News Release

Public Health Students of African Descent (PHSAD) to hold 21st Annual Minority Health Conference

March 8, 2007, University of Michigan School of Public Health news release.

ANN ARBOR--The 21st annual Minority Health Conference entitled, "Health, Race, and Media: The Power of Perception," will be focused on the interactions of media and health, and how these outcomes affect the health of minority populations.

Keynote speakers include Michael Rich, Director of the Center on Media and Child Health (CMCH) at Boston’s Children Hospital, and Aranthan S. Jones, Director of Policy and Research for the Office of the Majority Whip in the US House of Representatives. Discussion topics include: Hispanic, women’s, and African American population health, obesity, genetics and race, LGBT health issues, and more. There will also be a panel on Hurricane Katrina.

Registration is required.

TIME & DATE: 4- 10 p.m. March 23; 8:30- 4 p.m. March 24

PLACE: University of Michigan School of Public Health Crossroads located at 109 S. Observatory, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

SPONSORS: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Black Student Union

WEB SITE: http://www.sph.umich.edu/phsad/conference.html

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Erin Griffiths at emanel@med.umich.edu or Lawrence Reid at reidl@umich.edu or Harold Neighbors at: (734) 647-6665.

Contact: Terri Mellow, director of communications
Phone: (734) 764-8094
E-mail: twm@umich.edu

ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUESTED

Tentative conference schedule. (PDF)

Artwork courtesy of Nebraska HHS Office of Minority Health