{"652042":{"#nid":"652042","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Symposium on Health Disparities \u0026 Academy of Medicine Distinguished Lecture","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University is proud to announce the Symposium on Health Disparities, featuring the 2022 Academy of Medicine Distinguished Lecture:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026quot;Diminishing Racial Disparities in Healthcare and Biomedical Research\u0026quot;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eby \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Laurencin-Cato\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECato T. Laurencin M.D., Ph.D.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nUniversity Professor and Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Endowed Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nProfessor of Biomedical Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nChief Executive Officer, Connecticut Convergence Institute\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nUniversity of Connecticut\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESYMPOSIUM AGENDA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E11 a.m. \u0026ndash; 11:05 a.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWelcome and Introduction\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E11:05 a.m. \u0026ndash; 11:50 a.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSymposium Lecture\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u0026ldquo;Understanding and Addressing Health Disparities: An Anti-Racist Approach\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.spelman.edu\/academics\/faculty\/directory\/profile\/na\u0027taki-osborne-jelks\u0022\u003ENa\u0026#39;Taki Osborne Jelks\u003C\/a\u003E, Ph.D., Spelman College\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E11:50 a.m. \u0026ndash; 12:05 p.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCoulter BME Seed Grant: \u0026ldquo;Phenotyping a Novel Mouse Model of Glaucoma in Individuals of African Ancestry\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECydney Wong, Ph.D. student\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/C.%20Ross-Ethier\u0022 tabindex=\u0022-1\u0022\u003EC. Ross Ethier, Ph.D.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E12:05 p.m. \u0026ndash; 12:20 p.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCoulter BME Seed Grant: \u0026ldquo;Research Tools for Studying Alopecia Areata as a T-cell Mediated Autoimmune Disease\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EValencia E. Watson, Ph.D. Student\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Cheng-Zhu\u0022 tabindex=\u0022-1\u0022\u003ECheng Zhu, Ph.D.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E12:20 p.m. \u0026ndash; 12:35 p.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCoulter BME Seed Grant: \u0026ldquo;A Preclinical Model of Allostatic Load in Traumatic Brain Injury\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EEva Mart\u0026iacute;nez Luque, Intern\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Michelle-C.-LaPlaca\u0022 tabindex=\u0022-1\u0022\u003EMichelle LaPlaca, Ph.D.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E12:35 p.m. \u0026ndash; 12:50 p.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCoulter BME Seed Grant: \u0026ldquo;Investigating a Metabolic Link Between Obesity and Epigenetics in Triple Negative Breast Cancer\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Karmella-Haynes\u0022 tabindex=\u0022-1\u0022\u003EKarmella Haynes, Ph.D.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E12:50 p.m. \u0026ndash; 2 p.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nLunch\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2 p.m. \u0026ndash; 3 p.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026quot;Diminishing Racial Disparities in Healthcare and Biomedical Research\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Laurencin-Cato\u0022\u003ECato Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D.\u003C\/a\u003E, University of Connecticut\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAcademy of Medicine Distinguished Lecture\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E3 p.m. \u0026ndash; 4 p.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPanel Discussion: Diminishing Racial Disparities in Healthcare and Biomedical Research\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Karmella-Haynes\u0022 tabindex=\u0022-1\u0022\u003EKarmella Haynes, Ph.D.\u003C\/a\u003E, Emory University \u0026amp; Georgia Tech\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/web.gs.emory.edu\/vulnerability\/faculty\/bios\/heron-sheryl.html\u0022 tabindex=\u0022-1\u0022\u003ESheryl Heron, M.D.\u003C\/a\u003E, Emory University\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.msm.edu\/about_us\/FacultyDirectory\/Medicine\/ElizabethOfili\/index.php\u0022 tabindex=\u0022-1\u0022\u003EElizabeth Ofili, M.D.\u003C\/a\u003E, Morehouse School of Medicine\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E4 p.m. \u0026ndash; 6 p.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nReception\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Diminishing Racial Disparities in Healthcare and Biomedical Research\u0026quot; - Cato T. 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