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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Spirituality, Health, and Health Disparities Symposium
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SUMMARY:Spirituality, Health, and Health Disparities Symposium
DESCRIPTION:<p>This transdisciplinary symposium will engage <strong>post-docs</strong> and <strong>faculty</strong> from diverse disciplines to address the role of spirituality and religion in health and health disparities. Panels will address challenges in measuring spirituality; biological pathways through which spirituality may operate to affect the etiology of disease; and the effect of spirituality across diverse communities on patients’ healthcare decision-making, treatment, and outcomes. This symposium will lay the groundwork for future research collaborations across Harvard Catalyst institutions and across disciplines.</p><p><strong>Featured speakers include:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Lynn Rosenberg, ScD, MS</strong>, Professor of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health; Associate Director of the Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University; Principal Investigator, Black Women’s Health Study</li><li><strong>Herman Taylor, MD, MPH</strong>, Director and Endowed Professor of the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine; Principal Investigator, Jackson Heart Study</li><li><strong>The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi Rinpoche, PhD</strong>, Founding Director, The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Founding Director and President, Prajnopaya Institute and Foundation</li><li><strong>Tracy Balboni, MD, MPH</strong>, Associate Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School; Associate Physician in Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute</li><li><strong>Susan Block, MD</strong>, Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Co-Director, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care</li><li><strong>Andrea Baccarelli, MD, PhD,</strong> <strong>MPH</strong>, Mark and Catherine Winkler Associate Professor of Environmental Epigenetics, Harvard School of Public Health</li><li><strong>Kenneth I. Pargament, PhD</strong>, Professor of Psychology, Bowling Green State University; Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine</li><li><strong>Neal Krause, PhD</strong>, Marshall H. Becker Collegiate Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan</li><li><strong>Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller, PhD</strong>, Distinguished University Professor Emerita, Department of Epidemiology &amp; Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University; Dorothy and William Manealoff Foundation and Molly Rosen Chair in Social Medicine Emerita; Principal Investigator, Women's Health Initiative</li></ul><p></p><p align="center"><strong>Registration is required to attend this free event; space is limited.  </strong></p><p>                                        <strong><strong>RSVP at:  <a href="http://tinyurl.com/SpiritualitySymposium2014" data-url="http://tinyurl.com/SpiritualitySymposium2014">http://tinyurl.com/SpiritualitySymposium2014</a></strong></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
LOCATION:Joseph B. Martin Conference Center (77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston)
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART:20141204T130000Z
DTEND:20141204T220000Z
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