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Speakers and
Workshops Antronette K. Yancey, MD, MPHPaula Henderson, MDProfessor, UCLA Department of Internal Medicine; Senior Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Graduate Medical Education, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Dr. Neil H. Parker has been intimately involved in medical student and resident education at UCLA for more than thirty years. He has served as Chair of the House Staff Liaison Committee, and is currently the Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education as well as the Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs. In this latter capacity, the Offices of Admissions, Student Affairs, Academic Enrichment and Outreach, Financial Support Services, and Student Information Services report directly to him. Additionally, he serves on the Faculty Executive Committee and Senior Deans Committee. Nationally, Dr. Parker is a member of the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) and serves on the MedCAREERS Advisory Committee and the Resident Core Curriculum Taskforce, representing the western region on the Committee on Admissions. On the UCLA campus, Dr. Parker has been involved in outreach and student well being. He assists with the Career Based Outreach Program (CBOP), and is a member of the Chancellor's Diversity Advisory and the Student Enrollment Advisory Committees. Dr. Parker attended medical school at SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn, and completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at UCLA, followed by Oncology and Immunology fellowships. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCLA Department of Medicine; Director, UCLA Center for East-West Medicine; Co-Director, UCLA Center for Integrative Medicine Dr. Hui is a clinician, educator, and researcher whose broad-based knowledge of comprehensive medical care stems from multiple areas of specialization - internal medicine, clinical pharmacology, geriatrics, traditional Chinese medicine, and integrative medicine. His basic and clinical investigations have provided him with unique insights into the concepts of regulation, homeostasis, and balance. He is founder and director of the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine, which has developed expertise in blending traditional Chinese Medicine with western biomedicine to create a unique healthcare paradigm. Dr. Hui has served as a consultant to the FDA, NIH, WHO, universities, health insurance companies, drug companies, and the media. Outside the U.S., he is a Medical Sub-Committee member of the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong and has been a visiting professor at the University of Hong Kong, University of Sydney, and Zhongshan Medical University in China. He serves on the editorial boards of The Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, and The China Anesthesia and Analgesia Journal. He is also a Series Editor on The Annual Review of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Dr. Hui's current research interests lie in acupuncture and cardiovascular regulation, the correlation between brain MRI and Chinese medical diagnostic systems in hypertension, the development of educational programs in integrative medicine that include outcome evaluation, drug discovery - particularly from plant-based products, and optimization of clinical approaches to improving quality of life for patients with chronic pain or cancer.
Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research; Professor, UCLA School of Public Health Dr. E. Richard Brown is founder and director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, a leading national health policy research center and one of the most important sources of health-related information and analysis on California's populations. Dr. Brown and the Center's studies of health insurance coverage, uninsurance, and eligibility for public programs have been used by California's governors, legislators, and advocates in crafting health insurance legislation and programs. His studies of the access of disadvantaged populations to health insurance coverage and health care have been used widely by other researchers, advocates, and the media to highlight health disparities related to ethnicity and race, geographic areas of residence, and social and economic status. Dr. Brown is the principal investigator for the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), one of the nation's largest ongoing health surveys. CHIS generates statewide and local- level estimates for California's diverse population and covers a broad range of health issues, including health status and conditions and access to health care. Dr. Brown also has been extensively involved in the analysis and development of public policies, with particular emphasis on health care reform. He served as a senior consultant to the President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform, for which he co-chaired the work group on coverage for low-income families and individuals. He has served as health policy advisor to two members of the United States Senate, where he has developed health care reform legislation. Dr. Brown also has developed legislation for the California Legislature and advised members on a variety of health policy legislative issues. He has presented invited testimony to committees in both houses of the U.S. Congress and in the California Legislature, and has provided consultation to many private, state, federal, and international agencies. He is a past President of the American Public Health Association.
CEO & President, Latino Health Access Dr. Bracho worked as a physician in Venezuela for many years, and eventually came to the United States. She came to the University of Michigan to earn her Master's degree in Public Health. She developed programs for HIV prevention in Detroit before coming to Orange County to host La Voz, a Spanish language radio program. She used that program as a forum for educating the community and organizing people to make changes in areas affecting their lives. The founder of Latino Health Access, Dr. Bracho obtained her master's degree in public health with a specialty in health education and health behavior. She is an expert in the area of Latino health issues, health education, minority women, cultural competency, community organizing, diabetes education, and HIV, and has being recognized at the local, regional, and national health levels.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Dr. Malin is a practicing medical oncologist and conducts research on the development of tools to measure the quality of cancer care. She is interested in learning why cancer patients do not always receive the best available treatment and what can be done to improve the quality of cancer care. She has also helped lead several campaigns for California ballot initiatives to improve access to health care, and has served as a spokesperson for universal health care.
