The Arkansas Department of Health Minority Health Commission (AMHC) will host its State of Minority Health from 6-8:30 p.m. on April 20.
“The State of Minority Health Post Covid – Reflecting on the Past, Preparing for the Future” will be a virtual event featuring a panel of state and national leaders. It will be live-streamed from the William J. Clinton Library and Museum in Little Rock.
Brookshield Laurent, DO, New York Institute of Technology – College of Medicine’s executive director for The Delta Population Health Institute, and Bala Simon, MD, DrPH, ADH deputy chief medical officer, will moderate panels that will focus on a retrospective of the pandemic’s effect on minority communities. An additional panel will deliberate what steps can be taken to ensure the health and well-being of these communities, moving forward. Its panelists will include Anthony Fletcher, MD, CHI St. Vincent cardiologist; Sheldon Riklon, MD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Marshallese family physician; Eddie Ochoa, MD, Arkansas Children’s Hospital Hispanic pediatrician; Yolanda Lawson, MD, National Medical Association president-elect; and Craig Wilson, JD, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement Health policy director.
Attendees can register for the event by visiting https://bit.ly/SOMH2023. Registration ends on April 20. For more information, call the Arkansas Minority Health Commission office at (501) 686-2720.