Schedule
| Time | Session |
| 7:45 a.m. |
President’s Continental Breakfast |
| 8:25 a.m. | Welcome Hilary Ratner, Ph.D., Vice President for Research, Wayne State University |
| 8:35 a.m. | Keynote Address: “Is Vitamin D an Important Cause of Obesity as Well as a Mediator of Obesity-Related Diseases?” John M. Flack, M.D., M.P.H. Professor, Interim Chair, Department of Internal Medicine Principal Investigator, Wayne State University Center for Urban and African American Health |
| 9:10 a.m. | Questions and Answers |
| 9:20 a.m. | Break |
| 9:30 a.m. | Conference Overview Richard K. Severson, Ph.D., Associate Chair for Program Development, Director of MPH Program/Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Wayne State University |
| 9:40 a.m. | Environmental Influences on Health • Invisible Men: Examining Determinants of African American Men’s Health • Social and Physical Environments and Cardiovascular Health Disparities in Detroit |
| 10:50 a.m. | Break |
| 10:55 a.m. |
Panel Discussion: Health System Barriers to Optimal Care for Minority Patients |
| 12:10 p.m. |
Lunch, Introduction of WSU President Irvin D. Reid and Lecture: Introduction of Wayne State University President Irvin D. Reid John M. Flack, M.D., M.P.H. Remarks: President Reid Lecture: Update on Sickle Cell Disease Paul Swerdlow, M.D. |
| 1:40 p.m. |
Health Issues in the Arab American Community • Changes in Arab American Health Disparities 2001-2007 • Disparities in Self-Reported Chronic Diseases among Arab/Chaldean and Others Americans in Southeast Michigan • Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs about Cancer in the Arab American and Chaldean (ACC) Community • Equity Matters: A Roadmap Toward Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Inequities in Wayne County |
| 3:00 p.m. | Discussion |
| 3:10 p.m. | Break |
| 3:20 p.m. | Health Disparities Research • Racial Disparities in Endometrial Cancer Survival: Beyond Histologic Type • Racial Disparities in Clinical Trial Enrollment and Survival Outcomes for Patients with Advanced Pancreatic Cancer • Functional Health Literacy in Urban Glaucoma Patients • Pain and Functional Status in a Primary Care Clinic for Indigent Adults |
| 5:00 p.m. | Wine and Cheese Poster Reception |
| (Schedule is subject to change.) | |