The Connecticut Health Foundation (CT Health) invites you to join us for an event that will bring together health leaders, experts and journalists who will focus on the cross-cutting issues of health equity/disparities.

September 18, 2013   Dear Health Partner: The Connecticut Health Foundation (CT Health) invites you to join us for an event that will bring together health leaders, experts and journalists who will focus on the cross-cutting issues of health equity/disparities. Speakers range from the most well-respected and smartest reporter who has written on the topic, and is coming in from CA, to the most outspoken and interesting surgeon general—Dr. Joycelyn Elders.  Wed., Sept. 25, 2013 Registration is required. The journalism portion of the event is open to journalists only. Location:  Connecticut Institute for Primary Care and Innovation, 561 Ashley Street in Hartford.  Free onsite parking is available. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. The event is free. PROGRAM SCHEDULE 7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.  Registration & Continental Breakfast 8:00 am. - 9:15 a.m.  Presentation for Health Leaders: The 10 Commandments of Dealing with the UnGodly Press Special Guest:  former US Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders Presenter:  Larry Tye is the manager of the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts Health Coverage Fellowship for Journalists and an award-winning former Boston Globe medical reporter. Tye is author of New York Timesbestseller Superman and other books including Satchel, The Father of Spin, Home Lands, Rising from the Rails, and Shockwith Kitty Dukakis. He is currently writing a biography of Robert F. Kennedy. 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.  Presentation for Journalists: Morning Keynote  Presenter:  Suzanne Bohan is the former health/science writer for the Bay Area News Group. Bohan co-wrote an award-winning series on health disparities: “Shortened Lives: Where You Live Matters,” and is now writing a book on initiatives in California and nationwide to shrink the gap in health/lifespan between ZIP codes.   11:00 a.m. – 12:15 a.m. Presentation for Journalists: Panel Discussion Moderator: Larry Tye The Honorable Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman, State of Connecticut. Lt. Gov. Wyman chairs the state Health Care Cabinet and Access Health CT board Beth Jones, PhD, MPH, Research Scientist at Yale School of Public Health. Dr. Jones’s scholarship focuses on racial, ethnic, and geographic inequities in the treatment of breast cancer Grace Damio, MS, Director of Research and Service Initiatives, Hispanic Health Council in Hartford Bruce Gould, MD, Medical Director of the Hartford Department of Health and Human Services and Associate Dean for Primary Care, UConn School of Medicine Patients (invited) who have experienced bias and inequity in health care 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.  Keynote Luncheon: former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders appointed by President Bill Clinton. Elders, a dynamic speaker, cares deeply about disparities and equity. She is the winner of a National Institutes of Health Development Award and is currently a professor of pediatrics at the University of Arkansas Medical Center.  RSVP: Register by e-mailing midge@cthealth.org before September 20, 2013. Space is limited. For additional information, please contact Maryland Grier, senior communications officer, at maryland@cthealth.org or 860.724.1580, ext. 21. Sincerely, Elizabeth Krause Vice President, Policy & Communications

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