Past Conferences
A summary of SIRC conferences from 2005 to 2008
2011 conference
SIRC 9th Annual Research Conference| Moving Forward: Translating Health Disparities Research into Policy and Practice
2010 conference
SIRC 8th Annual Research Conference| Health Disparities: A Global Challenge, a Local Response
2008 conference
Keynote Address: Reducing Health Disparities Through Family Intervention Research by: Hilda Pantin, Ph.D.; Research Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center for Families Studies at the University of Miami. | April 25, 2008
2007 conference
Keynote Address: Issues in the Treatment of Drug Abuse among Women Bonnie Carlson, Ph.D.; Professor, School of Social Welfare University at Albany- State University of New York. Respondent: Felipe Castro Ph.D.; Professor, Department of Psychology Arizona State University. | April 20, 2007
2006 conference
Keynote Address: Lesons from Mexico: Epidemiological and Psychosocial Studies in Drug Abuse Prevention Research. Maria Elena Medina-Mora, PhD, Director of Social and Epidemiological Research, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatria, Ministry of Health, Mexico City, Mexico Respondent: Javier Lopez-Zetina, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Science, California State University, Long Beach. | April 21, 2006
2005 conference
Keynote Address: “Selected NIH Priorities and Funding Opportunities” by Dr. Jerry Flanzer from the National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH). The noon Plenary Presentation was given by Dr. Bernadette Melnyk, Dean for the College of Nursing, speaking to the subject of: Evidence-Based Health Research: Opportunities and Future Directions”. | April 29, 2005
