Thursday, May 26

PARTNERS

Keynote Speaker Ronny Bell, Ph.D.

Dr. Bell is Professor with tenure of Public Health Sciences (Department of Epidemiology and Prevention) at the Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He is also Director of the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity at Wake Forest, a designated Center of Excellence with the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. He is the chair of the North Carolina Diabetes Advisory Council and the North Carolina American Indian Health Board.

PRESENTED BY

Fayetteville State University • Shaw Auditorium

Registration 8:30am

Program 9am

CONFERENCE INFORMATIONJoin us: Lunch will be provided. Southern Regional AHEC will award 0.5 CEU’s and 5.0 contact hours to each person who

attends 100% of the program and completes the evaluation.

FREE REGISTRATIONTo register online, visit

http://www.aheconnect.com/ncahec/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=49282

Jacquelyn Clymore, MSNC HIV/STD Director, Division of Public Health, Communicable Disease BranchTopic: HIV

A Pharmacist will be on site answering questions on:Medication Adherence • Diabetes • HIV • High Blood Pressure

Featured Speakers:

Cornell P. WrightExecutive Director, North Carolina Office of Minority Health and Health Dispartities

Ronny A. Bell, PhD, MSDirector, Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity, Wake Forest UniversityTopic: Health Disparities

Kenyon Railey, MDDuke University School of MedicineTopic: Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke

Matt Martin, PhD, LMFTDirector of Behavioral Science EducationSouthern Regional AHECTopic: Mental Health

Kara Mitchell RDN/LDN,ACSM-RCEP, CDEWellness ManagerDuke Health and Fitness CenterTopic: Nutrition and Exercise

Morning Remarks:

Omega Jones – ModeratorFounder and CEO of Omega Health and Outreach

Mike NagowskiCEO, Cape Fear Valley Health System

Hank DebnamSite Director, Alliance Behavioral Healthcare – Cumberland County