National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) Capitol Hill briefing:
Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) and Health Disparities
Wednesday June 17, 2009 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has recently allocated $1.1 billion to comparative effectiveness research to provide new knowledge for more efficient health care delivery.
The goals of the briefing are: 1) to discuss priorities for comparative effectiveness research that can lead to reducing health disparities, and 2) to spotlight national organizations which include health disparities in their agendas to members of Congress and their staff.
Special invited speakers include
- Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA), Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Task Force on Health and the Environment
- Congresswoman Donna Christensen (VI), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust
- Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo (GU), Chair of Congressional Asian, Pacific American Caucus Healthcare Task Force
- Carolyn Clancy, MD, MPH, Director for Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- Garth Graham, MD, MPH, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health
- Joyce Dubow, AARP Senior Advisor, Health Reform
- Elena Rios, MD, MSPH, President and CEO, National Hispanic Medical Association.
- Ivonne Fuller Bertrand Associate Executive Director, National Medical Association.
- John Michael Montgomery, MD, MPH, FAAFP, CPE Senior Medical Director, Professional Relations, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida
- Robert K. Ross – invited President & CEO, The California Endowment
- Gail Shearer, Director, Consumer Reports
The National Hispanic Medical Association is a non-profit association representing over 36,000 licensed Hispanic physicians in the United States. Our mission is to improve the health of Hispanics and other underserved populations. We invite you to visit our website to learn more about our programs at www.nhmamd.org.
If you have any questions, please contact Alioska Adrian, at (202) 628-5895 ext. 12 or via email at: aadrian@nhmamd.org <mailto:aadrian@nhmamd.org> We look forward to working with you.
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