massachusetts
Lowell, MA
John Hatch, PhD
Kenan Professor
Emeritus
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education
School
of Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tom Ricketts, PhD
Director, North Carolina Rural Health and Research
Program, and Program on Health
Policy Analysis
Cecil G. Sheps Center
for Health Services Research
Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration
School of
Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Presider: Vijaya Hogan, DrPH
Director, Curriculum on Health
Disparities, Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Maternal and
Child Health
School of Public Health
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Co-Presider: Angela Thrasher, MPH, Doctoral Student
Conference
Co-Chair
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education
School
of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4:30
pm
Conference Wrap-Up
Grumman Auditorium
Aundra
Shields, JD
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
School of Public
Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4:45 pm
Conference Adjourns
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