Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs

Academic Symposium

Achieving Health Equity: Genes, Race, Ethnicity and the Environment

General Information

November 17, 2008
Hatch Auditorium
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY

Symposium Brochure pdf

Symposium Aims

  • Provide an update on scientific insights into gene expression, disease prevalence and variation.
  • Provide background information on how race, ethnicity, and environment affect health.
  • Provide a dialogue on health equity in light of the NIH vision of transforming medicine and health through science.

Objectives

  • Understand the impact of gene variations on racial and ethnic disparities in disease susceptibility.
  • Understand the scientific evidence for environmental impact on health outcomes disparities.
  • Understand how race, ethnicity, environment, disability, and disease contribute to health disparities.
  • Explain the need for advancing research in health disparities and translating findings into practical interventions to reduce health outcomes disparities.

Target Audience

Mount Sinai Medical Center community, local and regional guests.

Time Activity Location
7:30 A.M. - 8:30 A.M. Symposium Check In & Binder Pick Up Hatch Conf Ctr.
7:30 A.M. - 8:30 A.M. Light Breakfast Reception  
8:30 A.M. - 9:00 A.M. Opening Remarks/Welcome
Dennis Charney, M.D. - Dean, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Kurt Hirschhorn, M.D. - Chair Conference Planning Committee
Gary Butts, M.D. - Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs		 Hatch Auditorium
9:00 A.M. - 10:30 A.M. Panel Moderator - Robert Desnick
Genetics and the Relevance of Race and Ethnicity - Clarence Gravlee [25 min]
Studying Genes in Ethnic Populations - Joel Hirschhorn [25 min]
Pharmacogenetics - David Goldstein [25 min]
Q/A [15 min]		 Hatch Auditorium
10:30 A.M. - 10:45 A.M. Break  
10:45 A.M. - 12:15 P.M. Panel Moderator - Kurt Hirschhorn
Genes and Susceptibility to Infectious Disease - Cheryl Winkler [25 min]
Disease Susceptibility in Latinos - Joan Reibman [25 min]
Genes and Prematurity – Siobhan Dolan [25 min]
Q/A [15 min]		 Hatch Auditorium
12:30 P.M. - 1:30 P.M. Lunch
Social Justice, Genes and the Environment		 Plaque Room
1:45 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. Panel Moderator - Rosamond Rhodes
Racial and Ethnic Disparities and Environmental Impact on Genes - Phil Landrigan [30 min] Poverty, Illness, Disability and Justice and Healthcare - Patricia Smith [30 min] Q/A [15 min]		 Hatch Auditorium
3:00 P.M. - 3:15 P.M. Break  
3:15 P.M. - 4:45 P.M. Panel Moderator - Gary Butts
Age, Gender, Race and Justice in Healthcares - Leslie Francis [25 min]
Access and Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - Lynne Richardson [25 min]
Implications for the Future: Call to Action - Anne Taylor [25 min]
Q/A [15 min]		 Hatch Auditorium
4:45 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Concluding Remarks  

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