National Negro Health Week to National Minority Health Month:
100 Years of Moving Public Health Forward
Program Agenda*
The Tom Harkin Global Communications Center, CDC – Atlanta, GA
April 17, 2015
Building 19, Auditorium B
REGISTRATION 08 : 3 0 a. m. – 08: 4 5 a. m. STUDENT POSTER EXHIBITS OPEN (Conference Lobby Area)
09: 0 0 a . m. – 09 :3 0 a.m. Moderator
OPENING SESSION Dr. Leandris Liburd Welcome & Opening Remarks Leandris C. Liburd, PhD, MPH Associate Director for Minority Health and Health Equity Office of Minority Health and Health Equity, CDC/ATSDR CDC Opening Remarks Ileana Arias, PhD Principal Deputy Director of CDC/ATSDR Tuskegee University & Purpose of Commemoration Rueben C. Warren, DDS, MPH, DrPH, MDiv Professor of Bioethics and Director of the National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care Tuskegee University 09 : 3 0 a. m. – 10: 1 5 a. m. Moderator
The Health of African Americans 1915 – 2015
Dr. Rueben Warren Sherman A. James, PhD Research Professor Epidemiology and African American Studies School of Public Health Emory University BREAK 10 : 1 5 a. m. – 10: 3 0 a. m. STUDENT POSTER EXHIBITS OPEN (In‐Person Event Only)
10: 30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Moderator
A Vision for Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities David Satcher, MD, PhD Dr. Rueben Warren 16th US Surgeon General Director The Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) The 2015 Commemorative Booker T. Washington Public Health Forum
Note: The entire conference will be videotaped and archived 11 : 1 5 a. m. – 12: 1 5 p. m. Moderator
From Health Disparities to Health Equity: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Minority Health Leaders Leandris C. Liburd, PhD, MPH Ms. Jo Valentine Associate Director for Minority Health and Health Equity (CDC) J. Nadine Gracia, MD, MSCE Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health and Director, Office of Minority Health (DHHS) Cara James, PhD Director, Office of Minority Health Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Jonca Bull, MD Director, Office of Minority Health Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Roslyn Holliday Moore, MS Public Health Advisor Office of Behavioral Health Equity Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) 12: 1 5 p. m. – 01 : 3 0 p. m. LUNCH & PLENARY SESSION Moderator
Building a Vision for Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Yvonne T. Maddox, PhD Acting Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) National Institutes of Health (NIH) 01: 4 5 p. m. – 02 : 3 0 p. m. 02:30 p.m. – 03: 15 p.m. 03: 15 p. m. – 03 :30 p. m . Dr. Rueben Warren CONCURRENT SESSIONS (Break out Rooms) Concurrent Session 1 Concurrent Session 2 Public Health Professions Enhancement Programs What Do the Data Say: What Do the Data Mean? Moderators
Mr. J. Dicent‐Taillepierre Dr. Karen Bouye Dr. Gemechu Gerbi BREAK STUDENT POSTER EXHIBITS OPEN (In‐Person Event Only)
Booker T. Washington, founder of National Negro Health Week (NNHW) and members of the first
National Negro Health Week Committee in 1915
Photo Credit: Tuskegee University Archives
The 2015 Commemorative Booker T. Washington Public Health Forum
Note: The entire conference will be videotaped and archived 03: 30 p. m. – 04 :30 p. m . Moderator
Plenary Panel: The Minority Health Perspective
Dr. S. Miles‐Richardson Sela Panapasa, PhD Assistant Research Scientist Research Center for Group Dynamics, ISR University of Michigan (Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Community Respondent) Bonnie Duran, DrPH Associate Professor, Schools of Social Work & Public Health and Indigenous Wellness Research Institute University of Washington (American Indian/Alaskan Native Community Respondent) Craig Washington Prevention Programs Manager AID Atlanta, Inc. (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Respondent) Shirley E. Borghi Co‐Vice Chairman & Executive Director Hispanic Health Coalition of Georgia (Latino Community Respondent) 04: 30 p. m. – 05 :00 p. m . Moderator
Lifting & Shaping the Future of Health Equity Dr. Leandris Liburd Angela Glover‐Blackwell Founder and CEO, PolicyLink
05: 00 p. m. – 05 :30 p. m . Collective Impact: Mobilizing for Health Equity
Student Poster Awards Ceremony 
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Moderator
Mr. J. Dicent‐Taillepierre Tuskegee University ‐ Dr. Rueben Warren Morehouse School of Medicine – Dr. Stephanie Miles‐Richardson CDC – Dr. Leandris Liburd
ADJOURN *Agenda subject to change The 2015 Commemorative Booker T. Washington Public Health Forum
Note: The entire conference will be videotaped and archived