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Advisory Committee on Minority Health Agenda
August 9, 2012 through August 10, 2012

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MINORITY HEALTH

Doubletree Hotel
8120 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, Maryland 20814

August 9, 2012 through August 10, 2012

 

Day One - August 9, 2012

Event Time Event Title
9:00 a.m.

Call to Order
Welcome & Introductions
Marguerite J. Ro, DrPH
Chair, Advisory Committee on Minority Health
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services

9:15 a.m.

OMH Update
J. Nadine Gracia, MD, MSCE
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health (Acting)
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services

9:45 a.m. Questions and Answers (Committee Members Only)
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m.

The Intersection of Public Health Quality and Health Disparities
Case Study I - Infant Mortality

George Askew, MD, FAAP
Chief Medical Officer
Administration for Children and Families
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services

Marsha Lillie-Blanton, DrPH
Director, Division of Quality, Evaluation & Health Outcomes Center for
Medicaid and CHIP Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services

David S. de la Cruz, PhD, MPH
Deputy Director, Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services

Diane M. Ashton, MD, MPH
Deputy Medical Director
March of Dimes Foundation

Jennifer S. Irving, MPH
Lead Epidemiologist
Oglala Sioux Tribe

11:30 a.m. Questions and Answers (Committee Members Only)
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m.

Case Study 2: Cardiovascular Disease
Erica K. Taylor, PhD, MPH, MA
Data Analyst, Million Hearts
Learning and Diffusion Group
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovations (CMMI)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:15 p.m.

LCDR Karen Ho Chaves, MHS
Health Science Administrator
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

1:30 p.m.

Marshall H. Chin, MD, MPH, FACP
Professor of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine
University of Chicago; and Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change National Program Office

1:45 p.m.

Jacquelyn Duval-Harvey, PhD
Deputy Commissioner of Health
Baltimore City Health Department

2:00 p.m. Questions and Answers (Committee Members Only)
2:30 p.m.

Break

2:45 p.m.

Public Comment

3:15 p.m. Committee Business
Group Discussion
5:00 p.m. Adjourn

 

Day Two - August 10, 2012

Event Time Event Title
9:00 a.m.

Call to Order and Remarks
Marguerite J. Ro, DrPH
Chair, Advisory Committee on Minority Health
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services

9:15 a.m.

Committee Business: Discussion and Assignments
Group Discussion

12:00 p.m. Public Comment
12:30 p.m.

Wrap up - next steps, next meeting
Marguerite J. Ro, DrPH
Chair, Advisory Committee on Minority Health
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:00 p.m. Adjourn



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