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National Minority Health Month
April 2005

Week 1
April 7th 2005

12:15pm W1020 (Becton Dickinson auditorium)

"Are There Latino Health Paradoxes in Low Birth Weight?"
Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, PhD.
Assistant Professor
Harvard School of Public Health

PHASE Poster Presentation

Week 2
April 14th 2005

4:30pm W3030

“Worlds Apart”
 Produced by Maren Grainger-Monsen and Julia Haslett
Movie and Panel Discussion

Week 3
April 19th 2005

  12:15pm W1020 (Becton Dickinson auditorium)

 "Can We Close the Health Disparities Gap?  The Role of Local Public Health"
Michelle Gourdine, MD
Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene


Week 4
April 28th 2005

5:00pm W1020 (Becton Dickinson auditorium)

1st Annual Lectureship in Minority Health Disparities

"Eliminating Health Disparities:  Ensuring Access to Care"
Georges Benjamin, MD FACP
Executive Director
American Public Health Association

For more information email chds@jhsph.edu

Co-sponsored by:

Center for Health Disparities Solutions- JHSPH
Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center
Center for Health Disparities Research- SON
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities