AGENDA
Texas Center for Health Disparities Community Workshop
Infant Mortality
Friday, June 13, 2008
8:30 am Breakfast and sign-in
9:00 am Welcome from the UNT Health Science Center
Dr. Scott Ransom
President, UNT Health Science Center
9:10 am Welcome from the Texas Center for Health Disparities
Dr. Jamboor Vishwanatha
Director, Texas Center for Health Disparities
9:20 am Overview
Jerry Roberson
Chairperson, Tarrant County Infant Mortality Network
9:30 am “The Hand that Rocks the Cradle: Findings from the 2007
Fort Worth Women's Needs Assessment”
Amy Raines
Women’s Health Coordinator, City of Fort Worth Public
Health Department
10:30 am “Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Birth Outcomes:A Life-
Course Perspective”
Dr. Michael Lu
Associate Professor, UCLA School of Medicine
11:30 am Question and Answer Session
11:50 am Closing Remarks
Dr. Ralph Anderson
Director, Focused on Resources for her Health, Education
and Research (ForHER)
12:00 pm Adjourn and Evaluation
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