Washington, DC - 9:00 a.m. Registration
9:30 Welcome, Ma Cristina Caballero, President/CEO, Dialogue on Diversity CONVENOR
Introductory, Overview – American Federation of Teachers
10:00 Cultural Competency: Barriers: Linguistic, social and class, geographical isolation
Barriers through Inequality in access and treatment
Kinte Ibbott, Vice President, Maximus, Inc.
Stephen B. Thomas, Professor, Health Services Administration, University of Maryland
10:45 The ACA: a Summing Up as of 2015 The Remaining Legal Challenges: Is There a Plan B?
What changes in health care/medical practice is the ACA bringing?
Karen Davenport, Director, Health Policy, National Women’s Law Center
Leni Gonazlez Virginia, status of ACA, Medicaid
Jeanette Contreras, WH Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics
11:30 Nutrition:
Countering obesity – Diet as a Preventive Regimen – Genetically altered food-stuffs – “natural” (by breeding) vs. high-tech (genetic interventions)
Jessica Donze Black, Pew Charitable Trusts, Director, Childhood Nutrition
Elena Rios, President, National Hispanic Medical Association
Laura MacCleery, Center for Science in the Public Interest
12:30 p.m. Midday/Lunch Session
Malcolm N. Joseph, III, Medical Director, CareFirst BlueCross/BlueShield
Honorable Judy Chu, U..S. House of Representatives Health Leadership Award
LaQuandra Nesbitt, Director, D.C. Department of Health
Dr. John Oliver Davies-Cole, Chief Epidemiologist, D.C.. Health Equity Leadership Award
Ruby Jade Corado, Founder, Casa Ruby, Community Health Leadership Award
1:30 The Roles and Travails of the Pharmaceutical Industry
Clinical Trials – Can these be speeded up? Divining the Long-Run How long is the long run?
Daniel Dawes, Director, Government Affairs, Morehouse School of Medicine
Jonca Bull, Director, Office of Minority Health, Food and Drug Administration
Tony L. Hursey, Office of Clinical Trials, Georgetown University
2:45: Aspects of the Widespread (Universal) IT Adoption in the Health Care/Medical Enterprise
This Year’s Responses to Perennial Problems Developments Patient Privacy: What is now our protective armor? The Medical Office Revolution: Administration in the IT Age – Remedies?
Debo rah C. Peel, M.D., Chair, Patient Privacy Rights
Ellen Langhans, Program Manager, healthfinder.gov Department of Health and Human Services
3:45: Diabetes Mental Illness:, Substance Abuse: The Persisting Problems – 2015’s Answers:
Diagnosis, Prevention, Advances in Curative Techniques
J ose Segura, La Clínica del Pueblo Rosa Pizzi, Director, Vida Senior Centers,
Regina Renteria Weitzman, American Diabetes Association
Maria Schiff, Pew Charitable Trusts, Director, State Health Expenditures
4:30 Final Remarks, Adjournment
Health Fair: Concurrent Session – 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Mercedes Blanco, Maximus, Inc.
What the Elderly Should Know
Reception: 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
The Symposium and Reception are free and open to the Public
– Lunch and Refreshments Provided
Simultaneous Translation (English/Spanish)
Register Early at www.dialogueondiversity.org
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