A Day in The Lifespan Conference

May 13, 2021 to May 14, 2021

Welcome to the “Reducing Health Disparities Across the Lifespan” conference!

In this, our third annual meeting, we bring together distinguished researchers from across the United States, as well as local academics and clinicians in a collaborative study of research across the lifespan.

This year we focus on the processes, course, and impact of health disparities across the lifespan, and on fostering collaborations among partners in science. Presentations will center on biology and diseases, with topics ranging from understanding social and structural determinants of health and improving health outcomes in historically underrepresented in biomedical research populations across the lifespan. The talks will be relevant to basic and clinical researchers, health professionals and trainees, and are designed to shed light on trajectories that shape development and lifelong transitions.

Target Audience

Basic and clinical researchers, health professionals and trainees.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 8.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 8.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 8.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
04/19/2021
Course expires: 
02/02/2022
Event starts: 
05/13/2021 - 8:00am EDT
Event ends: 
05/14/2021 - 4:00pm EDT

May 13, 2021
11-11:35 a.m. Dara Mendez, PhD, MPH, University of Pittsburgh, Maternal and Infant Health: Institutional Equity, Racism and Justice
Introduced by Daniel Buysse, MD

11:35-11:50 a.m. Q&A

11:50-11:55 a.m. Break

11:55 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Vence L. Bonham Jr, JD, National Human Genome Research Institute, Across the Life Span: Maximizing the Usability of Genomics for All
Introduced by Mylynda Massart, MD, PhD

12:30-12:45 p.m. Q&A

12:45-1:15 p.m. Lunch Networking with Dr. Mendez and Mr. Bonham

1:15-1:50 p.m. Derek Griffith, PhD, Vanderbilt University, Health Equity, Precision Medicine, and African American Men’s Health
Introduced by Yoel Sadovsky, MD

1:50-2:05 p.m. Q&A

2:05-2:10 p.m. Break

2:10-2:45 p.m. Margartia Alegría, PhD, Harvard Medical School, Reducing Disparities in Health and Mental Health Care: Interventions throughout the Life Cycle
Introduced by Mylynda Massart, MD, PhD

2:45-3 p.m. Q&A

3-3:05 p.m. Break

3:05-3:30 p.m. Networking with Drs. Griffith and Alegria

3:30 p.m. Adjournment

May 14, 2021
11-11:35 a.m. Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, Community-Partnered Approaches to Promoting Child and Adolescent Health Equity
Introduced by Yoel Sadovsky, MD

11:35-11:50 a.m. Q&A

11:50-11:55 a.m. Break

11:55 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Chandra Jackson, PhD, MS, National Institutes of Health, Understanding and Addressing Structural Racism and Health Inequities: The ‘Sleep Exposome Across the Life course’ Example
Introduced by Yoel Sadovsky, MD

12:30-12:45 p.m. Q&A

12:45-1:15 p.m. Lunch Networking with Drs. Miller and Jackson

1:15-1:50 p.m. Tiffany Gary-Webb, PhD, MHS, University of Pittsburgh, Social Determinants of Health for African-Americans, Pre-COVID, During COVID, and Beyond
Introduced by Daniel Buysse, MD

1:50-2:05 p.m. Q&A

2:05-2:10 p.m. Break

2:10-2:45 p.m. Robert Coulter, PhD, MPH, University of Pittsburgh, Alcohol Use and Sexual Violence Research for Sexual and Gender Minority Populations from Childhood through Young Adulthood: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go
Introduced by Daniel Buysse, MD

2:45-3 p.m. Q&A

3-3:05 p.m. Break

3:05-3:30 p.m. Networking with Drs. Gary-Webb and Coulter

3:30 p.m. Adjournment

Live Virtual Conference

Margarita Alegría, PhD
Chief, Disparities Research Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor, Departments of Medicine & Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School

Vence L. Bonham, Jr, JD
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Senior Advisor to the NHGRI Director on Genomics and Health Disparities

Robert W.S. Coulter, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh

Derek M. Griffith, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Health & Society
Vanderbilt University
Director, Center for Research on Men’s Health

Tiffany L Gary-Webb, PhD, MHS
Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
Associate Director, Center for Health Equity
University of Pittsburgh

Chandra L. Jackson, PhD, MS
Earl Stadtman Investigator
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Dara D Méndez, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Director (Interim), Center for Health Equity
University of Pittsburgh

Faculty Disclosure:
No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients to disclose.

Continuing Education Credit 
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 8.0 contact hours.

Other health care professionals will receive a certification of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 8.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 8.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 8.00 Attendance
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