Events

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2009

November 7-11, 2009: APHA Annual Meeting: Water and Public Health: the 21st Century Challenge

April 18-22, 2009: AACR 100th Annual Meeting – Colorado Convention Center – Denver, CO

February 3-6, 2009: 2nd Annual: The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved – Carefree Resort and Villas – Carefree, AZ

2008

December 16-18, 2008: NIH Summit: The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities – Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center – National Harbor, MD

October 25-29, 2008: APHA Annual Meeting: Public Health Without Borders – San Diego Convention Center – San Diego, CA

October 14-17, 2008: NIH Research Festival – Masur Auditorium, Building 10 – Bethesda, MD

July 20-23, 2008: AACR Centennial Conference, Translational Cancer Medicine 2008: Cancer Clinical Trials and Personalized Medicine – Hyatt Regency Monterey – Monterey, CA

July 14-16, 2008: Cancer Health Disparities Summit 2008 – Bethesda North Marriot Hotel & Conference Center – Bethesda, MD

June 21, 2008: African American Men’s Health Conference 2008 – Baltimore Convention Center – Baltimore, MD

June 19-21, 2008: Black Women’s Health Conference – Omni Shoreham Hotel – Washington, DC

April 12-16, 2008: AACR Annual Meeting – San Diego Convention Center – San Diego, CA

April 10-12, 2008: 2nd Annual Health Disparities Conference – Westin Canal Place – New Orleans, LA

April 3-6, 2008: 11th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved & Cancer- Omni Shoreham Hotel – Washington, DC

2007

November 27 – December 1, 2007: The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved – Atlanta Marriott Marquis – Atlanta, GA

November 19, 2007: 5th Annual Scientific Forum on Cancer and Other Tobacco-Related Diseases – The Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards - Baltimore, MD

November 3-7, 2007: APHA Annual Meeting: Politics, Policy and Public Health – Washington Convention Center – Washington, DC

September 25-26, 2007: NIH Research Festival – Masur Auditorium, Building 10 - Bethesda, MD

July 16-18, 2007: Cancer Health Disparities Summit 2007 - Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center - Bethesda, MD

April 14-18, 2007: AACR Annual Meeting – Los Angeles, CA

2006

November 4-8, 2006: APHA Annual Meeting: Public Health and Human Rights – Boston, MA

October 17, 2006: NIH Research Festival 2006 – Clinical Center, Natcher Conference Center - Bethesda, MD

July 17-19, 2006: Cancer Health Disparities Summit 2006 – Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center – Bethesda, MD

June 1-2, 2006: 4th Annual Scientific Forum on Cancer and Other Tobacco-Related Diseases – Hippodrome Theatre – Baltimore, MD

April 1-5, 2006: AACR Annual Meeting – Washington, DC

2005

December 10-15, 2005: APHA Annual Meeting: Evidence Based Policy and Practice – Philadelphia, PA

October 18, 2005: NIH Research Festival – Clinical Center, Natcher Conference Center - Bethesda, MD

July 18-20, 2005: NCI Cancer Health Disparities Summit 2005 - Bethesda North Marriot Hotel & Conference Center – Bethesda, MD

June 6-7, 2005: 3rd Annual Scientific Forum on Cancer and Other Tobacco-Related Diseases – Westminster Hall, University of Maryland, Baltimore – Baltimore, MD

April 15-20, 2005: AACR Annual Meeting – Anaheim, CA

2004

November 6-10, 2004: APHA Annual Meeting: Public Health and the Environment – Washington Convention Center – Washington, DC

November 4, 2004: Health Disparities Seminar Series - "The Loss of Culture, The Loss of Health" - JENNIE R. JOE, PhD, MPH, Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, and Director, Native American Research and Training Center, University of Arizona

October 20, 2004: Health Disparities Seminar Series - "Recent Changes in Medicare and Medicaid and Their Impact on Health Disparities" - MARY TIERNEY, MD, Senior Research Analyst, American Institutes of Research

September 30-October 1, 2004: Cancer Clinical Trials Summit – Chantilly, VA

September 27-29, 2004: NIH Research Festival 2004 – Natcher Conference Center - Bethesda, MD

September 15, 2004: Health Disparities Seminar Series - "Achieving Cultural & Linguistic Competence in Health Care" - TAWARA D. GOODE, MA., Director, National Center for Cultural Competence & Associate Director for Community Planning, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Department of Pediatrics, Georgetown University Medical Center

July 28, 2004: University of Maryland School of Medicine Opens Center for Health Disparities to Address Ethnic, Racial and Geographic Barriers to Care

July 18-20, 2004: NCI Cancer Health Disparities Summit 2004 – Renaissance Washington Hotel - Washington, DC

June 30, 2004: Health Disparities Seminar Series -"Health Related Differences Among Rural Americans: Disparities, Disgraces, or Discrimination?"- JOHN C. HIGGINBOTHAM, PHD, MPH, Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Community & Rural Medicine, College of Community Health Sciences, Director, Institute for Rural Health Research, The University of Alabama School of Medicine

June 17, 18, 19, 2004: African American Heritage Festival - Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD, The University of Maryland Center for Health Disparities Research, Training and Outreach, will have an exhibit with health information on cancer and other tobacco-related diseases along with blood pressure screenings.

June 15-16, 2004: 2nd Annual Scientific Forum on Cancer and Other Tobacco-Related Diseases – Westminster Hall, University of Maryland, Baltimore – Baltimore, MD

May 18, 2004: Health Disparities Seminar Series - "Minority Girls: Addressing Their Mental Health Needs With Effective Evidence Based Interventions"- GAYLE K. PORTER, Psy.D., Principal Research Analyst and Senior Mental Health Advisor for the American Institutes, Co-Director, The Gaston & Porter Health Improvement Center

April 13, 2004: Health Disparities Seminar Series - "Pain and Palliative Care in Underserved Communities: Barriers and Opportunities" - RICHARD PAYNE, MD, Director of the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life at Duke Divinity School, Duke University in Durham, North Carolina

March 27-31, 2004: AACR Annual Meeting – Orlando, FL

March 17, 2004: Health Disparities Seminar Series - "A Review of Racial Disparities in Colorectal, Oral and Breast Cancer Treatment and Outcomes"- VICKIE L. SHAVERS, Ph.D., Epidemiologist Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Services, National Cancer Institute

February 11, 2004: Health Disparities Seminar Series - "A Discussion on the National Healthcare Disparities Report and the National Healthcare Quality Report Recently Released by AHRQ" - CAROLYN M. CLANCY, M.D., Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Department of Health and Human Services

2003

June 25, 2003: Inequities in Health Care: A Review of the Institute of Medicine's "Unequal Health Care" - ALAN NELSON, MD, MACP, former American Medical Association president and chairman of the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare

February 5, 2003: Cancer Disparities Seminar Series - "What is a health disparity?" - OLIVIA CARTER-POKRAS, PhD - Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine

2002

November 6, 2002: Cancer Disparities Seminar Series - "Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Receipt of Cancer Treatment," - VICKIE L. SHAVERS, PhD, Epidemiologist Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Services, National Cancer Institute

October 8, 2002: Cancer Disparities Seminar Series - "Hormone Receptors and Age Specific Rates in Formation of Breast Cancer in White and Black" - KENNETH C. CHU, PhD - Program Director, Disparities Research Branch, Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities, National Cancer Institute

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