PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Dr. David Satcher, U.S. surgeon general from 1998 to 2001, will deliver the 14th annual Dr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Barnes Jr. Lecture at Brown University’s Public Health Research Day April 18, 2013. His talk, which begins at 4 p.m., is titled “Health Disparities: Can we overcome?”
Satcher, now director of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine, will describe prevailing health disparities in the United States, their sources and possible ways to prevent them.
This year Public Health Research Day, which begins at 1:30 p.m. with posters from undergraduate, graduate, and faculty researchers, is co-sponsored by the Rhode Island Department of Health, in addition to the Warren Alpert Medical School and the Rhode Island Public Health Association. It is open to the public.
Who
Dr. David Satcher, former U.S. surgeon general, now director of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine. Satcher will be available for interview prior to his lecture (contact David Orenstein at 401-863-1862).
Scores of Brown University public health researchers — undergraduates, graduates, and faculty — will be on hand to discuss their work, beginning at 1:30 p.m.
What
The 14th annual Dr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Barnes Jr. Lecture. Satcher will address three main points:
- the types of health disparities in the United States by various populations at risk;
- risk factors and sources of health disparities for specific populations;
- potential interventions to address health disparities.
Physicians in attendance may receive CME credit.
The 59 research posters cover a range of public health research topics, including neighborhood influences on school absenteeism in Providence schools, lifestyle and heart disease in women, birth defects in Rhode Island, and a variety of health issues in different countries in Africa.
Where
Andrews Dining Hall
(Meeting Street between Brown and Thayer Streets)
When
Poster session: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Poster awards: 3:30 to 4 p.m.
Barnes lecture: 4 p.m.
About the Barnes Lectureship
The Barnes Lectureship was established by Mr. and Mrs. James S. Zisson ’74, in memory of Norma and Miles Zisson ’38. The lectureship honors the late Dr. Frederick W. Barnes Jr., professor of medical science emeritus at Brown, and his late wife Catherine.