REGISTER
TODAY: If you have completed
the general registration, and have not selected your sessions, time is running
out and sessions are filling up.
Choose from more than
100 sessions including workshops, pre-summit sessions, plenary sessions, and
concurrent sessions, organized under three tracks and 16 themes across multiple
disciplines. National and international leaders in health disparities, as well
as experts in science, medicine, policy, public health, dentistry, academia and
the community, will share innovative interventions and highlight progress,
challenges and opportunities in implementing various strategies towards
eliminating health disparities. Visit approximately 1,000 posters, and be a part
of the Town Hall Forum to share your perspective on future directions to
accelerate the pace to eliminate health disparities.
REGISTRATION
DEADLINE:
Registration closes
on October 19th at 5:00 p.m. EST. There is no registration
fee. Space is limited therefore registration is required for the overall
conference, as well as workshops, pre-summit sessions and concurrent sessions.
To learn more about the 2012 Science of Eliminating Health Disparities Summit,
and to register, visit http://www.nimhd.nih.gov/summit_site/registration.html or e-mail 2012summit@mail.nih.gov
Sessions
Include:
Public
Housing and Public Health Practice: Addressing Oral Health Disparities Where
People Live
The
U.S.-Brazil Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and
Promote Equality (JAPER): A Cooperative Approach to Addressing Social Exclusion
and Health Disparities
Testing
and Linkage to Treatment/Care for Vulnerable Asian American, Native Hawaiian,
and Pacific Islander Communities
The
Federal Environmental Justice Interagency Working Group: Improving Health and
Environment in Communities across America.
Food
Security, Health and Sustainable Development: Promotores, Food Security, and the
Latino Community: A Partnership between the HHS Office of Minority Health and
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Research
and Community Efforts to Address Inner-City Asthma
Data
Collection Standards for Race, Ethnicity, Sex, Primary Language and Disability
Status.
The
Economic and Public Health Burden of Global Tobacco Use: Current issues and
Lessons learned in Curbing the Epidemic
Addressing
American Indian Oral Health Challenges: Current Research and Promising
Approaches
Mobilizing
Partnerships and Resources to Address Homelessness
Housing
as a Contributor to Health Disparities: A Review of Progress and Remaining
Challenges
