New Orleans, Louisiana

Research!America’s Research Partners Forum Mental and Public Health in Concert: Voices from Louisiana was at the Audubon Tea Room in New Orleans, Louisiana on Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Led by Corey Hebert, MD, participants delved into how Louisiana – and New Orleans in particular – face unique mental and public health challenges. Results from a statewide opinion poll provided a springboard for this discussion between key leadership from academia, industry, media and the community.

 

Research!America's Research Partners Forum

 
 
Mental and Public Health in Concert:
Voices from Louisiana

Audubon Tea Room in New Orleans, Louisiana
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. (lunch included)


MODERATOR:
COREY HEBERT, MD
chief medical editor, NBC Channel 6, WDSU-TV
medical director, Louisiana Recovery School District
assistant professor of Pediatrics, Tulane University Medical Center

 

 

KEYNOTE REMARKS:
DONALD PALMISANO, MD, JD
founder and president, Intrepid Resources
former president, American Medical Association
past president, Louisiana State Medical Society

 

 

PANELISTS:

  • Eric Baumgartner, MD, MPH; director, Policy and Program Planning, Louisiana Public Health Institute; former director, Community Access and State Planning Programs, HRSA; former assistant secretary and state health officer, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
  • Neil Boris, MD; clinical associate professor, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, and Department of Pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine; associate professor, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
  • Cathryn M. Clary, MD, MBA; vice president, U.S. External Medical Affairs, Pfizer, Inc.
  • Anthony Patton, MBA; president, CEO, and founder, EBONetworks
  • Ben Springgate, MD, MPH; medical director, St. Anna Medical Mission; program director, REACH NOLA Health and Resilience Project; adjunct scientist, RAND Health; Robert Wood Johnson Fellow, clinical scholar, UCLA School of Medicine
  • Mark H. Townsend, MD; professor and vice chair, Department of Psychiatry, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans


RESEARCH PARTNERS FORUMS are open dialogues between leaders in academia, business, government, non-profits and the public on subjects relevant to improving health through research. Seeking to stimulate conversation about the social and economic impact of research at the intersection of science, public policy and politics, this Research Partners Forum is a collaboration between Research!America, Pfizer, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. This forum is supported by Pfizer.

 

 

Photo credit: Donn Young, “Sunrise 9th Ward New Orleans”
This photo is part of the 40 Days and 40 Nights exhibit.