January 7, 2008

Indiana University Medical Students Organize Diversity Week Events in Conjunction with City’s MLK Observance

INDIANAPOLIS — Diversity Week 2008 activities will be observed Jan. 14-25 at the IU School of Medicine.

Lunchtime presentations are schedule in the Emerson Hall auditorium on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus. The public is invited. Speakers are:

• Tuesday, Jan. 22
  Wayne Boatwright, vice president, Cultural Diversity at Meridian Health in New Jersey – "Patient Diversity Beyond the Vital Signs"

• Wednesday, Jan. 23
  Ivor Braden Horn, M.D., M.P.H., pediatrician and researcher at the Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

• Thursday, Jan. 24
  Jeanette Noltenius, Ph.D., vice president, Strategic Solutions, Washington, D.C., "Social Determinants of Health"

• Friday, Jan. 25
  Frank L. Douglas, M.D., Ph.D., former executive director, MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation, Boston, topic to be announced
  

Sponsors include the Student National Medical Association, the IU School of Medicine Office of Multicultural Affairs, and the IU School of Medicine Society of Latinos. Clarian Health also is a co-sponsor for two other presentations:

• Jan. 14, 12:30 p.m.
  MLK Celebration Speaker at the Riley Outpatient Center auditorium
  Jeremiah Wright, senior pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago

• Jan. 21, 5:30 p.m.
  City-wide MLK Celebration Speaker at Crispus Attucks Medical Magnet High School
  Wayne Boatwright, vice president, Cultural Diversity at Meridian Health in New Jersey

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Mary Hardin
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