Program Agenda 2013

Thursday, May 30, 2013

8:00 AM

On-site Registration/Check-in

9:00

Poster Presentations/Poster Viewing
Student Poster Judging

11:30

Lunch (provided)

12:00 PM

Performance by the Samaritan House Choir

12:15

Welcome
Jamboor K. Vishwanatha, PhD
  Director, Texas Center for Health Disparities
Tarrant County Commissioner Roy C. Brooks
Michael Williams, DO, MD, MBA
  President, UNTHSC

12:45

Keynote Introduction
Jackie Meeks, DrPH
12:50
Luncheon Keynote Address
“The Intersection of HIV/AIDS, Cancer and Smoking”
Jack E. Burkhalter, PhD

1:30

Break
Session 1: Co-morbidities & Treatments
1:45 PM
Session Introduction
Johnny He, PhD

1:50

Smoking Cessation in the Oncology Setting – How Smoking Adversely Affects Cancer Treatments and Outcomes
Ellen R. Gritz, PhD

2:30

Metabolic Complications of HIV and Antiretroviral Therapy; Non-AIDS Malignancies
Roger Bedimo, MD, MS, FACP

3:10

Break

3:20

Assessing Cancer Programming Needs and Resources of AIDS Service Organizations and Their Clients:  Using Qualitative Findings to Develop a Quantitative Survey
Erica I. Lubetkin, MD, MPH

4:00

Panel Discussion moderated by Dr. Burkhalter
Dr. Gritz, Dr. Bedimo and Dr. Lubetkin

Friday, May 31, 2013

8:00 AM

Breakfast (Atrium)

8:30 AM

Keynote and Session 2 Introduction
Vicki Nejtek, PhD

8:35 AM

Keynote Address
“Lessons Learned About Health Disparities and BioBehavioral Mechanisms of Treatment Efficacy”
Raymond Niaura, PhD

9:15 AM

Cigarette Smoke Exposure and HIV-Related Neurologic Disease Progression – Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Consequences
Walter Royal, III, MD

9:55 AM

Break

10:05 AM

Psychosocial Mechanism of Abstinence Among Smokers of Low Socioeconomic Status
Yessenia Castro, PhD

10:45 AM

Smoking, HPV Infection and Cervical Cancer Health Disparity
Subhash C. Chauhan, PhD

11:25 AM

Panel Discussion
Dr. Royal, Dr. Castro and Dr. Chauhan

12:25 PM

Lunch Break and Networking

1:00 PM

Poster Presentation Award Ceremony
Harlan Jones, PhD

1:15 PM

Session 3 Introduction

1:20 PM

Brief Counseling Interventions for Risk Behaviors Related to HIV/AIDS, Cancer and Tobacco Use
Scott T. Walters, PhD

2:00 PM

Smoking Cessation Treatment:  A Critical Component of HIV/AIDS Disease Management
Damon J. Vidrine, MS, DrPH

2:40 PM

Where Do We Go From Here?  Next Generation Treatment Interventions
Raymond Niaura, PhD

3:20 PM

Panel Discussion
Dr. Niaura, Dr. Walters & Dr. Vidrine

4:20 PM

Evaluation of Program

4:45 PM

Adjourn