First Annual University Research Symposium for Understanding Fundamental Disparities in Health
First Annual University Research Symposium for Understanding Fundamental Disparities in Health
Left to right: Alan Formicola (CCHP), Former Surgeon Generals Antonia Novello and David Saatcher, and Robert Lewy (CCHP)
What accounts for fundamental disparities in health, and how can they be eliminated? A group of distinguished scholars and health practitioners, including two former Surgeon Generals, Provost Alan Brinkley, and ISERP Director Peter Bearman, gathered on April 24 to stimulate thinking and focus discussion on this question and to foster cooperation across the University in addressing health disparities. The First Annual University Research Symposium on Fundamental Disparities in Health was hosted by the Center for Community Health Partnerships (CCHP) and The Columbia Center for the Health of Urban Minorities (CHUM), with co-sponsors including ISERP, the Earth Institute, the Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program, and Northern Manhattan Community Voices Collaboratives.
