2012 SYMPOSIUM ON U.S.
HEALTH CARE
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Congressman Elijah Cummings, (D-MD) will speak about policy issues related to health care
A One Day Symposium Focusing on Disparities in
U.S. Health Care
U.S. Health Care
Coordinated by a campus-wide team and led by Howard University's School of Communications in conjunction with WHUT and WHUR, the 2012 Symposium on U.S. Health Care will offer opinions and solutions from panelists consisting of Howard University and other highly respected thought-leaders, policy makers, and activists who spark debate and influence legislative actions. Panelists will share their understandings, research findings, and beliefs about health issues and disparities.
Panels will address:
Communication Issues: Patient Navigation - Addresses disparities in access to treatment, and offers solutions on how to assist medically underserved patients in navigating their way through a complex health system.
Technology Issues - Offers methods concerning how communities of color can best make use of new media tools and other technology to assist with managing their health care.
Environmental Issues - Focuses on how the physical and built environment contribute to the persistent problems of health maintenance, health access and health disparities in urban neighborhoods.
Howard University's Initiative on Democracy, Markets, Communication and Technology is funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and support of the University's Time Warner Endowment Featured speakers include:
- Dr. Harold Freeman - Chairman Emeritus and Founder, Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention, New York, NY; Preeminent Authority on Poverty and Cancer
- Dr. Brain Smedley - Vice President & Director, Health Policy Institutes of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Washington DC.
- Larry Warren - CEO, Howard University Hospital
- Dr. Mohammed Akhter - Director, DC Department of Health
- Dr. Kerry-Ann Hamilton - Research of Mobile Technology and its Efficacy in Health Intervention, Howard University.
- CNN Anchor Fredricka Whitfield will moderate the one-day conference on Disparities in U.S. Health Care, Tuesday, April 10, 2012 on the campus of Howard University.
- And more...
