Speakers
Featured Speakers
Conference keynote and plenary speakers include: David Satcher, MD, Ph.D. -- 16th Surgeon General of the United States;Robert E. Fullilove, Ed.D. of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; Charles E. Basch, Ph.D. of Teachers College, Columbia University -- a leading national expert on closing the achievement gap by improving the health of students in our nation's schools; Former Manhattan Borough President, the Honorable C. Virginia Fields, President and CEO, National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS; and, the Conference Co-Directors, Barbara Wallace, Ph.D. and Christopher Emdin, Ph.D.—as well as the Co-Directors of the new Center for Health Equity and Urban Science Education (CHEUSE) being launched via the conference event a Teachers College, Columbia University.