Cancer Health Disparities Summit 2006 is a first-of-its-kind event where cancer researchers funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD), as well as health professionals and community health advocates, will convene for the purpose of sharing accomplishments, challenges, and best practices. The overall theme for the 2006 Cancer Health Disparities Summit is Strengthening Our Culture of Collaborations for Reducing Cancer Health Disparities. Summit objectives include examining issues of common need; sharing strategies, models, and tools for providing solutions within respective programs and communities; empowering partnerships to access the resources needed to sustain programs that benefit the community; and facilitating discussion on unique issues that influence programmatic progress.

For more information on the summit, please go to http://www.cancermeetings.org/CHDSummit06/.

Speakers include:
Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.: Health Disparities Community Voices
John Niederhuber, M.D., NCI: Overcoming Cancer Health Disparities
Mark Clanton, M.D., NCI: Cancer Burden in Minority and Underserved Communities
Claudia Baquet, M.D.: The Influence of Health Disparities Research on Health Policy

8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EDT, Monday-Wednesday, July 17-19, 2006
Please arrive by 8:00 a.m. for registration.

Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
For directions, maps and other information, please go to:
http://marriott.com/property/mapandnearbyairports/ default.mi?
marshaCode=wasbn&WT_Ref=mi_left

For press registration for the summit, please contact the NCI Media Relations Branch at (301) 496-6641 or at ncipressofficers@mail.nih.gov.