Third Annual Texas Conference on Health Disparities
Debates and Directions in
Health Disparities |
May 29 - 31, 2008
Opening Session at the
Will Rogers Memorial Center,
Roundup Inn
All other sessions at the
University of North Texas Health Science Center,
Luibel Hall, EAD Building
3500 Camp Bowie Blvd
Fort Worth, TX
Welcome to the Cultural District of Fort Worth!
Keynote Speaker
Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, has served as President of UMBC (The University of Maryland, Baltimore County) since May, 1992. His research and publications focus on science and math education, with special emphasis on minority participation and performance. Born in 1950 in Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. Hrabowski graduated at 19 from Hampton Institute with highest honors in mathematics, and he received his M.A. (mathematics) and Ph.D. (higher education administration/statistics) at 24 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He serves as a consultant to the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, and universities and school systems nationally, and he sits on numerous corporate and civic boards.
General Information
Conference Overview
This conference will feature nationally recognized speakers and interactive debates
highlighting the striking disparities in health status between the racial and ethnic
minorities and the general population in Texas and the nation. The conference will also
highlight the ongoing research programs and efforts (including community engagement programs)
that are aimed to understand the underlying causes of such disparities and devising
innovative strategies to ultimately eliminate them.
Of specific focus will be Pharmacogenomics, Mental Health and Asthma with emphasis on Policy
solutions and Community Based solutions. Educational and interactive presentations, panel
discussions and questions/ answer sessions will identify the challenges and bring conference
attendees closer to developing a prospectus for the future.
Audience
The audience will consist of Public health professionals and clinicians from the community
and state, UNTHSC faculty and students, underrepresented undergraduate students doing summer
research at UNTHSC, faculty members from minority serving institutions.
Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by 5P20MD001633-03 from the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
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