Agenda

February 26, 2024 - 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

How We Change the Black East Side: A Symposium 

Monday, February 26, 2024 

Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences: 955 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 

Moderator:

Rev. George Nicholas, MDiv

Pastor, Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church

CEO, Buffalo Center for Health Equity

Convener, African American Health Equity Task Force

Welcome Remarks: 6:00-6:15pm

Allison Brashear, MD, MBA

Vice President for Health Sciences and Dean, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½

Pastor James Giles

President/CEO Back to Basics Ministries, Inc  Outreach Ministries, Inc.

Presentation: 6:15-6:45pm

Henry Louis Taylor Jr., PhD

Director, Center for Urban Studies

Associate Director, Community Health Equity Research Institute

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ 

Panelist Discussion: 6:45-7:15pm

Timothy Murphy, MD

SUNY Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology,

Director Clinical and Translational Research, and

Director of the Community Health Equity Research Institute

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½

Rasheed N.C. Wyatt

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ District Council Member

Michael Lamb, PhD

Director of Surgical Education

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Department of Surgery

Athena D. Mutua, JD

School of Law Professor, Floyd H. & Hilda L. Hurst Faculty Scholar

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Facilitated Open Discussion: 7:15-7:45pm

Closing Remarks: 7:45-8:00pm

Rev. George Nicholas, MDiv

Henry Louis Taylor Jr., PhD

Reception Immediately Following