Some BIG names including some members of our list!  - dr

Inequalities in Health: what are they, how do we account
for them, how do we measure them?

March 3, 2006
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Public Health Research Day. University of Toronto,
Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine

Health Sciences Building
155 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

I  Morning session:  PANEL DISCUSSION     Room 610 -
Auditorium

8:30 - 9:00 Refreshments
9:00 - 9:15 Welcomes and Introductions

9:15 - 9:40 Social inequality, psychosocial factors
and CHD: What have we learned over the last 25 years?
o     Dr. John Lynch
Professor of Epidemiology
Canada Research Chair in Population Health
McGill University, Montréal

9:40 - 10:05      Been There, Done That? Historical and
International Perspectives on Social Inequalities and
Health
o     Dr. Anne-Emanuelle Birn
Associate Professor of International Development Studies
and
Public Health Sciences
Canada Research Chair in International Health
University of Toronto

10:05 - 10:30     Community versus Scientific Perspectives
on Measuring and Reducing Health Inequalities
o     Dr. Pat O’Campo
Director, Centre for Research in Inner City Health,
St. Michael’s Hospital
Professor, Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto

10:30 - 10:45     COFFEE BREAK

10:45 - 11:10     Political economy, class and SES related
health inequalities
o     Dr. David Coburn
Professor Emeritus
Department of Public Health Sciences
University of Toronto

11:10 - 11:30     General discussion
11:30 - 12:00     View Poster sessions    6th Fl. Foyer

12:00 - 1:30      STUDENT AWARDS LUNCHEON 7th Fl. Lounge
II  Afternoon sessions:  CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS

Measuring Health Inequalities and Acting on the Research
1:30 - 3:00

Health Inequality and Social Class: What Can Social
Epidemiology Tell Us?
o     Carles Muntaner
Psychiatry and Nursing Research Chair, Centre for
Addictions and Mental Health
Professor, Faculty of Nursing
Professor, Cross-Appointment, Department of Psychiatry,
Department of Public Health Sciences

o     René M. Guerra Salazar
Student Coordinator      Room 614
The Medium is the Message: Using Creative Methods to
Translate Knowledge and Build Empathy

o     Kate Rossiter
PhD Candidate, Social Science and Health Program, Public
Health Sciences

o     Wendy McGuire
Student Coordinator     Room 618

3:00 - 4:30
Measuring and Investigating Health Disparities

o     John Frank
Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Population
and Public Health

o     Farah Mawani
Student Coordinator     Room 614
Community-Based Participatory Research for Reducing
Inequalities in Health

o     Helene Gregoire
Research & Evaluation Coordinator, Access Alliance
Multicultural Community Health Centre

o     Sonja Nerad
Community Health Program Manager, Access Alliance
Multicultural Community Health Centre

o     Lindsay Angelow
Student Coordinator     Room 618

For more information:
http://www.phs.utoronto.ca/PHSday2006.asp

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Joshua D. Goldstein, PhD
Comparative Program on Health and Society
SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellow
Munk Centre Research Associate
Munk Centre for International Studies, room 203N (North House)
University of Toronto
1 Devonshire Place
Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3K7 Canada
tel: 416 946-8891
fax: 416 946-8915
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www.utoronto.ca/cphs




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