A combination of panels, speakers, break-out sessions and workshops will focus not only on defining existing disparities but also will seek solutions and chart new initiatives in policy making, prevention, and empowering communities in the era of health reform.
Expected luminaries include Harold P. Freeman, MD, senior advisor to the National Cancer Institute, Tom Kean, president and CEO of C-Change, Kenneth Shine, MD, former president of the Institute of Medicine, and David Satcher, MD, former surgeon general, as well as researchers,scholars and epidemiologists from universities and nonprofit organizations across the county.
The Symposium is intended for students, social justice advocates, health care workers, social workers, policy makers and concerned citizens.
The event is hosted by the Center for Health Equity & Evaluation Research, or CHEER (a joint venture of the Graduate College of Social Work (GCSW) University of Houston and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center) and the Intercultural Cancer Council.
Panels will include:
- The future of science, service and health equity
- Health disparities and health communication
- Charting new initiatives – from disaster preparedness to clinical trials
- Chronic disease prevention and control