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 <http://www.mailmanschool.org/msphfacdir/profile.asp?uni=ref5> Fullilove, Mailman School of Public Health 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 <http://urology.jhu.edu/arthurburnett/index.php> Burnett II, Johns Hopkins Prostate Cancer in African Americans Colon Cancer Fritz <http://www.med.nyu.edu/people/francf01.html> Francois, NYU SoM 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 <http://www.all4ed.org/about/douglas_wood.html> Wood, Columbia University 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 <http://www.downstate.edu/emergency_medicine/facultylist.html> Gore, Kings County Hospital Center 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 <http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/studentwork/cns/2002-07-07/639.asp> Clark, F.E.D.S Magazine 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 Director, Prehealth Professions Programs Hunter College of CUNY 695 Park Ave, E812 NY, NY 10021 212-772-5244 FAX: 212-772-5138