| 8:45
am - 9:15 am |
REGISTRATION:
(Continental Breakfast) |
| 9:30
am - 9:45 am |
WELCOME:
Dr. Vera King Farris
President
Richard Stockton College of NJ
Hon. Francis J. Blee
Assemblyman,
District 2 |
| 9:45
am - 11:00 am |
KEYNOTE
SPEAKER:
Dr. Gloria M. Rodriguez
Research
Scientist I
Addiction Services, NJ Department of Health & Senior Services
Dr. Diane Brown
Executive
Director, Institute for the Elimination of Health Disparities, UMDNJ
|
11:15
am - 12:45 pm
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
PANEL
1. ADDICTIONS
(Alcohol, Gambling, Drugs) |
|
Moderator:
Mr. Don Parker
Vice
President of Development
AtlantiCare Health Services
Panelists:
Dr. Michael L. Frank
Associate
Professor of Psychology
Richard Stockton College of NJ
Dr.
Thomasa Gonzalez
Assistant
Dean of Students/Director of
Counseling and Health Services
Richard Stockton College of NJ
Ms.
Millicent Tate
Chief
Executive Officer/Executive Director
Institute for Human Development
Ms.
Cherise Weekes
Director
of Nursing
The Institute for Human Development
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PANEL
2. INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(HIV/AIDS and other diseases) |
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Moderator:
Dr. Tara Crowell
Assistant
Professor of Communications Richard Stockton College of
NJ
Panelists:
Ms. Adele Beverly
Assistant
Professor of Nursing
Richard Stockton College of NJ
Mr.
Larry Ganges
Director
of Counseling & Testing
Services Unit; NJ Department of
Health & Senior Services, Division of
AIDS Prevention & Control
Ms.
Jean Haspel
Nurse
Practitioner/Grant Administrator
Ryan White Act, Title II
Atlantic City Medical Center
Dr.
John Santoro
Clinical
Associate Professor of Medicine
Hepatitis C Expert
University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey
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PANEL
3. RACIAL AND ETHNIC
DISPARITIES IN HEALTHCARE |
|
Moderator:
Mr. Kaleem Shabazz
President,
Shabazz Associates
Panelists:
Mr. Ron Cash
Director
of Health & Human Services
Atlantic City Health Department
Ms.
Martha Chavis
Program
Consultant
Camden Area Health Education Center
Dr. Jon Regis
President
Reliance Healthcare Systems
Dr.
Victoria Schindler
Assistant
Professor of
Occupational Therapy
Richard Stockton College of NJ
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PANEL
4. HEALTH ISSUES ACROSS THE LIFECYCLE
(Children, Adolescents,
Adults
and Seniors) |
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Moderator:
Dr. Antony P. Stephen
Chair,
Asian American/Pacific
Islanders Health Coalition
Panelists:
Dr. Krishna Bhaskarabhatla
Secretary
of the NJ Asian American Association for Human Services
Rev.
Reginald Floyd, Esq.
President
and CEO
Allen Community Life Center
Ms.
Betsy German
Clinical
Dietitian
Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital
Dr. Jean Mercer
Professor
of Psychology
Richard Stockton College of NJ
Ms.
Paula Straub
Nurse
Practitioner
Atlantic County Department of
Human Services
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| 2:15
pm - 3:15 pm |
LEGISLATIVE
PANEL
Moderator:
Ms. Kala Ladenheim
Program
Manager
National Conference of
State Legistatures
Panelists:
Hon. Francis J. Blee
Assemblyman,
District 2
Hon.
Herbert C. Conaway, Jr.
Assemblyman, District 7
Hon. Joseph R. Malone, III
Assemblyman,
District 30
Hon.
John J. Matheussen
Senator, District 4
Hon. William D. Payne
Assemblyman,
District 29
Hon.
Joan M. Quigley
Assemblywoman, District 32
Hon. Ronald Rice
Senator,
District 28
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3:15 - 3:30 pm |
CLOSING
REMARKS
Rev. Reginald Jackson
New
Jersey Minister’s Council |
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