The Center for the Health of the African Diaspora of NYU Institute of
Community Health and Research has a conference this Saturday, February 10th
on the Health of Men. Mekbeb Gemeda spoke with us from NYU's medical school
last semester and invited everyone to attend. It is $10.00 for students and
$20.00 for others. There will be a number of prestigious speakers on hand
from medical schools! NYU, Cornell, and Hopkins to name a few! Hope some
of you will take advantage of this RARE opportunity to see what is happening
to African-American males medically and socially in the US and abroad. I
hope to attend part of the day as well but I would really like to see Hunter
represented!
Saturday February 10, 2007
9:00AM - 6:30PM
Farkas Auditorium
New York University Medical Center
Sessions and Invited Speakers:
Morning Session: 9:00-1:00pm
Welcome
Key Note Speech
<http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/faculty/DeborahProthrow-Stith.html> Robert
Fullilove, Mailman School of Public Health
<http://www.mailmanschool.org/msphfacdir/profile.asp?uni=ref5>
HIV/AIDS
David <http://med.emory.edu/faculty/profile_bio.cfm?id=849> Malebranche,
Emory University School of Medicine
HIV and Black Men-Where Are We Now?
Yaw <http://www,nyu.edu/public.affairs/leadership/nyarko.html> Nyarko, New
York University
The Economic Impact of AIDS Pandemic in Africa
Prostate Cancer
Arthur Burnett II, Johns Hopkins
<http://urology.jhu.edu/arthurburnett/index.php>
Prostate Cancer in African Americans
Colon Cancer
Fritz Francois, NYU SoM <http://www.med.nyu.edu/people/francf01.html>
Colorectal Cancer: The Scope of the Issue
Frank <http://www.nih.gov/news/radio/aug2006/08112006celiac.htm> Hamilton,
NIDDK, NIH
Taking Charge of Your Health- The Need for Early Colon Cancer Screening in
African Americans
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Lunch and Poster Session
Afternoon Session: 2:00pm-6:00pm
Education
Douglas Wood, Columbia University
<http://www.all4ed.org/about/douglas_wood.html>
Acting Black: Reclaiming Our Academic Heritage
Walter <http://nieer.org/resources/experts/bio.php?PersonID=6> Gilliam,
Yale University Child Study Center
Prekindergarteners Left Behind: African American Males and Preschool
Expulsion
Justice System
<http://www.mailmanschool.org/msphfacdir/profile.asp?uni=ref5> Robert Gore,
Kings County Hospital Center
<http://www.downstate.edu/emergency_medicine/facultylist.html>
Youth Violence and African Americans: Perspectives from Emergency Medicine
Rodney Fuller, Medgar Evers College, CUNY
Beating the Odds: The Impact of Incarceration and Reentry (New Entry) on
African-American Men in the areas of Education, Housing, Employment and
Community Connection
Conflict and Violence
Antoine Clark, F.E.D.S Magazine
<http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/studentwork/cns/2002-07-07/639.asp>
Mean Streets: Getting the Message Out
Joseph <http://www.street-soldiers.org/programs_bio1.htm> Marshall, Omega
Boys Club/ Street Soldiers
Keeping Youth Alive and Free. The Disease of Violence- A NEW Public Health
Model: Prevention, Intervention, and Rehabilitation
Anthony Isenalumhe, NYU MD Student
The Necessary Transition of the Black Male From High School to College: Some
Obstacles and Some Solutions
Closing Remarks
Carlyle Miller, Weill Medical College, Cornell University
6:30 p.m. Reception and Poster Session
Performance by The James Gordon Trio
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