Opening remarks, 8:30-9:00
Welcome: Richard McCarty, Dean of the College of Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University
                Mona Frederick, Executive Director, Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities

Introduction: Matthew Ramsey (Vanderbilt Center for Medicine, Health, & Society)
                    Larry Churchill (Vanderbilt Center for Clinical and Research Ethics)

Session 1, 9:00- 10:00 Keynote address
Chair: Tony Brown, Vanderbilt University

"Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health and Health Care: Challenges
and Opportunities."
David Williams, University of Michigan

Coffee break, 10:00-10:15

Session 2. 10:15-12:30: Conceptualizing differences and inequalities
Chair: Matthew Ramsey, Vanderbilt University

"Cultural Competency" Obscure Inequalities in Health?  Views from Medical Anthropology.
Peter Brown, antpjb@emory.edu Emory University - Abstract DOC PDF

Culture, Behavior, and Health Disparities: Implications for Research, Policy, and Intervention.
Hector Betancourt, hbetancourt@psych.llu.edu and Patricia Flynn, pflynn@psych.llu.edu Loma Linda University, - Abstract DOC PDF

Inequalities from the Disease's point of view: Chronic Disease and Autoimmunity.
Ohad Parnes, o.parnes@ucl.ac.uk Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College, London- Abstract DOC PDF

The Medical Construction of Race.
Matthew Anderson, andersonma@aol.com Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Abstract DOC PDF

Lunch, 12:30-1:15

Session 3, 1:15-3:00:  Disparities and race
Chair: Vera Chatman, Vanderbilt University

Patient Safety and Prescription Medication Error: Differences in Patient Attitudes and Actions.
Gail Hughes, gdhughes@prevmed.umsmed.edu and Chris Arthur, carthur@familymed.umsmed.edu University of Mississippi Medical Center - Abstract DOC PDF

Virgin Soils Revisited
David Jones, dsjones@MIT.EDU Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Abstract DOC PDF

Concepts of Race/Ethnicity in Maternal Health Care: Implications for Diminishing Racial Health Inequalities in Brazil.
Molly Robertson, Molly_Robertson@brown.edu Brown University - Abstract DOC PDF

Coffee break, 3:00-3:15

Session 4, 3:15-5:00: The health of immigrants
Chair: Scott Pearson, Vanderbilt University

Distinctiveness, Difference and Disease: Medical Responses to Post-Colonial Immigration.
Roberta Bivins, robertabivins@yahoo.co.uk Lecturer in the History of Medicine, Cardiff University - Abstract DOC PDF

Reflections on Disparities in the Utilization of Medical Specialists Between Immigrants and Non-Immigrants in Canada.
Alice Chen achen@chspr.ubc.ca and Arminée Kazanjian, achen@chspr.ubc.ca University of British Columbia - Abstract DOC PDF

"Illegal" Migration Status as Axis of Health Inequality.
Sarah S. Willen, swillen@emory.edu Emory University - Abstract DOC PDF

Reception and Galley Talk at Central Library, Special Collections

5:15-7:00

Conference exhibit: Perspectives on the Diseased Body
Commentary: Stephen Rachman, Michigan State University
The talk will start at about 5:30

Dinner and evening on your own in Nashville

SATURDAY, APRIL 30
Vanderbilt Children's Hospital
Board Room

 

Welcome, 9:00-9:15
George Hill, Associate Dean for Diversity in Medical Education, Vanderbilt School of Medicine

Session 5, 9:15-10:15: Keynote address
Chair: Patricia Foxen, Vanderbilt University

The embodiment of health inequalities: the case of rapidly expanding access to antiretrovirals in West Africa
Vinh-Kim Nguyen, McGill University

Coffee break, 10:15-10:30

Session 6. 10:30-12:45 Genomics and concepts of racial difference
Chair: Larry Churchill, Vanderbilt University

Making Sense of Race.
Howard Brody, Howard.Brody@ht.msu.edu Michigan State University.

What the HapMap Can Teach Us about the Challenges of Dissecting Genetic Variation and Race/Ethnicity/Geographic Ancestry .
Ellen Wright Clayton, ellen.clayton@vanderbilt.edu Vanderbilt University.

Pharmacogenetics and Implications for Understanding Race, Justice and Health Disparities.
Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, sandra.lee@stanford.edu Stanford University - Abstracts DOC PDF

The Molecular Politics of HIV: Tracking Difference and Inequality across Genomes and Continents.
Johanna Crane, jcrane@itsa.ucsf.edu University of California, San Francisco - Abstracts DOC PDF

Lunch, 1:00-2:15

Session 7, 2:15-4:00: Cross-cultural encounters and mediations
Chair: Elizabeth Heitman, Vanderbilt University

Does Culture Matter?  Experiences of Health Care and Telehealth in the Far North. 
Lorna Heaton, lorna.heaton@umontreal.ca University of Montreal - Abstract DOC PDF

The Place of Islam and Social Inequality in Egypts Organ Transplant Debate.
Sherine Hamdy, sherine@nyu.edu New York University - Abstracts DOC PDF

Nursing Differences: Negotiating Traditional Medicine in a Tanzanian Hospital.
Stacey Langwick, langwick@anthro.ufl.edu University of Florida - Abstract DOC PDF

Coffee break, 4:00-4:15

Session 8, 4:15-5:15: Perceptions of risk
Chair: Craig Anne Heflinger, Vanderbilt University

Unorthodoxy Governed: Using the Technique of Risk in Regulating Latino/a Defined Behavior in Public Health.
Karen Holliday, holliday@ucla.edu University of California, Los Angeles - Abstract DOC PDF

Medication Consumption and Sociocultural Analysis of Risk Among Hypertensives: Redefining Social and Health-Related Disparities. 
Michelle Proulx, proulxmich@hotmail.com Université de Montréal - Abstract DOC PDF

Session 9, 5:15-6:15: The socialist model at home and abroad
Chair: Arleen Tuchman, Vanderbilt University

Inequality and Health in Contemporary Cuba.
Katherine Hirschfeld, mkcrabb@ou.edu University  of Oklahoma - Abstract DOC PDF

An Alternative to Capitalist Health Regime?  Socialist Hygienic Modernity and the Third World during the Cold War.
Young-sun Hong, Yhong@notes.cc.sunysb.edu State University of New York,  Stony Brook - Abstract DOC PDF

Conference dinner, 7:30-9:30

SUNDAY, MAY 1
Vanderbilt University

                                                                             

Session 10, 9:00-11:15: Mental health, race, and disparities
Chair: Peggy Thoits, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

From "Spiritual Crisis" to "Mental Illness" Racial Disparities in Mental Health Care, Historically.
Kirby Randolph., kirbyr@mail.med.upenn.edu University of Pennsylvania - Abstract DOC PDF

African Americans and Psychiatry in the U.S. During the 1950s.
Ellen Dwyer, dwyer@indiana.edu Indiana University - Abstract DOC PDF

Marital Status, Socioeconomic Status, Cultural Variations and Mental Health Status Among Latinos.
Mercedes Rubio, chelisrubio@yahoo.com American Sociological Association - Abstract DOC PDF

The Medical Use of Racial Difference: The Case of Jewish Nervousness.
Christopher Crenner, ccrenner@kumc.edu University of Kansas - Abstract DOC PDF

Coffee break, 11:15-11:30

Session 11, 11:30-12:30: conclusions
Co-chairs: Larry Churchill and Matthew Ramsey, Vanderbilt University

Buffet lunch, 12:30-1:30