Date: Thursday, April 6th at 1pm ET
According to the CDC, racial and ethnic minority groups throughout the United States experience higher rates of illness and death across a wide range of health conditions, including diabetes, hypertension, obesity, asthma, and heart disease, when compared to their White counterparts.
This public discussion brings together minority community health advocates, leading patient advocacy nonprofits, federal health agency leaders and Congressional representatives to discuss initiatives to address health and access to care issues that affect minority populations.
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With remarks and presentations by special guests:
Melissa Aldrich, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Center for Molecular Imaging at the University of Texas
Burgess Harrison, Executive Director
National Minority Health Association
Nicole Hemmenway, CEO
U.S. Pain Foundation
David M. Murray, Ph.D., Associate Director
Office of Disease Prevention, National Institutes of Health
Debra Frazer-Howze, Founder
Choose Healthy Life
Clorinda Walley, President
Good Days
Ivory Allison, National Director of Community Impact
American Liver Foundation
Robyn Taylor, Director of Health Equity
National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
Dr. Donna Grant Mills, Associate Dean
Howard University
