Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Twentieth-first Meeting of the
NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ONny MINORITY HEALTH
AND HEALTH DISPARITIES

Bethesda Marriott Pooks Hill
5151 Pooks Hill
Bethesda, Maryland

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

CLOSED SESSION: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 @ 8:00 am

This portion of the meeting is being closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5, U.S.C. and Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended U.S.C. Appendix 2.

1. REVIEW OF CONFIDENTIALITY & CONFLICT OF INTEREST
   
   
2. REVIEW OF GRANT APPLICATIONS
   
   
3. ADJOURNMENT OF CLOSED SESSION

OPEN SESSION:  Tuesday, June 23, 2009 @ 9:30 am 

1. CALL TO ORDER & WELCOME
   
   
2. OPENING REMARKS & INTRODUCTIONS
   
   
3. CONSIDERATION OF FEBRUARY 2009 MINUTES
   
   
4. FUTURE MEETING DATES & ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
   
   
5. FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE CONCEPT CLEARANCE
   – Joyce A. Hunter, Ph.D., Deputy Director, NCMHD

Morning Break

6. NCMHD DIRECTOR’S REPORT – John Ruffin, Ph.D., NCMHD

Lunch Break (12:30 p.m.)

OPEN SESSION:  Tuesday, June 23, 2009 @ 1:30 pm

7. SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
   
   Improving Health Care Delivery: Advancing Health Equity through Comparative Effectiveness Research
   Carolyn Clancy, M.D.
   Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS
   
   Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Health Disparities Program Overview
   Terris King, MS
   Deputy Director, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, HHS
   
   The American Indian Health Research and Education Alliance: Healing Native Communities in the Heartland –
   Christine Daley, Ph.D.
   Research Assistant Professor
   Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
   University of Kansas Medical Center
   
   Thomas Edward Smith
   Project Coordinator
   All Nations Breath of Life Smoking Cessation Program
   Johnson County Community College
   
   Teamwork in Research and Intervention to Alleviate Disparities (TRIAD-2)
   Debra Wallace, Ph.D.
   Dauphine Doster Mastroianni Distinguished Professor
   Director of the Center for the Health of Vulnerable Populations and Associate Dean for Research, School of Nursing
   University of North Carolina, Greensboro
   
   
8. PUBLIC COMMENTS
   
   
9. CLOSING REMARKS
   
   
10. ADJOURNMENT OF OPEN SESSION

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