(9/24/07) Symposium

*/Health Disparities & Higher Education Symposium

//Saturday, November 17, 2007 - Tufts University /*/
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/Boston is one of the nation's most prestigious hubs of cutting-edge
medical training, treatment, and research. And yet it is also home to
some of the most serious and shocking disparities in heath and health
care. /
/Featuring guest speakers, panel discussions, and interactive
workshops, the Health Disparities & Higher Education Symposium aims
to help Boston-area students, faculty, and community members gain a
better understanding of health disparities, and our role as
individuals, institutions, and communities in fighting to ensure that
all people have access to quality health and health care. /
/The daylong event will feature presentations, workshops, and
keynotes by: *John Auerbach*, the Massachusetts Commissioner of
Public Health; *Anthony Chen*, the Medical Director of Community
Health and Director of Minority Health at Cambridge Health Alliance;
*Elmer Freeman *, the Executive Director of the Center for Community
Health Education Research and Service, Inc., and Representative to
the National Institutes of Health; *Brian Gibbs* , the Director of
the Division of Public Health Practice and Program to Eliminate
Health Disparities at the Harvard School of Public Health; *Joan
Reede*, the Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership at Harvard
Medical School, and many, many others!
This symposium is free and open to the public. However, space is
filling up quickly. Please visit http://
healthdisparities07.googlepages.com/// to register and learn more./