National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health
<p>In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Office of Minority Health, the National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health will be held January 9-11, 2006, at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, D.C.<bR><br>Workshops will focus on health care access; utilization and quality; health care and the public health work force; research, data, and evaluation; health information technology; health disparities across the lifespan; and culture, language, and health literacy.<bR><bR>Anne C. Beal, M.D., senior program officer for the Program on Quality of Care for Underserved Populations, will participate in the panel, "Translating Research into Policy," on Tuesday, January 10, at 10:45 a.m. Fund grantees participating in the summit include: Joseph Betancourt, M.D., Mara Youdelman, Matthew Wynia, M.D., Carol Horowitz, M.D., Romana Hasnain-Wynia, Ph.D., John Ayanian, M.D., Leroi Hicks, M.D., and Joan Reede, M.D.<br><Br>To learn more and to register, visit <a href="http://www.omhsummit2006.org">www.omhsummit2006.org.</a></p>
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/newsletters/ealerts/2005/dec/national-leadership-summit-on-eliminating-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-in-health