October 5, 2005

Riverside, CA – The Sixth Annual “Health Care Disparities – Finding Solutions” summit will take place in Cossentine Hall, room 100 on the campus of La Sierra University Friday, October 7, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Admission is free and includes continental breakfast, lunch and hand out materials, but reservations are required. The summit hosts are LSU, the Vines Medical Society, the California Medical Association Foundation and the National Medical Association.

The Health Care Disparities summit will share information on the source and cause of health related disparities that might lead to other issue including morbidity and mortality in America’s poor, underserved communities, as well as details on how to obtain jobs in the profession of health care.

Keynote speaker, Richard A. Williams, UCLA professor of cardiology; founder of the association of black cardiologists and the minority health institute and author of the “Textbook of Black Related Diseases.” Williams will speak at 12:30 p.m. Other speakers include James Kyle, M.D., dean of the School of Public Health, Loma Linda University; Karin A. Brown, Ph.D., professor of social work at Cal State Los Angeles; and La Donna White, M.D., clinical associate professor of medicine at the University of Southern California and UC Davis.

“Friday’s events it to provide information to the young people of minorities about health care,” says Eugene Joseph, La Sierra University assistant professor of biology and a coordinator of the summit. The event will also share information on how to become a physician or dentist and give minorities solutions to better prepare for a career in health care.

“My hope is that we can provide information that will educate health care professionals, educators, students and he general public,” says Joseph. “I hope this symposium becomes an annual event and La Sierra University plays a pivotal role in this endeavor in inspiring students and faculty to enclose the disparity gap by education.”

To reserve a seat call (951) 248-9288.