Home  |  About  |  Schedule  |  Speakers  |  L'Hommedieu Lecture  |  Sponsors  |  Register

Symposium Schedule

9:30 – 10:00 a.m.

Registration/continental breakfast.
Lower Lobby, Douglass College Center

 

10:00 – 10:15 a.m.

 

Opening Remarks. Carmen Twillie Ambar, Dean, Douglass College.
Trayes Hall B

 

10:15 – 11:15 a.m.

Session 1 Minority Health Care
Denise Rodgers, M.D., Chief of Staff, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Trayes Hall B

 

11:15– 12:15 p.m.

Session 2 Body Image
Dorothy Kozlowzki, APN, C, MSN, RN (moderator), Director, Willets Health Center, Douglass College, Rutgers University

Nancy B. Graham, LCSW, Professional Relations Representative, The Renfrew Center of Northern New Jersey;
Mary Ann Conover Jensen, Ed.D., Director, Douglass College Office of Psychological Services
Trayes Hall A

 

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

 

Lunch for registered participants.

 

12:00– 2:00 p.m.

Free Health Screenings

 

1:30 – 3:00 p.m.

 

 

Session 3Women in Midlife
Mariggela J. Kartatos, MA (moderator), Coordinator, Women's Health Program, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Ru-fong J. Cheng, M.D., FACOG, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Margaret Kilibwa, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Women's Health Institute, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Marianne T. Balay, MS, RN, Assistant Vice President, Women's Health and Integrative Medicine Initiatives, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Trayes Hall B

 

1:30 – 3:00 p.m.

 

 

Session 4 Reproductive Health Issues
Mary Hawkesworth, Ph.D. (moderator), Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, Rutgers University
Barbara Cooper, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History and Director, Center for African Studies, Rutgers University
Cynthia Daniels, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University
Barbara Snyder, M.D., Chief of Adolescent Medicine and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Trayes Hall A

 

7:00 p.m. 2006 L’Hommedieu Lecture*
Antonia Coello Novello, M.D., Commissioner of Health of the State of New York, and former U.S. Surgeon General
“Women: Challenges in Health and in Life”
Trayes Hall
   *Please note, seating is limited and not guaranteed. Please arrive early to secure a seat for the L'Hommedieu Lecture.

All events take place in the Douglass College Center on the Douglass Campus. Click here for directions and parking information.


Douglass Home | AADC Home | Rutgers Home