Genomics and Health Disparities

February 13, 2012 By admin

8 Feb 2012 - 00:00

Richmond

Wednesday, February 8, 7 pm

Don’t miss this panel discussion where experts look at issues including healthcare disparities

and addressing inequalities. Panel members include Dr. Robert Dunton, Cardiothoracic Surgeon,

Medical Director and Senior Surgeon, Bon Secours Heart and Heart Institute Medical Director, Bon

Secours Maryview Medical Center; Dr. John Quillin, Assistant Professor of Human and Molecular

Genetics, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University; Dr. Maghboeba Mosavel,

Associate Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Health, Virginia Commonwealth University.

The Museum is holding this conversation in association with RACE: Are We So Different?

, a groundbreaking exhibition which examines the topic from scientific, historical and cultural

perspectives. RACE is a project of the American Anthropological Association and is funded by

the Ford Foundation & National Science Foundation. It is proudly sponsored in Richmond by Bon

Secours Virginia Health System, MeadWestvaco, SUPERVALU, The Community Foundation, Wells

Fargo, Capital One, Columbia Gas of Virginia, Owens & Minor, Virginia Credit Union and Virginia

Foundation for the Humanities. Free