Advisory Committee on Minority Health Agenda, October 20 through October 21, 2009

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MINORITY HEALTH

MEETING AGENDA

Doubletree Hotel
1515 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20005

October 20 through October 21, 2009

**Day One - Tuesday, October 20, 2009**
Event Time	Event Title
9:00 a.m.	*Call to Order* Welcome, Introductions, and Remarks Rubens J. Pamies, M.D., FACP Chairperson, HHS Advisory Committee on Minority Health
9:30 a.m.	*OMH Updates* Garth Graham, M.D., M.P.H. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
10:00 a.m.	*Questions and Answers (Committee Members Only)*
10:15 a.m.	*Research on Health Disparities and Its Causes* John Ruffin, Ph.D. (Confirmed) Director, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities National Institutes of Health
10:45 a.m.	*Questions and Answers (Committee Members Only)*
11:00 a.m.	*Break*
11:15 a.m.	*Social Determinants of Health and Equity: The Impacts of Racism on Health* Camara P. Jones, M.D., M.P.H., PhD (Confirmed) Research Director on Social Determinants of Health and Equity National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Centers for Disease Control and Prevention U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
11:45 a.m.	*Questions and Answers (Committee Members Only)*
12:00 p.m.	*Lunch*
1:00 p.m.	*Health Disparities and Cost of Health Care* Len Nichols, Ph.D. (Confirmed) Director, Health Policy Program New America Foundation
1:30 p.m.	*Questions and Answers (Committee Members Only)*
1:45 p.m.	*Standardized Cultural Competency Education, Training and Mechanisms for Evaluation* Joseph R. Betancourt, M.D., M.P.H. (Confirmed) Director, The Disparities Solutions Center Senior Scientist, The Institute for Health Policy Director of Multicultural Education, Mass General Hospital Assistant Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School
2:15 p.m.	*Questions and Answers (Committee Members Only)*
2:30 p.m.	*Indian Health Service System* Yvette Roubideaux, M.D., M.P.H. (Confirmed) Director Indian Health Service U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
3:00 p.m.	*Questions and Answers (Committee Members Only)*
3:15 p.m.	*Public Comment*
3:45 p.m.	*Committee Business* Rubens J. Pamies, M.D., FACP
5:00 p.m.	*Adjourn*

**Day Two – Wednesday, October 21, 2009**
Event Time	Event Title
9:00 a.m.	*Call to Order and Remarks* Rubens J. Pamies, M.D., FACP Chairperson, HHS Advisory Committee on Minority Health
9:15 a.m.	*Committee Business*
12:00 p.m.	*Public Comment*
12:30 p.m.	*Wrap up – next steps, next meeting* Rubens J. Pamies, M.D., FACP
1:00 p.m.	*Adjourn*

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