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Friday, March 2, 2007

  • 8:00 a.m. - Registration and Continental Breakfast
  • 8:30 a.m. - Welcome: Dr. Marian Walters and Dr. Mukund Kulkarni

Session 1 (Moderator: Sam Monismith)

  • 8:45 a.m. - Eileen Kane: Molecules and Conflict: Cancer, Patents and Women's Health (Invited speaker)
  • 9:20 a.m. - Steve Peterson: AIDS Policy in the American States: Grading the Alternative Policy Choices
  • 9:35 a.m. - Barbara Sims: Substance Abuse Treatment for Correctional Clients
  • 9:50 - Michelle White and Nancy Ehrlich: Spinal Cord Injury Support Group Connects to Newly Injured People
  • 10:05 a.m. - Coffee Break/Poster Session

Session 2: (Moderators: Katherine Pearson and Jill Rumberger)

  • 10:30 a.m. - Ruquaiijah Yearby: Addressing Racial Disparities in Quality in the Long-Term Care Industry: Using Law to Create Public Health Solutions. (Keynote Speaker)
  • 11:20 a.m. - Richard French Storrow: Medical Conscience and the Policing of Parenthood in Infertility Clinics
  • 11:35 a.m. - Malcolm Morrison: Hospital Patients Requiring Post-Acute Care: Discharge Patterns and Cost Savings
  • 11:50 a.m. - Margaret Kreher and Katherine A. Dawson: Improving Organizational Performance: Transitions Integrating Family-Centered Care and Quality Partnerships
  • 12:05 p.m. - Michael Chorney and Judy Zaenglein: Regional Partnership in Science Career Pathways: A Novel Model of Collaboration for a Healthier Future
  • 12:20 p.m. - Welcome: Chancellor Madlyn L. Hanes - Lunch and Poster Session

Session 3: (Moderators: Sheila Vrana and Kathryn Kaylor)

  • 1:15 p.m. - Carol Weisman, Marianne Hillemeier, John Botti, and Sara Baker: Improving Health and Wellness for Women and Their Families: The Central Pennsylvania Women´s Health Study (CePAWHS) (Invited Speaker)
  • 1:50 p.m. - E. Stephens, S.H. Felgoise, B.A. Bremer, S.M. Walsh, and Z. Simmons: The ALSSQOL, an ALS-specific tool to measure quality of life
  • 2:05 p.m. - John E. Neely: Our Mythic Archetypes, Consciousness, and States of Health
  • 2:20 p.m. - Raffy R. Luquis: Cultural competency among health professional: Challenges in the 21st century
  • 2:35 p.m. - Roderick Lee: The Role of Expressive and Instrumental Ties in Building and Sustaining Online Health Communities
  • 2:50 p.m. - Heather Stuckey: Creative Expression and Meaning in Chronic Illness: Implications for Health Care Practice
  • 3:05 p.m. - Adjourn