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Practical Applications to Multicultural Healthcare at Home and Abroad
The 17th Annual GHEC Conference

April 4 - 5, 2008
Sacramento, California

Jointly Sponsored by:


UC Davis           
Office of Continuing Medical Education
Center for Reducing Health Disparities


In Co-operation with:
Kaiser Permanente (TPMG)
Kaiser Permanete Diversity Program
International Federation of Medical Students Associations

With Additional Support by:
The Lancet
Child Family Health International




Conference Directors Program Committee
Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD Anvar Velji, MD (Chair)
UC Davis School of Medicine GHEC, Kaiser Permanente, UC Davis

Joseph Silva, MD Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD
UC Davis School of Medicine UC Davis School of Medicine

Anvar Velji, MD Joseph Silva, MD
Kaiser Permanente UC Davis School of Medicine
UC Davis School of Medicine
Governing Board, GHEC Michael Wilkes, MD

UC Davis School of Medicine
Conference Planning Committee
Karen Lam Karen Lam
Global Health Education Consortium Global Health Education Consortium
Kimber Chavez
UC Davis, Office of Continuing Medical Education Linda Ziegahn, PhD
Office of Continuing Medical Education UC Davis School of Medicine



Abstracts and Awards Committees

Abstracts
Anvar Velji, Kaiser Permanente, UCD, GHEC (chair)
Marvin Bittner, Creighton University, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Judy lewis, University of Connecticut Health Center
Janice K. Smith, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Hanni Stoklosa, International Federation of Medical Students' Association
Emily White, International Federation of Medical Students' Association

Awards

Planning Committee
Kelly Anderson, Canadian Federation of Medical Schools (co-chair)
Anvar Velji, Kaiser Permanente, UCD, GHEC (co-chair)

Marvin Bittner, Creighton University, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Pierce Gardner, SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine
Gerry Paccione, Jr., Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Hanni Stoklosa, International Federation of Medical Schools' Assocation
Anvar Velji, Kaiser Permanente, UC Davis School of Medicine, GHEC

Judging Committee
Andrew Bazemore, Cincinnati University; Robert Graham Center for Policy Issues
Jessica Evert, UCSF Department of Family & Community Medicine
Evaleen Jones, Child Family Health International
Rhona MacDonald, The Lancet
William Markle, University of Pittsburgh
Janice K. Smith, University of Texas Medical Branch
Hanni Stoklosa, International Federation of Medical Students' Association
Mario Tristan, IHCAI Foundation


Special Thanks:
Joubin Afshar, AMSA
Douglas Bachman, DPB Films
Child Family Health International: Alexis Armenakis, Lena Dalke, Becky Davis, Evaleen Jones, Harini Krishnan,
Nick Penco, Menraj Sachdev,
Steve Schmidbauer, Polina Spivak, Dave Tozer, Rachel True
MaryAnn Dakkak, UCSF School of Medicine
Nathan Fairman, UC Davis Health System
Shabnam Hafiz, UC Davis School of Medicine
Zenaida Izquierdo, Montefiore Medical Center
Tu Jarvis, UCD College of Agriculture
Brandon Murguia, UC Davis Health System
Fortune Meriwether, UCSF School of Medicine
Claire Norris, UC Berkeley
Nathan Osburn, UC Davis Health System
Sara Pirtle, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Kimberly Reynolds, UCD Ctr for Reducing Health Disparities
Victoria Ruddick, UCSF School of Medicine
Marbella Sala, UCD Center for Reducing Health Disparities
Hanni Stoklosa, IFMSA-USA
Nancy Stevenson, Michael McCarthy, The Lancet
Lisa Tell, UCD College of Veterinary Medicine
Hugo Torres, UCSF School of Medicine
Pari Velji, UC Davis
Michael Wilkes, UC Davis School of Medicine