8:00 - 8:30 AM

Breakfast

 8:30 - 9:00 AM

Welcome and Opening Address from The Endocrine Society

• Janet Hall, MD,  Massachusetts General Hospital (Immediate Past President)
• Stephen Festin, PhD, BioReliance (Chair, Minority Affairs Committee)

 9:00 - 9:45 AM

Science to Eliminate T2DM Disparities: The Endocrine Society’s Scientific Statement on Health Disparities in Endocrine Disorders

• Sherita Golden, MD, MHS, Johns Hopkins University (Chair of the Society's Health Disparities Scientific Statement)

 9:45 - 10:00 AM

Break

 10:00 - 11:00 AM

Healthcare Disparities in T2DM

• Quality of Care for T2DM: Data from AHRQ National Healthcare Disparities Report – Karen Ho Chaves, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
• Solving Health Disparities: AMA Commission to End Healthcare Disparities – Patrice Harris, MD, American Medical Association; and Rahn K. Bailey, MD, National Medical Association

 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Importance of Advocacy and Public Health Policy in Improving T2DM Disparities

• Arleen Brown, MD, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Lunch

 1:00 - 2:00 PM

Importance of Diverse Representation in Clinical Trials to Reduce T2DM Disparities

• Alfonso Alanis, MD, Anaclim CRO

 2:00 - 3:00 PM

Research, Translation, and Prevention Programs at NIH

• Griffin Rodgers, MD, MACP, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney (NIDDK)

 3:00 - 3:15 PM

Break

 3:15 - 4:45 PM

Lessons Learned from Innovative Health Disparities Programs

• Multidisciplinary Disease Management Programs – Roberto Madrid, United Healthcare Group
• US Community-Based Programs to Address Health Disparities in T2DM – Pam Allweiss, MD, Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• International Community-Based Programs to Address Health Disparities in T2DM – Alka Kanaya, University of California, San Francisco

 4:45 - 6:00 PM

Poster Viewing

 6:00 - 8:00 PM

Dinner and Keynote

 8:00 - 8:30 AM

Breakfast

 8:30 - 10:00 AM

Opportunities for Collaboration and Partnerships in Health Disparities Research

• US Biomedical Perspectives on Health Disparities from the NIMHD – Joyce Hunter, PhD, National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities
• Global Perspectives on Health Disparities in T2DM – Alberto Barcelo, MD, Pan American/World Health Organization
• The Alliance to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes: Perspectives on Partnerships to Address Health Disparities – Noreen Clark, PhD, National Program Office, Alliance to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes
• Perspectives from the American Diabetes Association – Samuel Dagogo-Jack, MD, University of Tennessee Health Science Center; Memphis

 10:00 - 10:15 AM

Break

 10:15 - 11:45 AM

Innovative Research and Community Based Programs

• A Lower Carbohydrate Diet Facilitates Loss of Adipose Tissue in African Americans – Barbara Gower, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Does a Serendipitous Diagnosis Differentiate Diagnosis from Undiagnosed Diabetes? Results from a Longitudinal Investigation – John B. McKinlay, PhD, New England Research Institutes
• Fructosamine and Glycated Albumin are Unaffected by Sickle Cell Trait Status in Africans – Michelle O’Conner, BS, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney (NIDDK)
• Type 2 Diabetes and Self-Management Among Black Bahamians – Viola Holmes, MS, RD, CDE, University of Virginia
• Diabetes Care in the San Francisco Safety Net – Elizabeth Murphy, MD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco

 11:45 AM - 1:00 AM

Lunch - Small Group Discussion

 1:00 - 2:00 PM

Perspectives on Future Directions for Health Disparities Research and Roles for Professional Societies– Louis Sullivan, MD, Former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary; Samuel Dagogo-Jack ,MD;  Sherita Golden, MD; and Arleen Brown, MD, PhD

 2:00 - 2:30 PM

Closing Remarks