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CBC Health
Braintrust
Members
The Honorable Karen Bass California, 33rd District
The Honorable Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. Georgia, 2nd District
The Honorable Corrine Brown Florida, 3rd District U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable G.K. Butterfield North Carolina, 1st District U.S. House
of Representatives
The Honorable Andre Carson Indiana, 7th District
The Honorable Donna M. Christensen Delegate, Virgin Islands U.S. House
of Representatives
The Honorable Hansen Clark Michigan, 13th District
The Honorable Yvette Clarke New York, 11th District
The Honorable William Lacy Clay, Jr. Missouri, 1st District
The Honorable Emanuel Cleaver II Missouri, 5th District
The Honorable James E. Clyburn South Carolina, 6th District
The Honorable John Conyers, Jr. Michigan, 14th District
The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings Maryland, 7th District
The Honorable Danny K. Davis Illinois, 7th District
The Honorable Donna Edwards Maryland, 4th District
The Honorable Keith Ellison Minnesota , 5th District
The Honorable Chaka Fattah Pennsylvania, 2nd District
The Honorable Marcia L. Fudge Ohio, 11th District
The Honorable Al Green Texas, 9th District
The Honorable Alcee L. Hastings Florida, 23rd District
The Honorable Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. Illinois, 2nd District
The Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson Texas, 30th District
The Honorable Hank Johnson Georgia , 4th District
The Honorable Barbara Lee California, 9th District
The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee Texas, 18th District
The Honorable John Lewis Georgia, 5th District
The Honorable Gregory W. Meeks New York, 6th District
The Honorable Gwendolynne Moore Wisconsin, 4th District
The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton Delegate, District of Columbia
The Honorable Donald M. Payne New Jersey, 10th District
The Honorable Charles B. Rangel New York, 15th District
The Honorable Laura Richardson California, 37th District
The Honorable Cedric Richmond Louisiana, 2nd District
The Honorable Bobby L. Rush Illinois, 1st District
The Honorable David Scott Georgia, 13th District
The Honorable Robert C. Scott Virginia, 3rd District
The Honorable Terri A. Sewell Alabama, 7th District
The Honorable Bennie Thompson Mississippi, 2nd District
The Honorable Edolphus Towns New York, 10th District
The Honorable Maxine Waters California, 35th District
The Honorable Melvin L. Watt North Carolina, 12th District
The Honorable Allen West Florida, 22nd District
The Honorable Frederica Wilson Florida, 17th District
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The
2012 CBC Spring Health Braintrust - National Minority Quality Forum
Ninth Annual Health Disparities Leadership Summit
Mobilizing to
Protect Health Care Reform: We're Not Going Back
April
24, 2012
Washington, DC
In
cooperation with
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Dr.
Gary Puckrein, President/CEO
National
Minority Quality Forum
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Presentations
on Minority Health and Health Equity
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Dr.
Nadine Gracia
Acting
Dep. Ast Secretary for Minority Health, U.S. Department
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Dr.
Ruffin delivers remarks about the successes of, challenges
confronting the Institute since the enactment of health
care reform. Dr. Ruffin also highlights the Institute’s
minority health and health disparity elimination priorities.
Dr. Gracia discusses health equity and health disparity
elimination successes, challenges and current priorities
of the Office of Minority Health at the Department
of Health and Human Services."
Click Here to View The Session
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Session
I: What’s Been Missing From the Conversations? Bringing
Adolescent Health and Health Care
Out of the Shadows
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Dr.
Benjamin speaks about the key findings and recommendations
in the latest report of the Surgeon General, “Preventing
Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults.” After Dr. Benjamin’s
presentation, a larger session on current adolescent health
and adolescent health care issues and challenges will occur,
followed by a moderated Q & A session.
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Nisha
Branch National President,
Student National Medical Association
Panelists
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Evelyn
Kappeler
Acting
Director of the Office
of Adolescent Health (OAH)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Ms. Evelyn Kappeler highlights the adolescent
health and health care priorities of OAH – particularly
the Office’s initiatives to reduce teen pregnancy. She discusses
the OAH’s efforts to reduce racial and ethnic disparities
in adolescent health. Dr. Plax speaks about the innovative
and very comprehensive approach that “The Spot” has implemented
to address and meet the unique health and health care challenges
of adolescents inone major U.S. city. Dr. Plax also shares
some of her “lessons learned” and best practices.
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Here to View The Session
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Special
Update on an Effective Public-Private Partnership
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Gary
Cohen, Executive Vice President
National
Minority Quality Forum
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Jessica
Daley
Acting
Director Private Sector Partnerships, PEPFAR.
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Mr.
Cohen discusses two pioneering public-private partnerships
between BD and PEPFAR that focus on strengthening the
healthcare systems of developing nations. He discusses
what BD has learned from its experience with public-private
partnerships in global health and identifies what he
believes are the most important components of any successful
partnership between companies, governments and NGOs.
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Session
II: Contemporary Issues in Health Equity Research
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Dennis Spencer
Student National Medical Association
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Grace
Damio
Director
of Research and
Service Initiatives
Hispanic Health Council (HHC)
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Dr.
Seifer provides an overview of community-based research
and highlights some of common challenges with which
community-based researchers contend and highlights several
recommendations to bolster the communitybased researcher
community. Ms. Damio highlights successes, challenges
and lessons learned in building and sustaining community-based
research infrastructure, to conduct and act upon the
findings of health disparities research. Her remarks
include recommendations for supporting community-based
organizations in leadership roles in health disparities
research.
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Dr.
Ofili’s presentation focuses on the funding challenges facing
African-American and other under-represented racial and ethnic
minority researchers and explains why – not only in the name
of equality, but also in the name of health equity – these
challenges need to be surmounted.
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Special
Presentation: Contemporary Health Equity Research Topic
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CBC
Health Information Technology (HIT) Luncheon Presentations
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Paul
McRae
SCVP, AT&T Healthcare Emerging
Technologies
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Special
Memorial to Congressman Donald Payne
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Congressman
Donald M. Payne
(July
16, 1934 – March 6, 2012) |
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Dr.
Benjamin speaks about the key findings and recommendations
in the latest report of the Surgeon General, “Preventing
Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults.” After Dr.
Benjamin’s presentation, a larger session on current
adolescent health and adolescent health care issues
and challenges will occur, followed by a moderated Q
& A session.
Mr.
McCrae speaks on the importance of integrating the provider
practice into the overall clinical ecosystem. He addresses
the value of mobile technologies and how theu are being
leveraged to help drive additional business and manage
a broader base of patients.
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2012
CBC Health Braintrust Leadership Awards Ceremony
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Terrence
Thompson, Staff Director
Senate Committee Steering and Outreach Committee
Recipient Congressional Staff Leadership
Award
Mrs.
Fredette West, Founder and Executive Director
Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Coalition
Recipient 2012 CBC Health Braintrust
Lifetime Leadership Award in Advocacy
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CBC
Health Braintrust/National Minority Quality Forum Leadership
Awards Dinner
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Willie
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- Presentation
by Lawrence Krauss, PhD, Professor, School, of Earth and
Space Exploration, Arizona State University;
- Keynote
presentation by The Honorable Willie L. Brown, former Mayor
of San Francisco and former Speaker of the California State
Assembly.
- Leadership
Dinner features distinguished honorees.
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Special
thanks to OKVUPhotography for photos
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For
more information, call Office of Congresswoman Donna M. Christensen,
Chair, CBC Health Braintrust, at 202-225-1790
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