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
