Health & Wellness

21st Century Medical Care and Social Health Determinants in Black America

ALC Contact(s)

• RC

  Rodney Cohen

  Director, Corporate & Foundation Relations
  Meharry Medical College

Invited Moderator(s)

• NA

  Nelson Adams, MD

  Chairman, Board of Trustees
  Meharry Medical College

Invited Panelist(s)

• CF

  Cherae Farmer-Dixon, DDS, MSPH, FACD

  Dean and Professor
  Meharry School of Dentistry
• JH

  James Hildreth, Sr., PhD, MD

  President and Chief Executive Officer
  Meharry Medical College
• FN

  Fatima Nawaz, MPH, PhD

  Biomedical Researcher, Cell Biology and Public Health
  Vanderbilt University

Special Invited Guest(s)

• PJ

  Patrick Johnson

  Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement
  Meharry Medical College

Invited Panelist(s)

• VM

  Veronica Mallett, M.D. MMM

  Senior Vice President of Health Affairs and Dean School of Medicine
  Meharry Medical College

To discuss research and outcomes around social determinants of health specifically as it relates to smoking, smoking cessation and vaping in the African American community. Meharry's CBC panel will address the impact of electronic nicotine devices and the continued smoking epidemic in low income and communities of color and the specific needs of these communities as they try to quit combustible tobacco and nicotine products.