Published November 21, 2008, last updated on June 3, 2020 under Research News
Several Duke professors will participate in the first NIH Research Summit on The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities to be held December 16-18 in Maryland.
- Sherman James (Public Policy), will take part in a panel discussion on “Understanding and eliminating Diabetes and Obesity Health Disparities”
- William Darity (Public Policy), will take part in a panel discussion on “Understanding and Eliminating Health Disparities in African American Populations”
- Rowena Dolor, (General Internal Medicine) will take part in a panel discussion on “Supporting Practice-Based Research networks in Capacity-building towards Eliminating Health Disparities”
- Keith Whitfield, (Psychology and Neuroscience), will take part in a panel discussion on “Understanding and Eliminating Health Disparities in Elderly Populations”
- Alfiee Breland-Noble, (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences), will take part in a panel discussion on “Building the Pipeline to Eliminate Health Disparities: The Loan Repayment Program research Forum”
These discussions are just a few of the many being offered at this conference, which aims to increase awareness and understanding of disparities in health and showcase the collective contribution of NIH in the development of new knowledge to eliminate health disparities. The hope is that this gathering of more than 3,000 people will help identify gaps in health disparities research and provide an exciting forum for participants to learn and network with other health disparities experts. The National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD), which is convening this program with the support of its NIH Institute/Center partners, hopes to establish a framework for ongoing dialogue and creation of innovative and unique partnerships to address disparities in health in all affected communities.
“The fact that i have been invited to this historic and important summit as a junior investigator speaks to the strong commitment of Dr. John Ruffin (director of the National Center on Minority Health and Disparities) and the National Institutes of Health to the reduction and eventual elimination of health disparities,” says Dr. Breland-Noble. “I look forward to learning from and exchanging ideas with the preeminent scholars in the field of Health Disparities and I recognize my significant role in representing the perspectives of the diverse youth and families that we serve in our clinical research here at Duke daily.
The summit is free and open to the public. The three-day event has multiple tracks, including:
Track I: Translating Science to Policy and Practice
Track II: Health Disparity Diseases and Conditions
Track III: Health Disparity Target Populations
Track IV: Building Capacity
Track V: Partnerships, Collaborations, and Opportunities
For more information about this conference, visit the conference website.
