Keynote Speakers

Dr. Fernando Torres-Gil is currently Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles. He holds appointments as Professor of Social Welfare and Public Policy in the School and is the Director of the Center for Policy Research on Aging. Before joining UCLA, he was a Professor of Gerontology and Public Administration at the University of Southern California, where he continues as an Adjunct Professor of Gerontology.

 

                                                                                                                                                        Dr. Lovell A. Jones is currently Director of the Center for Research on Minority Health at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, where he is also Director of the Reproductive Biology Program at the Graduate School for Biomedical Sciences.

Dr. Jones is the founding co-chair of the Intercultural Cancer Council, the nation’s largest multicultural health policy group focused on minorities, the medically underserved and cancer. He has edited "Minorities & Cancer," one of the few comprehensive textbooks on this subject. He is the founding chair of "Minorities, the Medically Underserved and Cancer," the nation’s largest multicultural conference which provides a forum for exchanging the latest scientific and treatment information.

 

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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 Prevention Strategies in Medicine and Community 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.

Objectives

The Texas Center for Health Disparities is hosting its Fourth Annual Texas Conference on Health Disparities to:

• Increase awareness and understanding of disparities in health
• Showcase best-practice models in research and outreach that are targeting health disparities through prevention strategies
• Highlight prevention strategies in medicine and community with emphasis on policy solutions and community based solutions
• Communicate the significance of exercise as a critical preventive strategy
• Establish a framework for ongoing dialogue and creation of partnerships to address disparities in health in all affected communities

Audience

It is for anyone interested in being a part of the solution to eliminate health disparities or for anyone serving populations affected by health disparities such as:

• Scientists
• Public Health Professionals
• Healthcare professionals
• Health policy leaders
• Community leaders
• Health educators
• Media
• Students

 

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Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by 5P20MD001633-04 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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