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RACIAL & ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES
The first annual National Leadership Summit, sponsored by the Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, focuses on the existence of health disparities and the innovative approaches that address these disparities.
View webcasts of the following sessions:
- Opening Keynote Address: Rubin King-Shaw, deputy administrator and chief operating officer, CMS (Webcast and transcript now available).
- Plenary Session: "Access: Myths and Realities"
Speakers include Josefina G. Carbonell, Assistant Secretary for Aging (opening address); Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Dr.P.H, vice president, Access to Care for Vulnerable Populations and HIV Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation; Alan Nelson, M.D., special advisor to the CEO, American College of Physicians -- American Society of Internal Medicine; America Bracho, M.D., M.P.H., executive director, Latino Health Access; and Josh Valdez, secretary’s regional representative, HHS Region IX (moderator).
(An audio webcast of this session will be available soon.)
- Plenary Session: "Public/Private Partnerships in Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities"
Speakers include Cory R. Hoze, secretary's regional representative, HHS, Region V (introductions); Robert Ross, M.D., CEO, The California Endowment; and James R. Gavin III, M.D., Ph.D., senior scientific officer and director, NIH Research Scholars Program, Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
(An audio webcast of this session will be available soon.)
WHERE: http://www.kaisernetwork.org/healthcast/omh/jul2002
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Date: July 10-12, 2002
Location: Hilton Hotel & Towers, Washington, DC
Sponsor: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health / Office of Public Health and Science
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