Dear SDOH colleagues,

*Note* This conference is in Washington DC but it will be webcast live and 
archived on the Wilson Center website.  See details below.

Disparities in Health Status in the United States

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
9:00 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.
5th Floor Conference Room
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

On April 4, 2007, the Woodrow Wilson Center's Global Health Initiative and 
Division of United States Studies will host a half-day conference on 
disparities in health status in the United States.  This conference will have 
two panels, examining different aspects of health status disparities.  The 
first panel will focus on the influence of socioeconomics on health status, 
including income and equity, the built-environment, and geography. The second 
panel will examine racial and ethnic factors such as race, cultural concerns, 
and immigration.

Confirmed speakers for this event include:

Opening speaker:
Dr. M. Gregg Bloche, Professor, Georgetown University; Nonresident Senior 
Fellow, The Brookings Institution; and Adjunct Professor, Bloomberg School of 
Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

Panel 1: Understanding Health Disparities: Income, Culture, and Geography
George A. Kaplan, Director, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population 
Health; and Professor, University of Michigan
Thomas C. Ricketts, Deputy Director, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services 
Research; and Professor, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Panel 2: Understanding Health Disparities: Race and Ethnicity
Dr. Paula Braveman, Director, Center on Social Disparities in Health; and 
Professor, University of California, San Francisco
Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, Assistant Dean of Diversity and Cultural Affairs, 
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
David Williams, Professor, Harvard University

***This event will be webcast live and archived at 
www.wilsoncenter.org/globalhealth***

Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building: 1300 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW ("Federal Triangle" stop on Blue/Orange Line), 6th Floor 
Moynihan Board Room.  A map to the Center is available at 
www.wilsoncenter.org/directions.  Note:  Due to heightened security, entrance 
to the building will be restricted and photo identification is required. Please 
allow additional time to pass through security.

Please RSVP to Julie Doherty at: [log in to unmask]
No need to RSVP for the webcast

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