Minorities in Research Science Conference Hosts Town Hall Meeting on Healthcare Disparity

The Minorities in Research Science Conference comes to the Baltimore Convention Center, September 15 -- 17, 2005, where the nations top minorities in science will gather for a Town Hall Meeting on Healthcare Disparity in Minority Communities, a highlight of the three-day conference, with welcoming remarks from Ron Peterson, President and CEO, Johns Hopkins Hospital & Health System and Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, a member of the Maryland Health Disparities Coalition.

Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) September 8, 2005 -- The Minorities in Research Science Conference comes to the Baltimore Convention Center, September 15 -- 17, 2005, where the nations top minorities in science will gather for a Town Hall Meeting on Healthcare Disparity in Minority Communities, a highlight of the three-day conference, with welcoming remarks from Ron Peterson, President and CEO, Johns Hopkins Hospital & Health System and Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, a member of the Maryland Health Disparities Coalition.

Along with professional development workshops and seminars, where participants may receive continuing education credits, the Minorities in Research Science Conference also offers a free Diversity Career Expo, several recognition events honoring top minorities in science and technology, plus Corporate Career Counseling Roundtables, a Science Fair, and a Health Fair sponsored by Maryland General Hospital.

Aris Melissaratos, Secretary of the Department of Business & Economic Development, will address a group of honorees at the Science Spectrum "Trailblazers" luncheon on Friday, September 16, while Emerald Honors awardees await their gala - considered the grand finale of the conference - scheduled for Saturday, September 17.

Formerly known as the Emerald Honors Awards Conference, the new name better describes this forum for addressing issues within the research science community, particularly those pertaining to minorities. "Yes, It is Rocket Science: New Directions in Space Exploration" and "Minorities in the Mix: If Not Now, When? " are just two of the professional development seminars offered at the conference.

Multicultural communities are where the action is in finding, preparing and recruiting a new generation of science researchers in the U.S.", says Tyrone D. Taborn, Ph.D., h.c., editor-in-chief of Science Spectrum magazine, hosts of the conference. Clearly, if we are to bring on a new cohort of science talent, we will have to engage the interests and dreams of people in the multicultural communities."

The Minorities in Research Science conference, sponsored by AT&T, Bausch & Lomb, MedImmune, Mitre Corporation, NASA, the National Science Foundation, Univec Corporation and the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, will also host the Top Hispanics in Technology Dinner on September 16, sponsored by the Baltimore Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

For more information on the conference and honorees visit www.ccgmag.com or call 410-244-7101.

2005 Emerald Honors Recipients

Scientist of the Year

Isaiah Blankson

Senior Scientist

NASA Glenn Research Center

Career Achievement

James Hicks

Program Manager

National Science Foundation

Parimal Desai

Vice President

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

Mala Chinoy

Professor

Penn State College of Medicine

Senior Investigator

Roya Borazjani

Research Fellow

Bausch and Lomb

Yongxing Qiu

Senior Principal Scientist

CIBA Vision

Jill Parker

Molecular Biologist

USAF

Veena Rao

Professor, Co-Director Cancer Biology Program

Morehouse School of Medicine

Senior Technology Fellow        

Aileen Van-Nguyen

Senior Research Scientist

DuPont

Tianmin Zhu

Director

Wyeth Research

Affirmative Action

Roosevelt Johnson

Program Manager

National Science Foundation

Educational Leadership

Roland Roberts

Assistant Professor

Towson University

Saber Hussain

Scientist

United States Air Force

Carlos Ruiz

Research Civil Engineer

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Most Promising Scientist

Fuyao Zhang

Senior Research Scientist

Eli Lilly & Co.

Wayne Bethea

Research Computer Scientist

Johns Hopkins APL

Most Promising Engineer    

John Foster

Aerospace Engineer

NASA

Student Leadership

Issac Kinde

Student

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