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

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

Bethesda Marriott Pooks Hill
5151 Pooks Hill
Bethesda, Maryland

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

CLOSED SESSION: Tuesday, February 24, 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, February 24, 2009 @ 9:30 am 

1. CALL TO ORDER & WELCOME
   
   
2. OPENING REMARKS & INTRODUCTIONS
   
3. CONSIDERATION OF SEPTEMBER 2008 MINUTES
   
   
4. FUTURE MEETING DATES & ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

Morning Break

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

Lunch Break (12:30 p.m.)

OPEN SESSION:  Tuesday, February 24, 2009 @ 1:30 pm

6. CERTIFYING COMPLIANCE WITH NIH POLICY ON INCLUSION GUIDELINES –Derrick Tabor, Ph.D., NCMHD
   
   
7. SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS PRESENTATIONS
   
   A Community Partnership to Reduce Blood Pressure among African American Adults –Kathleen Yadrick PhD, RD, Professor and Chair, Department of Nutrition and Food Systems, University of Southern Mississippi
   
   LanguageMate: Developing and Evaluating a Medical Spanish Enhancement System for Physicians –William Z. Tan, President, Language Mate
   
   Current Advances in Health Disparities Research –Michael Gibbons, Ph.D., Associate Director, John Hopkins Urban Health Institute
   
   
8. PUBLIC COMMENTS
   
   
9. CLOSING REMARKS
   
   
10. ADJOURNMENT OF OPEN SESSION

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