Health Reform Briefing: Health Equity: A Moral and Economic Imperative - September 17, 2009, 8 AM - 10AM

de: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) : ruglucia@paho.org
para: EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org
fecha: 8 de septiembre de 2009 13:15
asunto: Health Reform Briefing: Health Equity: A Moral and Economic Imperative - September 17, 2009, 8 AM - 10AM


Health Reform Briefing:
“Health Equity: A Moral and Economic Imperative!”

Thursday, September 17, 2009, 8 AM - 10AM
At the National Press Club in the Holeman Lounge, 13th Floor, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20045
The briefing will be available online.
To view the live Webcast, visit www.jointcenter.org/hpi

Website:
http://www.jointcenter.org/hpi/events/health-reform-briefing-%E2%80%9Chealth-equity-moral-and-economic-imperative%E2%80%9D
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Health Policy Institute is partnering with Drexel University School of Public Health’s Center for Health Equality and Health Management Associates to analyze major health reform legislation by assessing the implications for racial and ethnic minorities.
The Joint Center is also working with Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Health Disparities Solutions to weigh the economic benefits of addressing health disparities against the cost of programs to reduce them.


PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE:
The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (invited)
The Honorable James E. Clyburn, (D-SC) House Majority Whip, United House of Representatives (confirmed)
The Honorable Donna Christensen, (D-VI), Chair, Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust (invited)
The Honorable Richard J. Durbin, (D-IL) The Honorable John F. Kerry, (D-MA), United States Senate (invited)
The Honorable Olympia J. Snowe, (R-ME), United States Senate (invited)
Ralph B. Everett, Esq., President and CEO, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (confirmed)
Brian D. Smedley, Ph.D., Vice President and Director, Health Policy Institute, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (confirmed)
Dennis P. Andrulis, Ph.D., MPH, Director, Center for Health Equality and Associate Dean of Research, Drexel University (confirmed)
Darrell Gaskins, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Health Economics, African American Studies Department,University of Maryland, College Park (confirmed)
Thomas A. LaVeist, Ph.D., Director of the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Health Disparities Solutions (confirmed)



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