Infant mortality workshop

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