he
American Public Health
Association in
collaboration with the
Community Voices
Initiative of the
National Center for
Primary Care at the
Morehouse School of
Medicine sponsor a
forum on correctional
health issues.The forum
panel discuss key prison
health issues, including
access to care to people
who are incarcerated,
disparities in health
care and issues related
to mental health and
women's health.
Welcome:
George Benjamin, M.D.,
FACP, executive
director, American
Public Health
Association
Keynote Address:
David Satcher, M.D.,
Ph.D., interim
president, Morehouse
School of Medicine and
16th U.S. Surgeon
General
Remarks: Marguerite
Johnson, vice
president for Programs,
Health Division,
WK Kellogg Foundation;
Greg Mathis,
36th District Court,
Michigan and host,
Judge Mathis
Panel Discussion -
State of Prison
Healthcare: Greg
Mathis, 36th
District Court,
Michigan, host, Judge
Mathis and panel
moderator;
Nicholas Freudenberg,
Ph.D., professor and
director, Urban Public
Health,
Hunter College, City
University of New York;
Marguerite Johnson,
vice president for
Programs, Health
Division, WK Kellogg
Foundation; Steven
Leifman, JD,
associate administrative
judge,
Miami-Dade County Court
; David Satcher,
M.D., Ph.D., interim
president, Morehouse
School of Medicine and
16th U.S. Surgeon
General; Lester
Wright, M.D.,
commissioner and chief
medical officer,
Department of Correction
Services, New York
Question and Answer
Session
Closing Remarks:
Henrie Treadwell, Ph.D.,
senior social scientist
and associate director
of Development ,
National Center for
Primary Care, Morehouse
School of Medicine