President, Los Angeles County Medical Association Dr. Zwelling-Aamot attended the New York University School of Medicine, where she graduated with honors and came to California to complete a residency in both Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine. Dr. Zwelling-Aamot is active in healthcare politics, having testified in Washington and Sacramento, and is also published in a variety of newspapers and magazines, including the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal. She was appointed by Don Knabe to the LA Hospital and Healthcare Delivery Commission and serves on a multitude of committees. Public policy remains her overriding personal interest, and she has recently begun work with the Department of Health Services in Los Angeles County to help rewrite healthcare policy in order to create a needs-based public health system
Director, UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture; Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Dr. Hayes-Bautista is currently Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He graduated from UC Berkeley and completed his MA and PhD in Medical Sociology at the University of California Medical Center, San Francisco. His research focuses on the dynamics and processes of the health of the Latino population using both quantitative data sets and qualitative observations, with an emphasis on Latino demographics, health policy, culture, identity and behavior, and culturally intuitive health care delivery. The Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture combines these research interests with teaching medical students, residents and practicing providers to manage the care of a Latino patient base effectively, efficiently, and economically. His publications appear in Family Medicine, The American Journal of Public Health, Family Practice, Medical Care, and Salud Pública de México.
Associate Professor, School of Natural & Social Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles Dr. Geri-Ann Galanti has over 20 years of experience in the field of cultural diversity. She received her PhD from UCLA with an emphasis in medical anthropology and is currently on the faculty of the Division of Nursing at Cal State University, Dominguez Hills, the Doctoring Program at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and the Anthropology Department at Cal State University, Los Angeles. She is the author of the highly acclaimed book, Caring for Patients from Different Cultures, currently going into a 3rd edition, as well as numerous articles. She was also Medicine and Culture section editor for the Western Journal of Medicine (WJM). Dr. Galanti developed and taught a cable TV show on culture and health, which has been the recipient of numerous awards, including an Omni and a Hugo. She is a member of the working group on Cultural Diversity in Health Care for the Russell Sage Foundation, and Project Consultant, Designer and Developer of the training manual for an interactive e-Learning program for Allied Health Professionals on caring for Hispanic patients.
Marcelle Willock, MD, MBA Dean, Drew University of Medicine and Science Dr. Willock recently joined Charles R. Drew University of Medicine as the dean of the College of Medicine. Prior to coming to Drew she was the Assistant Provost for Community Affairs at Boston University School of Medicine. A graduate of Howard University, Dr. Willock did her residency in anesthesiology at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, and was on the faculty at both New York and Columbia University. In 1982 she became Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at Boston University School of Medicine, serving in that capacity for 16 years, where she revitalized the department and introduced innovative clinical and educational programs at the medical school and hospitals. She has been well recognized for her service to the professional and local communities, and was elected President of the Society of Academic Anesthesiology Chairs, President of the Massachusetts Society of Anesthesiologists, and Assistant Secretary of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
Director, Office of Academic Enrichment and Outreach, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Patricia Pratt is an educational strategist, community activist and photographic artist who has worked to expand the national minority physician workforce for over 30 years. As director of Academic Enrichment and Outreach, she has created and established a comprehensive recruitment and retention service for the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Since 1981, Ms. Pratt has established four model premedical enrichment programs. In 2002, her nationally acclaimed college level program celebrated its 20th anniversary and was honored by the State, the County, and the City. Ms. Pratt has also developed a number of creative strategies to encourage an appreciation for ethnic and cultural diversity, such as bringing the annual theatrical presentation, “A Slice of Rice, Frijoles and Greens”, to the School of Medicine. In addition, she has conducted two seminars for Annual Meetings of the American Public Health Association: “Holistic Living in the Black Family: A Positive Force for Uplifting the Nation’s Health” and “Self Help: The Challenge of the Future.” Ms. Pratt is the co-founder and director of the C.I.R.C.L.E. for Children, Inc., a community-based educational service designed to promote healthy lifestyles, higher education and good citizenship for students. Ms. Pratt was presented with the 2000 National Service Award by the AAMC for her work to increase the national minority physician workforce.
