The Florida Office of Minority Health (OMH) will host the 2007 Florida Minority Health Disparities Summit on May 16-18 at the Tampa Convention Center.
The summit will address health challenges that impact racial and ethnic populations. The theme of the summit is "Addressing Health Disparities: Moving Beyond Hope to Action."
Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph, who is the celebrity spokesperson for the National Minority AIDS Councile, will be the speaking at the luncheon on May 17. Other featured speakers will include U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health Garth Graham, M.D., M.P.H., Commonwealth Fund Senior Program Officer, Anne Beal, M.D., M.P.H., and one the nation’s leading authorities on minority health, Deborah Prothow-Stith, M.D., from the College of Public Health at Harvard University.
All those interested in attending the 2007 Florida Minority Health Disparities Summit are encouraged to register at
www.srahec.org/whmh. Early registration of $85 ends April 16, 2007. Additional fees will apply for those who register after this date. There are also opportunities for sponsors, vendors, and poster presenters at the summit. The summit has formerly been known as the Closing the Gap Summit. The summit will be held in conjunction with the 2007 Women’s Health Conference, which will be held at the same venue on May 14-16.
For more information about the minority health summit, please visit the web site at
www.doh.state.fl.us/minority. For more information contact Thometta Cozart, marketing coordinator for the Office of Minority Health at (850) 245-4444, ext.2035 or thometta_cozart@doh.state.fl.us.
Posted By: Thometta Cozart
Monday, March 26th 2007 at 4:54PM
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