The 11th Annual National Conference on Health
Disparities will be held on May 16-19, 2018, Loews Philadelphia
Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
Overview of Conference Topics
"One thing is certain, to have healthy people, we must have
healthy communities to live, work and play."
- Student Research Forum: Training The Next Generation of
Leaders
- How Addressing the Social Determinants of Health - Such as
Poverty, Environmental Stressors, Income, Educational Attainment,
Housing, Tobacco Use, Water and Air Quality and Others - Will
Reduce Health Disparities
- Prevention and Personal Responsibility: Major Themes in
Reducing Health Disparities
- Climate Change/Catastrophic Weather Events: The Impact on Our
Aging and Crumbling Infrastructure, Human Health, Environment and
the Economy
- Translational Research and the Development of Public Policy in
Reducing Health Disparities
- Roundtable Discussion with Congressional, State and Local
Officials: Their Individual and Collective Roles in Reducing Health
Disparities
- Human Trafficking for the Purpose of Sex, Labor and
Marriage
- Gun Violence as a Major Public Health Issue in the United
States
- The Opioid Crisis: What's Going On, and Where Do We Go From
Here?
- Building Healthy Communities: Identification of Successful
Community-Based Programs, with a keen focus on prevention and
personal responsibility
Find out more here.