The 15 th Annual Summer Public Health Research Videoconference on Minority Health has been presented by

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health MINORITY HEALTH PROJECT (Program on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health Outcomes – ECHO) DIVERSITY AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS

Funding for this program comes from the patrons, cosponsors, contributors, supporters, and friends of the 15 th Annual Summer Public Health Research Videoconference on Minority Health

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Dean’s Office Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH Alumni Distinguished Professor and Dean Jessie Satia, PhD, MPH Special Assistant to the Dean for Diversity Patron Sponsor

This activity is supported by an educational donation provided by Co-sponsor Co-sponsor

Diversity and Multicultural Affairs / Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, UNC Archie W. Ervin, PhD Associate Provost for Diversity and Multicultural Affairs M. Cookie Newsom, PhD Director of Diversity Education and Assessment Co-sponsor Co-sponsor

UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute Sam Odom, PhD, Director Co-sponsor Co-sponsor

Center for Development and Learning Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities Stephen R. Hooper, PhD, Director, LEND Program Counseling and Wellness Services, UNC Campus Health Services Allen Hamrick O’Barr, MD, Director DeVetta Holman-Nash, MPH, Associate Director Contributors

American College of Epidemiology Roberta B. Ness, MD, MPH, President American Indian Center, UNC Clara Sue Kidwell, PhD, Director Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research Timothy S. Carey, MD, MPH, Director Supporters

UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, UNC Alice S. Ammerman, DrPH, RD, Professor and Director College of Arts & Sciences, UNC Karen M. Gill, PhD, Lee G. Pedersen Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Professor of Psychiatry, Dean North Carolina Health Careers Access Program, UNC Patrena N. Benton,MS, PhD, Director Supporters

Victor and Marion Schoenbach Special Friends

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Department of Health Behavior and Health Education Jo Anne Earp, PhD, Professor and Interim Chair Department of Health Policy and Management Peggy Leatt, PhD, Professor and Chair Department of Maternal and Child Health Herbert B. Peterson, MD, FACOG, Professor and Chair Friends

Center for Civil Rights, A Project of the UNC School of Law Julius L. Chambers, JD, Director Danny Bell School of Education, UNC G. Williamson (Bill) McDiarmid, EdD Alumni Distinguished Professor and Dean School Nurse Association of North Carolina Sue Lynn Ledford, RN, MPA, NCSN, President Friends (continued)

Department of Epidemiology, UNC Andrew Olshan, PhD, Professor and Chair Office of the Provost, UNC Bernadette Gray-Little, PhD Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Program on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health Outcomes, UNC Paul A. Godley, MD, MPP, PhD, Professor and Director School of Social Work, UNC Jack M. Richman, PhD, Professor and Dean In-Kind Support

Credits

Production Staff Executive Director Victor J. Schoenbach, Ph.D. Producer / Director O.J. McGhee Moderator Senator Howard N. Lee, M.S.W. Facilitator Monecia Thomas Floor Director Cathy Campbell IIS Engineer Lew Binkowski

Production Staff Camera Operators Larry McClain Russell Clemons Greg Adams School of Social Work Facilitators Andy Chrismon Jim Griffith Phone & Support M. Ahinee Amamoo Eboni M. Taylor

Production Staff Video Editor / ENG Camera Tom Laney Video Specialist Mayhew Cuthbertson Webcast Page Support Andrew Ochs Mobile Video Production Vehicle Robert Warren Productions Uplink Vehicle Carolina Uplink

Production Services Teleprompting Services Caption Perfect Live Video Stream Multicast Media Technologies Satellite Leasing Microspace, Inc.

Dina C. Castro, MPH, PhD Nicholas A. Freudenberg, DrPH Lillian A. Sparks, JD Reginald L. Weaver, DIP(hon), DHL(hon), DPS(hon) Senator Howard N. Lee, MSW, Moderator Panel

Victor J. Schoenbach, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology Director, UNC Minority Health Project M. Cookie Newsom, PhD Director of Diversity Education and Assessment Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, UNC Videoconference Co-Directors

Program Committee DeVetta Holman-Nash, MPH (Chair) Associate Director Counseling and Wellness Services, UNC Campus Health Services Alexandra Lightfoot, PhD Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, UNC Molly Stapleton Projects STYLE and SNAP, Center for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine

Additional Planning Committee Members M. Ahinee Amamoo, MS Doctoral student, UNC Department of Epidemiology Danny Bell American Indian Studies Program, UNC College of Arts and Sciences Dorothy C. Browne, MSW, MPH, DrPH Professor, NC A&T State University (Minority Health Project co-founder) Eboni M. Taylor, MPH Doctoral student, UNC Department of Epidemiology

Nicole Taylor Program on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health Outcomes (ECHO), UNC Monecia Thomas, MHA Director, Management Academy for Public Health, North Carolina Institute of Public Health Sharon Holmes Thomas, MSW Director of Recruitment, Admissions, and Financial Aid, School of Social Work, UNC Additional Planning Committee Members

M. Ahinee Amamoo, MS, Co-Coordinator Eboni M. Taylor, MPH, Co-Coordinator Chandra W. Caldwell, Program Assistant Correnthia B. Hill, Program Assistant Devetta Holman-Nash, MPH, Event Planning Miki Kersgard, Invitations Sharon Holmes Thomas, MSW, Arrangements Additional credits

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Department of Instructional and Information Systems Kathleen D. Barboriak, PhD, Assistant Dean O.J. McGhee, Manager, Instructional Media Services Department of External Affairs Peggy Dean Glenn, Associate Dean for External Affairs Additional credits

Staff of the UNC School of Social Work Department of Epidemiology fiscal office, information technology, and secretarial staff Marion E. Schoenbach Special thanks to

Trude A. Bennett, DrPH Dorothy C. Browne, MSW, MPH, DrPH Vijaya K. Hogan, DrPH Jay S. Kaufman, PhD Anissa I. Vines, PhD Minority Health Project Faculty

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