Where
De Neve Auditorium, UCLA
351 Charles E. Young Drive West
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Driving Directions & Parking:
From the 405 North
1. Take 405 (San Diego Freeway) to Wilshire Blvd. East
2. Travel east three blocks to Westwood Blvd.
3. Turn Left on Westwood Blvd.
4. Travel five blocks to Information & Parking Booth
5. Purchase a parking Lot DD parking permit for $11
6. Make a LEFT at Strathmore and go under the bridge.
7. Make a RIGHT at the first light (Charles E. Young).
8. Continue straight. You will pass a stop sign, and then come to a stop light.
9. Turn LEFT at the stop light. Continue down the road and turn RIGHT at the tree. Lot DD will be directly in front of you.
10. After you have parked, exit parking structure and DeNeve Hall will be directly to your left.
From the 405 South
1. Take 405 (San Diego Freeway) to Sunset East
2. Take Sunset east to Westwood Plaza
3. Turn right on Westwood Plaza
4. Proceed straight to Information & Parking Booth
5. Purchase parking permit for $11
6. Ask to be directed to Lot DD.
7. After you have parked, exit parking structure and DeNeve Hall will be directly to your left.
Contact
Michael Rodriguez, MD, MPHUCLA Blum Center on Poverty and Health in Latin America
310-794-0394
blumcenter@ucla.edu
Informing Responses to Reduce Poverty and Improve Health in Latin America
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
DeNeve Auditorium, UCLA
Keynote Speaker
Jaime Sepulveda, MD, MPH, DrS, Executive Director, Global Health Sciences, UCSF; Former Director, Mexico National Institutes of Health
Symposium Objectives
- To analyze the social and economic norms that contribute to stratification and subsequent inequality in health in Latin America;
- To examine differences in approaches to health inequality in Latin America;
- To learn about and assess innovative policy and programmatic solutions created to reduce poverty and health inequality in Latin America;
- To identify potential areas for government investments in public health expenditures.
Program Agenda
Michael A. Rodriguez, MD, MPH
Director, UCLA Blum Center
Why the UCLA Blum Center
Scott L. Waugh, PhD
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, UCLA
Mechanisms to Improve Health in Latin America
Jaime Sepulveda, MD, MPH, DSc
Executive Director, UCSF Global Health Sciences
Timothy Brewer, MD, MPH
Vice Provost, UCLA Interdisciplinary and Cross-Campus Affairs
Speakers:
Dean, Division of Social Sciences; UCLA College of Letters and Science
Jody Heymann, MD, PhD, MPP
Dean, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Rachel Moran, JD
Dean, UCLA School of Law
David Schaberg, PhD
Dean, Division of Humanities, UCLA College of Letters and Science
Cindy Fan, PhD
Interim Vice Provost, UCLA International Studies
Facilitator:
Roger Waldinger, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Sociology, UCLA School of Social Sciences
Speakers:
Steven Wallace, PhD
Chair, Dept. of Community Health Science, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Leo Estrada, PhD
Professor, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Presentation of UCLA Blum Center Summer Scholars
Facilitator:
Adeline Nyamathi, ANP, PhD, FAAN
Associate Dean, International Research and Scholarly Activities
Speakers:
Thomas Coates, PhD
Director, UCLA Center for World Health
Lara Stemple, JD
Director, Health and Human Rights Law Project, UCLA School of Law
Emma Aguila, PhD
Director, Center for Latin American Social Policy
Closing Remarks
David E. Hayes-Bautista, PhD
Director, Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture
Michael A. Rodriguez, MD, MPH
Director, UCLA Blum Center
(Subject to change.)
Collaborating Institutions
The UCLA Blum Center, along with schools and colleges of UCLA, including: College of Letters and Science, Division of Humanities and the Division of Social Sciences; David Geffen School of Medicine;
Fielding School of Public Health; Graduate School of Education & Information Studies; Luskin School of Public Affairs; School of Dentistry; School of Law; School of Nursing and School of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.
...and several UCLA institutes and centers, including:
Center for World Health; Chicano Studies Research Center; COE in Women's Health and Empowerment; COE on Migration and Health; International Institute; Latin American Institute;and Program on International Migration