Monday, June 14th, 2004

"How Community Based Participatory Research
Can Change Policy on Health Disparities
"

Harvard School of Public Health, FXB G13
665 Huntington Avenue
(617) 432-1056 Biostatistics Department

8:30-9 AM Breakfast
9-9:15 AM Welcome
9:15-9:45 AM

Dr. Joseph Betancourt, Massachusetts General Hospital

"The Institutes of Medicine Report: Unequal Treatment and Solutions to Disparities"

9:45-10:00 AM Discussion
10:00-10:15 AM Coffee Break
10:15 - 11:00 AM Dr. Meredith Minkler, University of California - Berkeley
"Community Based Participatory Research and Public Policy"
11:00-11:15 AM Discussion
11:15-12:00 PM Advocacy Workshop with Nicole Flynt and Trish Settles of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative "How to Make Change"
12:00-12:15 PM Discussion
12:15-2:00 PM Lunch
2:00-2:45 PM

Panel Discussion "What's on the Horizon for Research/ Policy Change?"
Dr. Brian Gibbs, Harvard School of Public Health
Dr. John McDonough, CEO of Health Care for All
Dr. DeJuran Richardson, Lake Forest College

Moderated by Dr. Scarlett Bellamy, University of Pennsylvania Medical School

2:45-3:00 PM Discussion
3:00-3:45 PM Community Report with Jodi Sugerman-Brozan from Alternatives for Community and Environment "Getting Change to Happen"
3:45-4:30 PM Closing Remarks/ Evaluations