Acknowledgements Sponsored by UC San Francisco Office of Diversity and Outreach Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine UCSF ~o~ Chancellor Sam Hawgood Vice Chancellor J. Renee Navarro ~o~ Health Disparities Research Symposium Organizers Victor Y. Fujimoto Celia P. Kaplan Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable Andrelyn Rivera Health Disparities Research Symposium VIII ~o~ Christine Dehlendorf Victor Fujimoto Julene Johnson Celia Kaplan Reviewers Leah Karliner Elizabeth Mertz Anna Napoles Eliseo Pérez-Stable Carmen Portillo Alex Smith Irene Yen ~o~ Volunteers Toni Conrad, Paul Day, Tina Novero, Alejandra Rincón, Don Woodson ~o~ Special Thanks to The View Catering Services Friday, October 17, 2014 8:00 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Laurel Heights Conference Center 3333 California St., Sub-level 1, San Francisco, CA Program 8:00 Welcome ~ Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD Opening Remarks ~ Sam Hawgood, MBBS, Chancellor 10:00 Erik J. Rodriquez, PhD, MPH 8:15 Neeta Thakur, MD, MPH Barcelo, Nicolas; Nguyen, Elizabeth; Oh, Sam; Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten; Borrel, Luisa; Burchard, Esteban Increased Asthma Risk with Perceived Discrimination 8:30 Vanessa Grubbs, MD, MPH Vittinghoff, Eric; Griswold, Michael; Powe, Neil; Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten; Beck, James; Kshirsagar, Abhijit ; Wang, Wei; Correa, Adolfo; Young, Bessie The Association between Periodontal Disease and Kidney Function Decline in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study 8:45 Ivy Huang, BA Koehn, Laura; Neuhaus, John; Chiong, Winston Racial and ethnic differences in advance directive possession are not explained by other demographic factors, religious affiliation, or personal health values 9:00 Susan D. Brown, PhD Ehrlich, Samantha F.; Kubo, Ai; Tsai, Ai-Lin; Hedderson, Monique M.; Quesenberry, Charles P.; Ferrara, Assiamira Ethnic Identity and Lifestyle Behaviors among Women at High Risk for Diabetes 9:15 Eduardo Bunge, PhD (for Ricardo F. Muñoz, PhD) Chen, Ken; Schueller, Stephen; Bravin, Julia; Shaughnessy, E. A.; Pérez-Stable, E. A Massive Open Online Intervention (MOOI) for Smoking Cessation: Toward Systematic Development of Global Public Health Resources 9:30 Tung Nguyen, MD Woo, Kent; Le, Gem; Chow, Elaine; Tsoh, Janice; Burke, Adam; Wang, Jun; Gildengorin, Ginny; Stewart, Susan; Pasick, Rena; Wong, Ching; Fung, Lei-Chun; McPhee, Stephen Gregorich, Steven; Livaudais-Toman, Jennifer; Pérez-Stable, Eliseo Coping with stress by smoking? A re-evaluation of the role of unhealthy behaviors among racial/ethnic older adults 10:15 Diana Lara, MD Mara Decker, DrPH; Claire Brindis, DrPH Migration patterns in rural California: Impact on youth reproductive health outcomes 10:30 Jane Jih, MD, MPH Villero, Ofelia; Antonio, Luisa M.; Roque, Mary; Domingo, Joseph R; Landicho, Joshua; Kaplan, Celia P; Nguyen, Tung T Understanding Dietary Behaviors of Older Filipino Adults with Cardiovascular Disease: A mixed methods pilot study 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM ~ Poster Viewing 12:00 ~ Introduction to Poet - Dean Schillinger “The Corner” – Jose Vadi 12:15 – 1:15 PM ~ Keynote Speaker "The Role of Self-Regulation in Population Disparities in Physical and Mental Health" James Jackson, PhD Daniel Katz Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, and Director and Research Professor of the Institute for Social Research. He is a founding member of the “Aging Society Research Network” of the MacArthur Foundation and he is currently directing the most extensive social, political behavior, and mental and physical health surveys on the African American and Black Caribbean populations ever conducted. He is the Co-Director of the NIH supported University of Michigan “Center for Integrative Approaches to Health Disparities” and the NIA supported "Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research". A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Lay Health Worker Intervention to Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Chinese Americans Discussion 9:45 Closing Remarks ~ Victor Fujimoto, MD Carmen A. Peralta, MD, MAS Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten; Vittinghoff, Eric; Lin, Feng; Kopp, Jeffrey; Winkler, Cheryl APOL1 Genotype, Socioeconomic Position and Traditional Risk Factors to Explain Race Differences in Incident Albuminuria and Kidney Function Loss in Young Adults Lunch to go