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Held in beautiful San Juan, this one-day meeting will bring together top researchers and practitioners in the field to address racial and ethnic health disparities in the treatment of substance abuse and HIV/AIDS. The session is recommended for researchers, practitioners, students and program administrators.

Conference Features
  • Keynote presentation by Dr. H. Westley Clark, Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
  • Panel discussions with prominent speakers in the field including:
    • Dr. Beny Prim, Executive Director of the Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation (A.R.T.C.)
    • Dr. Lula A. Beatty, Chief of the Special Populations Office, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health
    • Dr. Hortensia Amaro, Distinguished Professor, Bouve College of Health Sciences Director, Institute on Urban Health Research Northeastern
    • Dr. James Jackson, Director of the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
    • Dr. Vickie Mays, Professor of Psychology and Health Services, University of California Los Angles Institute for Social Science Research
    • Dr. Martin Y. Iguchi, Professor, UCLA School of Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, Adjunct Senior Behavioral Scientist, Drug Policy Research Center
    • Linnie Smith, M.A., Senior Vice President for Prevention and Services, Housing Works, Inc.
    • Jamie Delgado, Director of Services, Community Outreach Interventions Projects, School of Public Health University of Illinois at Chicago
    • Dr. Tanya Telfair Sharpe, Deputy Director, Office of Health Disparities National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Center for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Dr. Robert E. Fullilove, Associate Dean, Community and Minority Affairs, Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences
    • Dr. Chilo L. Madrid, Chief Executive Officer of Aliviane, Inc.
  • Access to leading researchers and professionals
  • Interactive breakout group discussions
  • Free CEUs
  • Poster session
  • Free publications and research manuals
  • Access to online conference materials

Agenda Forthcoming

 

  
     
 
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