The Study of Racialism

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LIVE Webcast Tomorrow
Today's Topics In Health Disparities -- Race and Genetics: The Future of
Personalized Medicine
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 1 p.m. ET
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/todaystopics/20aug08

Health disparities between some racial and ethnic groups have persisted
despite programs aimed at reducing those differences. Recently, attention
has turned to the potential of personalized medicine, the use of genetic or
molecular information to make clinical decisions. However, there is not
widespread consensus about the use of race in developing new medical
technologies.

On Wednesday, August 20, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. ET, the Kaiser Family
Foundation's live, interactive webcast series, Today's Topics In Health
Disparities, will discuss the potential of race-based medical solutions for
improving health care and reducing racial/ethnic health disparities. The
webcast on "Race and Genetics: The Future of Personalized Medicine" will
take a closer look at efforts to study the interaction between race,
genetics and health.

The panelists will discuss the efforts underway to develop medications to
treat diseases that disproportionately affect certain racial and ethnic
groups, as well as the benefits and drawbacks of using genetic markers for
race in medical decisions. Other topics to be covered include which genetic
factors are being used to personalize medicine and what pharmaceutical
companies are doing to target the drugs and treatments they offer to certain
groups. Questions for the panel can be submitted before or during the
webcast to ask@kaisernetwork.org .

PANELISTS:

> Richard Levy, Ph.D., president, Levy Consulting, and former vice president
for scientific affairs, National Pharmaceutical Council
> Dorothy Roberts, J.D., Kirkland & Ellis professor, Northwestern University
Law School
> Clyde Yancy, M.D., medical director, Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute
and chief, Cardiothoracic Transplantation, Baylor University Medical Center

The discussion will be moderated by Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Dr.P.H., senior
advisor on race, ethnicity and health care for the Kaiser Family Foundation.

WHEN: Tomorrow, Wednesday, August 20, 2008, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. ET.
After the live program, a podcast, transcript and an archived version of the
webcast will be available for viewing at any time.

WHERE: View the live webcast at
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/todaystopics/20aug08 .

HOW: The panel of experts will take your questions via email. Submit
questions before or during the show to ask@kaisernetwork.org .

If you have never viewed a webcast before, please test your media player in
advance of the live webcast at
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_howto_view.cfm .

Today's Topics In Health Disparities is a series of live, interactive
webcasts devoted to addressing a range of issues relating to health and
health care disparities in the United States. Each discussion features a
panel of experts tackling current issues in health disparities and answering
questions from webcast viewers. Previous shows have addressed topics
including the influence of immigration policies on health care decisions,
federal legislative efforts to address health disparities, and what it would
take to eliminate the disproportionate burden of HIV/AIDS among African
Americans. See http://www.kaisernetwork.org/todaystopics for more details.[/quote]