2009 Middle Eastern Health Conference

"Best Practices for a Healthier Community"

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

 

Agenda

 

Agenda

Time	Program
8:00 am to 8:30 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 am to 8:40 am	Welcome Anwer Hasan, Chair, Governor's Commission on Middle Eastern American Affairs
8:40 am to 9:00 am	Keynote Address John Colmers, Secretary, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
9:00 am to 9:20 pm	Documentary "Unnatural Causes...is inequality making us sick?"
9:20 am to 10:00 am	State Efforts to Reducing Health Disparities Iyanrick John Esq., Health Policy Analyst, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, DHMH Nesreen Khashan, Partnership Specialist, U.S. Census Bureau
10:00 am to 10:10 am	Q & A
10:10 amto 10:30 am	Break
10:30 amto 11:30 am	Best Practices to Reducing Cultural & Language Barriers Pamela Young, Ph.D., LCSSW-C, Director, Community Initiatives, LifeBridge Health, Inc. Thomas LaVeist, Ph.D., Director, Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Alex Nason, Director, Telehealth for Johns Hopkins Medicine Interactive Sonya Branch-Johnson, Chair, Diveristy Leadership Committee, Mt. Washington Hospital
11:30 am to 11:40 am	Q&A
11:40 am to 12:20 pm	Addressing Health Disparities in Community Settings Karen Nettler, Director, Community Connections Division of the Jewish Community Services Roomina Hasan, M.D., President, HMT Inc. Shaukat Ashai, M.D., Executive Director, Muslim Community Center, Free Medical Clinic Esmail Tabibi, M.D., Board Secretary, Ibn Sina Health Clinic of North America
12:20 pm to 12:30 pm	Q & A
12:30 pm to 1:00 pm	Lunch - Keynote Jeane Hitchcock, Secretary, Governor's Appointments Office
1:00 pm to 1:30 pm	Building Partnerships: Panel Discussion
1:30 pm to 2:00 pm	Closing Remarks Anwer Hasan, Chair, Governor's Commission on Middle Eastern American Affairs Nadia Sawaya, Commissioner, Governor's Commission on Middle Eastern American Affairs