The 3rd Annual Conference on the Health of the African Diaspora: Mental Health

Saturday, February 9, 2008
8:30AM – 6:30PM

New York University Medical Center
550 First Avenue
New York City

 

8:30-9:00 Breakfast and Registration

 

9:00- 9:15 Opening Remarks

Mariano Rey, MD
Director of the Institute of Community Health and Research
Senior Associate Dean for Community Health Affairs
NYU School of Medicine and Medical Center

 

9:15-9:30 Welcome

Linda Curtis
Senior Vice President and Executive Director
South Manhattan Health Care Network/ Bellevue Medical Center

 

9:30 – 11:15 Medical Context

Racism, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Health Care Disparities
Hugh F. Butts, MD
Private practice, Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis

Dementia: The African American Story
Hugh Hendrie, MB, ChB, DSc
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine
Center Scientist, Indiana University Center for Aging Research
Research Scientist, Regenstrief Institute, Inc.

Ethnopsychopharmacology
David C. Henderson, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Introduction and Moderation:
Pamela Collins, MD, MPH
Director, Global Health Track, Mailman School of Public Health
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University

 

11:15 -11:30 Break

 

11:30 -1:15 Session 2: Social Context

U.S. Racial Disparities in Historical Context
Kirby Randolph, PhD
Assistant Professor, History and Philosophy of Medicine
Director, Cultural Enhancement and Diversity
University of Kansas Medical School

Urban and Domestic Violence Policy: A Manhattan Experience
Honorable Rose Pierre-Louis
Manhattan Deputy Borough President

Evidence Based Practice: Sufficient for Our Needs, or More Work Needed?
Ernest Marquez, PhD
(Former) Associate Director for Special Populations, National Institute of Mental Health
Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University

Mental Health Services: A Consumer Perspective
Justyce Marquez, MSW
In Our Own Voice, NAMI-NYC Volunteer

Introduction and Moderation:
Samuel Roberts, PhD
Assistant Professor of History and SocioMedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University

 

1:15 -2:15 Lunch & Poster Presentation

 

2:15- 3:00 Keynote Speech

Is There A Healer In The House?
Rev. Alfonso Wyatt
Vice President, Fund for the City of New York
Associate Minister, Greater Allen Cathedral of New York

 

3:00-5:00 Session 3: Demographic Profiles

The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Religion, Spirituality and Mental Health in African American Communities
Jacqueline S. Mattis, PhD
Chair, Department of Applied Psychology, New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

African Women in Exile: Challenges for Mental Health Service Provision
Adeyinka M. Akinsulure-Smith, PhD
Senior Supervising Psychologist, Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, The City College of New York, City University of New York

English-Caribbean Families in the United States: Migratory Separation, Reunification and Post-Migration Themes of Trauma and Stress
Annette M. Mahoney, DSW
Assistant Professor, Chair, Curriculum Committee, Hunter College School of Social Work

Thoughts and Reflections on the Unlocking of America: Black Men and the Crisis of Incarceration
Robert Fullilove, EdD
Associate Dean for Community and Minority Affairs and Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Introduction and Moderation:
Sharon E. McKenzie, PhD, CTRS, IRMMA
Post Doctoral Fellow, NYU School of Medicine Translational Medicine
Research Fellow, Silberstein Aging and Dementia Research Center

 

5:00 Closing Remarks

Mekbib Gemeda, MA
Assistant Dean for Diversity Affairs and Community Health
Director, Center for the Health of the African Diaspora
NYU Medical Center

 

5:15 Reception

 

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