The Tuskegee
University
National
Center for
Bioethics in
Research in
Health Care,
in
conjunction
with the
HBCU
Research
Network for
Health
Services and
Health
Disparities,
hosted the
10th
Anniversary
HBCU/Hispanic
Health
Services
Research
Conference
on April 23
in the
Kellogg
Hotel and
Conference
Center on
campus. The
event was
part of the
kick-off of
the
Bioethics
Center's
10-year
anniversary.
The
conference,
themed
"Ethics,
Race and
Ethnicity:
The Power of
Community in
Reducing
Health
Disparity,"
examined the
existing
disparate
health
status among
African-Americans
and
Hispanic-Americans
through the
ongoing
research
efforts of
minority
investigators
funded by
the Centers
for Medicare
and Medicaid
Services'
Health
Services
Research
Grants
Program,
which was
also a
sponsor of
the event.
According to
organizers,
the
conference
was an
effective
mechanism
that brings
together
minority
researchers,
representatives
from
federal,
state and
local health
departments,
community-based
health
organizations,
foundations,
health
services
investigators,
majority
institutions,
graduate
students,
health-related
associations
and others.
Investigators
from
Historically
Black
Colleges and
Universities
and Hispanic
Serving
Institutions
presented
information
about their
research
studies in
the areas of
breast,
prostate and
colorectal
cancers,
diabetes,
HIV/AIDS,
and infant
mortality/prenatal
care.
Speakers
include:
Jose Luis
Calderon,
M.D., Nova
Southeastern
University;
Vivian L.
Carter,
Ph.D.,
Tuskegee
University;
Phyllis D.
Morgan,
Ph.D.,
Fayetteville
State
University;
Flora A.M.
Ukoki, M.D.,
M.P.H.,
Meharry
Medical
College;
Dharma E.
Cortes,
Ph.D.,
University
of
Massachusetts-Boston;
Verla
Vaughan,
Ph.D., R.N.,
Tennessee
State
University;
Eleanor
Walker,
Ph.D., R.N.,
Bowie State
University;
Britt
Rios-Ellis,
Ph.D.,
California
State
University;
Flavio F.
Marsiglia,
Ph.D.,
Arizona
State
University.
Objectives
of the
conference:
1.) explore
the issue of
ethics in
research
targeting
African-American
and
Hispanic-American
communities;
2.)
disseminate
research
findings
about health
disparities
and health
outcomes,
3.) address
critical
issues in
health
disparities
that
threaten the
health of
African-Americans
and Hispanic
Americans,
4) discuss
strategies
to minimize
the
differences
in health
status among
these
populations,
5.) describe
approaches
to decrease
barriers to
care in
these
communities
and
6.) discuss
successful
interventions
for
decreasing
health
disparities
among these
communities.
Participation
in this
conference
benefited
individuals
through
increased
knowledge
about health
disparities
and
effective
strategies
for reducing
health
disparities
and health
care costs.
Participants
also had the
opportunity
to network
with
individuals
who have
similar
interests.
An awards
banquet and
certifiable
training in
bioethics
was also be
featured.
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