Event Details

The Institute for Health, Social, and Community Research's Second Conference on Minority Health

When: Friday, September 26 2008, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Where: Sheraton Raleigh Hotel, Raleigh, NC  27601

Price(US$): $65.00

Description: Theme: "Charting the Way to Change: Advancements in Health Disparities Research"

In the past 6 years, IHSCR’s creative research infrastructure at Shaw University has enabled it to launch an aggressive research agenda in several areas of health disparities.

The conference will feature a dynamic showcase of the health disparities research conducted at the Institute, and a forum for exploring partnerships and collaborations for addressing health disparities.

The Institute is very pleased to announce that Dr. Harriet A. Washington and Dr. Thomas A. LaVeist will serve as keynote speakers. Dr. Harriet A. Washington is a medical ethicist who is an award-winning medical writer and editor with former appointments at Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health and Stanford University. Dr. Thomas A. LaVeist is the William C. and Nancy F. Richardson Professor in Health Policy, and the Founding Director of the Center for Health Disparities Solutions at Johns Hopkins University. The day promises to be filled with insightful information about health disparities research. Be sure to mark your calendar for this exciting event.


General Registration: $65.00
Student Registration: $30.00
(Please see the student registration instructions under the student registration sub event.)

The Institute for Health, Social, and Community Research's Second Conference on Minority Health

Sub Events

Student Registration
Friday, September 26 2008, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
To register as a student, please click on the register now link at the bottom of the page. Complete all the required fields under registrant information. If no one in your group will register at the regular conference registration of $65 price, type 0 in the number of registrations field. Under the sub event student registration, select the number of people in your group that will register as students.
Price(US$): $30.00

Presenters

Name Position Title
Harriet A. Washington, PhD Medical Ethicist and Medical Writer
Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD Founding Director of the Center for Health Disparities Solutions, The Johns Hopkins University
Daniel L. Howard, PhD Professor & Director of The Institute for Health, Social, and Community Research at Shaw University

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For more information contact: ihscr@shawu.edu
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