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Health Disparities in Translational Research - Part I & II

February 21, 2023

The first webinar raised awareness of health disparities in lung diseases, emphasize where the gaps are, and the points in disease progression that are affected.  Related references: PMIDs 34347574, 30742917, 28459618, 25584658, 22589306, 33751861, 30584054, 31801032, 25918834, 29742360, 33470563, 36237137, 34647698

Presenters:
Terri Laguna, MD, MSCS
Seattle Children’s Hospital

Juan Celedón, MD, DrPH
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Panelists:
Blanca Himes, PhD
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Victor Ortega, MD, PhD
Mayo Clinic

Keoki Williams, MD, MPH
Wayne State University School of Medicine

Kaity Allen, PhD
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Moderator: 
Aisha Souquette, PhD
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital


Health Disparities in Translational Research - Part II

Part two in this series focused on barriers to achieve health equity and strategies to mitigate them by utilizing current research to highlight the importance of study design elements such as diverse study populations, incorporation of genetics, and the benefits of OMICS datasets and multivariate analyses.

 

This webinar will feature insights from five renowned experts:

Dara Torgerson, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Blanca Himes, PhD
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Neeta Thakur, MD
University of California, San Francisco

Victor Ortega, MD, PhD
Mayo Clinic

Dawn DeMeo, MD, MPH
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School