MEDIA ADVISORY

For more information, contact:

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Communications and Marketing

Sheila Champlin – (901) 448-4957

Dena L. Owens – (901) 448-4072

 

University of Tennessee Health Science Center Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and

Consortium for Health Education, Economic Empowerment, and Research (CHEER)

invite you to a live campus telecast of

‘Methodological and Conceptual Issues in Conducting Research on Racial/Ethnic Discrimination in Health Care Delivery’

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WHY:  The purpose of the live telecast is to expand interest, procedural approaches and submission of quality research grant applications that examine racial/ethnic discrimination in health care disparities.  It will be aired nationwide with an opportunity for local input.

 

WHO: UT Health Science Center Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and the Consortium for Health Education, Economic Empowerment, and Research (CHEER) are sponsors for the telecast in this region. The nationwide telecast is sponsored by National Institutes of Health affiliates: National Cancer Institute; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; National Institute of Mental Health; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; and National Institute on Drug Abuse.   Who should attend?

 

• Individuals who want to understand why health disparities exist
• Researchers interested in identifying ways to assess health disparities
• Health care administrators, researchers and practitioners interested in strategies for implementing interventions or T2 translational research on health disparities

 

WHAT:  The specific objectives of the technical workshop are:

• To examine the state of research in the United States and identify gaps related to the role that racial/ethnic discrimination plays in the receipt of health care
• To establish a research agenda that identifies feasible, prioritized questions relevant to the role of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery
• To improve technical and grant-writing skills of applicants to increase funding
• To develop a community of scholars interested in research on this topic

WHEN:   Monday, September 29, 2008, 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

 

WHERE:  University of Tennessee Health Science Center

General Education Building, 8 S. Dunlap, Rm. A203

 

HOW: There is no registration fee, but registration is required. The deadline is Wednesday, September 24.   To register, email Brandi Everett Franklin at
beveret4@uthsc.edu. The tentative agenda is online at http://www.cancermeetings.org/HCD/WebAgenda.pdf.

 

 

 

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