Quality Healthcare for Culturally Diverse Populations
September 21-24, 2008, Minneapolis, MN

CCHCP participated in the Sixth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations to focus on culturally-competent healthcare and disparities reduction in the U.S.

Ira SenGupta, Executive Director of CCHCP, presented on "Enhancing recruitment and retention of diverse populations in cancer clinical trials: A cultural competency training program for Oncologist/Researchers" with our partners in the Education Network to Advance Cancer Clinical Trials (ENACCT). Ira also moderated multiple sessions.

Ira SenGupta's Conference Schedule

Monday, September 22, 2008 
10:45–12:15
Moderator Main Conference concurrent session: Culturally Competent Staff in a non-Culturally Competent Organization

2:00–4:00
Moderator for Peer to Peer session B-5: Straight to the people: Community health worker advances in training, practice, and policy

Tuesday, September 23, 2008
9:45-12:00
Moderator for Dialog Session around:  practice/interest area of cultural competence training and diverse workforces

2:00–4:00
Co -Presenter with Margo Michaels of ENACCT:  Enhancing Recruitment and Retention of Diverse Populations in Cancer Clinical Trials: A Cultural Competency Training Program for Oncology Research Teams

Tuesday, September 23, 2008
2:00-4:00
Anne Turner, NW Resource Center Director, participated in a peer-to-peer panel session titled Reaching thousands: Using the internet to improve outreach, collaboration, and information dissemination.

Conference website: http://www.diversityrxconference.org/