Professor, UCLA Department of Psychiatric & Biobehavioral Sciences, Harbor/UCLA Medical Center Dr. Keh-Ming Lin is Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA, and Director of the Harbor-UCLA Research Center on the Psychobiology of Ethnicity. He received his medical education in Taiwan, psychiatric training both in Taiwan and the US, and has been engaged in cross-cultural research for over three decades. In addition to original works in cross-ethnic psychopharmacology and psychiatric nosology, he also has made significant contributions in epidemiology, medical anthropology and refugee research, and is the founder of two major Asian mental health centers in Los Angeles. A major current focus of his research is the application of pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics in psychopharmacotherapeutic practices, and the use of these state-of-the-art tools to determine reasons for inter-individual and cross-ethnic variations in psychotropic responses.
Director, Office of Diversity Programs, County of LA Department of Health Services Miya Iwataki was appointed Director of the Office of Diversity Programs in 1999, and works with the Department of Health Services (DHS) to implement the Diversity Strategic Vision and Mission to "improve DHS’ provision of cultural and linguistically competent services in collaboration with community, union and public/private partners." She currently provides leadership for operationalizing the DHS Cultural and Linguistic Standards. DHS is the second largest health system in the US, and the first county to have C&L standards. Prior, she served as Executive Director for the LA County Commission for Children and Families; Branch Manager for the DHS Children’s Health Initiative providing the vision and leadership for the County’s first Children’s Health Policy Summit. Statewide, she serves on the Executive Board of the CA Pan-Ethnic Health Network; Steering Committee of the Council on Multicultural Health of the State DHS; and is an appointee of CA State Assembly Speaker Robert Hertzberg to the Task Force on Culturally Competent Physicians and Dentists. She has also chaired the Congressional Diversity Council for Representative Juanita Millender-McDonald. Before joining DHS, Miya was Press Director for Congressman Mervyn Dymally, Host/Producer for Pacifica Radio station KPFK-FM, and Story Analyst for KCET Public Television.
Associate Dean of Student Affairs, Drew University of Medicine and Science; Associate Professor, UCLA Department of Radiology Dr. Theodore Miller is the Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Director of Admissions at the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. Harboring a strong interest in the scientific training of underrepresented populations, he played a prominent role in establishing the King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science, which promotes high school science programs and targets south-central Los Angeles teens who would otherwise have been unlikely to graduate from high school. The magnet school sends 90 percent of its graduates on to earn a college degree in science. Dr. Miller also helped established the Saturday Science Academy, an institution that teaches preteen children the basics of science and medicine. A graduate of Meharry Medical College, Dr. Miller is the recipient of the Award for Excellence in Education from the UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, as well as the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Dayton National Alumni Association in Ohio. In addition to his outreach work, he teaches radiology and a first-year medical applications course at Drew.
Project Director, Los Angeles Region, Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research, & Training Ms. Koy S. Parada received her BS in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Irvine, her MPH from the UCLA School of Public Health, and is a PhD student at the UCLA School of Public Health, focusing on the area of cancer prevention and control in Asian populations. She is currently the Project Director for the Los Angeles region of the Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research & Training (AANCART), the first cancer prevention and control research initiative targeted specifically to reduce the burden of cancer among Asian Americans. This five year cooperative agreement is funded by the National Cancer Institute and headquartered at the University of California, Davis. The Los Angeles region of AANCART is headquartered at the UCLA/Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and collaborates with 11 pan-Asian community-based organizations throughout Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Antronette K. Yancey, MD, MPHAssociate Professor, UCLA School of Public Health Antronette K. Yancey, MD, MPH is currently an associate professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health, with primary research interests in chronic disease prevention intervention and adolescent health. She has recently returned to academia full-time after five years in public health practice, first as Director of Public Health for the city of Richmond, VA, and, until 2001, as Director of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. Dr. Yancey completed her undergraduate studies in biochemistry and molecular biology at Northwestern University, her medical degree at Duke, and her preventive medicine residency/MPH at UCLA. She is a basketball enthusiast--a former center for Northwestern’s women’s varsity basketball team, and poet/spoken word artist whose CD, Renaissance Woman/Race Woman, was released in 2001.
Paula Henderson, MD
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