Asthma 2003 Videoconference-Thursday, June 19, 2003 Don't Miss It! June 19-21, 2003 - Washington, D.C. Don't miss your chance to participate in the opening morning of the National Conference on Asthma 2003-Meeting the Challenge of Healthy People 2010: Preventing and Controlling Asthma. Those who cannot journey to Washington, D.C. can still attend the opening sessions via satellite. The satellite downlink is free and all you need is access to a television monitor, videoconferencing equipment, and a phone line. For more information, including the satellite coordinates and to register online to be a downlink site facilitator, please visit the conference Website: http://www.Asthma2003.net. The program will be videocast on June 19 on delayed basis (to facilitate viewing in all time zones) as follows: | Eastern Daylight Time: 12:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. | | Central Daylight Time: 11:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. | | Mountain Daylight Time: 10:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. | | Pacific Daylight Time: 9:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. | Satellite Videocast Agenda Thursday, June 19, 2003 12:00pm-4:30pm EDT (delayed basis from 8:00am-12:30pm) (subject to change) | Welcome to Asthma 2003: Setting the Nation's Agenda | Time | | Claude Lenfant, M.D., Director National, Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute | 12:00pm-12:45pm EDT | | Tommy G. Thomson, Secretary (invited) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | | Barbara P. Yawn, M.D., M.Sc., Director of Research Olmstead Medical Center Program Co-Chair, 2003 National Asthma Conference | | Keynote Addresses | | William W. Busse, M.D., Professor of Medicine Allergy and Immunology Department, University of Wisconsin Medical School Program Co-Chair, 2003 National AsthmaConference Asthma: The Defining Evolution | 12:45pm-1:45pm EDT | | Noreen M. Clark, Ph.D., Dean and Professor University of Michigan School of Public Health Advances in Social, Behavioral and Community Aspects of Asthma Control | | Break | 15 minutes | | Goal Area 2 Plenary Session: Diagnose and Manage Asthma | | Kevin B. Weiss, M.D., M.P.H., Director Midwest Center for Health Services and Policy Research Hines VA Hospital Diagnosis and Management: In the Clinical Setting and Beyond | 2:00pm-3:00pm EDT | | Robert F. Lemanske, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Defining Quality of Care: Evidence-based Recommendations for Managing Asthma | | Break | 15 minutes | | Concurrent Session: Asthma Awareness That Addresses Racial and Ethnic Concerns | | Marielena Lara, M.D., M.P.H., UCLA/RAND Program on Latino Children with Asthma Asthma Disparities in U.S. Latinos: A Public Health Problem in Need of a Research, Health Care Delivery and Policy Agenda | 3:15pm-4:15pm EDT | | Floyd J. Malveaux, M.D., Ph.D., Dean Howard University College of Medicine Asthma Disparities in African Americans | |