Public Health Emergency Preparedness: Why Culture Matters

Conference dates:
June 4-5, 2006 (Baltimore, Maryland)

Conference presented by:
Morgan State University School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness

Opening Remarks Speakers:
Allan Noonan, MD, MPH
Dean
Morgan State University School of Public Health and Policy

Jonathan Links, PhD
Director
Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness

Barry Levy, MD, MPH
Co-Editor, Social Injustice and Public Health

"Plenary Session 1: Setting the Framework for Preparedness" Speakers:

Tom Lockwood, US DHS
Victor Sidel, MD, Co-Author, War and Public Health
Ray Winbush, PhD, Morgan State University Urban Research Institute

"Plenary Session 2: Open Dialogue: Stories From the Field" Speakers:

Jacqueline Stephens, Resident and Evacuee, New Orleans
Irene Stephens, Morgan State University Student and New Orleans Resident
Henry Smart, Morgan State University Student
Pamela Jennings, LCPC, Dorcester County Health Department
Joan Lawrence, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
John Jones, EAI Corporation

"Panel Roundtable 1: Preparedness" Speakers:

Marsha Davenport, MD, MPH, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Christa Singleton, MD, MPH, Baltimore City Health Department
Barbara Fay, Maryland Department of Disabilities
Cindy Parker, Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness
Darlene Washington, American Red Cross

"Panel Roundtable 2: Response, Recovery, and Resources" Speakers:

Sandra Washington, Lifestyles of Maryland Foundation, Inc
Laura Gillis, MS, RN, Health Care for the Homeless
Beverly Wright, PhD, Deep South Center on Environmental Justice
Dr. David Jones, Schrader Lane Church of Christ (Nashville, TN)

"Concluding Comments" Speakers:

Randy Rowel, PhD, Morgan State University School of Public Health and Policy
Andrea Kidd Taylor, DrPH, MSPH, Morgan State University School of Public Health and Policy

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