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The Honorable Karen Bass California, 33rd District
The Honorable Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. Georgia, 2nd District
The Honorable Corrine Brown Florida, 3rd District U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable G.K. Butterfield North Carolina, 1st District U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Andre Carson Indiana, 7th District
The Honorable Donna M. Christensen Delegate, Virgin Islands U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Hansen Clark Michigan, 13th District
The Honorable Yvette Clarke New York, 11th District
The Honorable William Lacy Clay, Jr. Missouri, 1st District
The Honorable Emanuel Cleaver II Missouri, 5th District
The Honorable James E. Clyburn South Carolina, 6th District
The Honorable John Conyers, Jr. Michigan, 14th District
The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings Maryland, 7th District
The Honorable Danny K. Davis Illinois, 7th District
The Honorable Donna Edwards Maryland, 4th District
The Honorable Keith Ellison Minnesota , 5th District
The Honorable Chaka Fattah Pennsylvania, 2nd District
The Honorable Marcia L. Fudge Ohio, 11th District
The Honorable Al Green Texas, 9th District
The Honorable Alcee L. Hastings Florida, 23rd District
The Honorable Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. Illinois, 2nd District
The Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson Texas, 30th District
The Honorable Hank Johnson Georgia , 4th District
The Honorable Barbara Lee California, 9th District
The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee Texas, 18th District
The Honorable John Lewis Georgia, 5th District
The Honorable Gregory W. Meeks New York, 6th District
The Honorable Gwendolynne Moore Wisconsin, 4th District
The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton Delegate, District of Columbia
The Honorable Donald M. Payne New Jersey, 10th District
The Honorable Charles B. Rangel New York, 15th District
The Honorable Laura Richardson California, 37th District
The Honorable Cedric Richmond Louisiana, 2nd District
The Honorable Bobby L. Rush Illinois, 1st District
The Honorable David Scott Georgia, 13th District
The Honorable Robert C. Scott Virginia, 3rd District
The Honorable Terri A. Sewell Alabama, 7th District
The Honorable Bennie Thompson Mississippi, 2nd District
The Honorable Edolphus Towns New York, 10th District
The Honorable Maxine Waters California, 35th District
The Honorable Melvin L. Watt North Carolina, 12th District
The Honorable Allen West Florida, 22nd District
The Honorable Frederica Wilson Florida, 17th District


The 2011 CBC Fall Health Braintrust
 The Politics of Race and Health Equity
Friday, September 23, 2011
Washington, DC




 
 


Webcast of Welcome and Panel One
and Special Presentation
Click Here to View The Session
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Welcome Remarks and Greetings


Congresswoman Donna M. Christensen
Chairperson, CBC Health Braintrust
 


Deidre Walton, President,
National Black Nurses Association

Dr. Cedric Bright, President
National Medical Association



The Politics of Race: Reframing the Health
Equity Dialogue
 
 


Dr. Kathy Sanders-Phillips, Professor
Department of Pediatrics and Child Health,
College of Medicine, Howard University

Scott Burris
Temple University Beasley School of Law and
Director National Program Office of the Public Health Law Research Program Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
College of Medicine, Howard University

Dr. Vernellia R. Randall
Professor of Law, University of Dayton

Special Presentation I: Surmounting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Musculoskeletal Disorders
Dr. Said Ibrahim delivers a special presentation to raise awareness about racial and ethnic disparities in musculoskeletal disorders and in the available care and treatment for those with musculoskeletal disorders, as well as how the access expansion and quality assurance measures in the Affordable Care Act will play a greater role in helping to reduce these disparities.


Session II

A Closer Look at the Social Causes and Social Distribution of Health Inequities: Why Your Zip Code Matters More Than Your Genetic Code

Webcast of Session II
Click Here to View The Session
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Dr. Brian Smedley
Institute at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

Dr. Rolf Pendall
Director, Metropolitan Housing & Communities Policy Center

Dr. Thomas LaVeist
Professor and Director, Center for Health Disparities Solutions Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health William C. and Nancy F. Richardson Professor in Health Policy

Dr. Darrell Gaskin
Associate Professor of Health Economics Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Deputy Director of the
Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions

Video:Dr. Freda Lewis-Hall
AChief Medical Officer, Pfizer
 
For more information, call Office of Congresswoman Donna M. Christensen, Chair, CBC Health Braintrust, at 202-225-1790
 
 

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