Save the Date - CDC Grand Rounds Presents “Addressing Health Disparities in Early Childhood,” on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at 1 p.m. (ET)

Save the Date

CDC’s Public Health Grand Rounds Presents:

“Addressing Health Disparities in Early Childhood”

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET

Global Communications Center (Building 19)

Alexander D. Langmuir Auditorium

Roybal Campus

Presented By:

Ross Thompson, PhD

Board President, Zero to Three

Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Davis

“Origins and Impacts of Disparities in Early Childhood” 

Paul H. Dworkin, MD

Executive Vice President for Community Child Health &

Founding Director, Help Me Grow National Center

Connecticut Children’s Medical Center

Professor of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

“Making Connections to Support Healthy Development for All Children”

Georgina Peacock, MD, MPH, FAAP

Director, Division of Human Development and Disability

National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC

“Public Health Programs to Improve Early Childhood Health”

Mary Ann McCabe, PhD, ABPP

Past-President, Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice

Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine

“Strategies to Promote Healthy Behavioral Development in Childhood”

     

Facilitated By:

John Iskander, MD, MPH, Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds

Phoebe Thorpe, MD, MPH, Deputy Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds

Susan Laird, MSN, RN, Communications Director, Public Health Grand Rounds

For CDC staff unable to attend the event:

The session will be available on IPTV and Envision.  To join by Envision, reserve a conference room and make the Envision request or use your local room scheduling process to schedule Envision.

For non-CDC staff interested in viewing the session:

A live external webcast will be available.  For individuals who are unable to view the session during the scheduled time, the archived presentation will be posted 48 hours after each session. 

For non-CDC staff who wish to attend in person:

Due to security measures at CDC’s Roybal campus, non-CDC staff who wish to attend these sessions in person must have prior clearance and a U.S. state-issued photo ID (e.g., driver’s license, US passport).

Names of non-CDC staff (both domestic and international) should be submitted to the Grand Rounds Team.  Please note that all information for international visitors must be submitted at least 10 days in advance.

For individuals requiring reasonable accommodations:

It is the policy of CDC to provide reasonable accommodations (RA) for qualified individuals with disabilities to ensure their full inclusion in CDC-sponsored events. Employees are asked to submit RA requests at least 5 business days prior to the event. Please e-mail the request to grandrounds@cdc.gov.

For questions about this Grand Rounds topic: Feel free to e-mail your questions before or during the session.