agenda

	Tuesday, June 27

8:00 a.m.	Welcome
	Co-Chairs:	Christine Bachrach, Ph.D.
		David Takeuchi, Ph.D.

	Introductory Remarks	Ruth Kirschstein, M.D.

8:30 a.m.	Setting the Stage
	Moderator:	Paula Skedsvold, Ph.D.

	Toward Higher Levels of Analysis: Why NIH Needs and Wants What Social Science has to Offer
		Norman B. Anderson, Ph.D.
	Understanding the Social Context: The Promise and the Challenges
		David R. Williams, Ph.D.

9:30 a.m.	Panel 1: Basic Research on Sociocultural Constructs
	Moderator:	Mary Margaret Overbey, Ph.D.

	Categories of Race and Ethnicity: Social Science and Federal Policy
		Robert A. Hahn, Ph.D., M.P.H.
	To What Race Do You Belong? Are You Sure?
		Janis F. Hutchinson, Ph.D., M.P.H.
	SES and Health: Theory, Measurement, and Mechanisms
		Ichiro Kawachi, M.D., Ph.D.
	Gender and Health
		Paula England, Ph.D.

10:45 a.m.	Break

11:00 a.m.	Panel 2: Sociocultural Processes and Health
	Moderator:	Suzanne Heurtin-Roberts, Ph.D., M.S.W.
	Culture Theory and Health Processes
		W. Penn Handwerker, Ph.D.
	Institutional and Structural Contexts of Youth at Risk
		John Hagan, Ph.D.
	Families, Social Capital and Health
		Gary Sandefur, Ph.D.
	Social Integration, Social Networks and Health
		Lisa Berkman, Ph.D.

12:15 p.m.	Lunch (on own)

1:30 p.m.	Panel 3: Etiology I - Interpersonal Processes
	Moderator:	Moira O'Brien, M.Phil.

	Marital Networks, Social Support, and Mental Health: Cultural and Institutional Considerations
		Nan Lin, Ph.D.
	Religion, Spirituality, and Health: What We Know, What We Need To Know
		Linda K. George, Ph.D.
	Culture, Individual Behavior, and Blood Pressure
		William W. Dressler, Ph.D.
	Racial and Ethnic Differences in Infant Mortality: A Sociocultural Analysis
		Sherman A. James, Ph.D.

2:45 p.m.	Break

3:00 p.m.	Panel 4: Etiology II - Neighborhood and Community Processes
	Moderator:	Deirdre Lawrence, Ph.D., M.P.H.

	Root Shock: The Consequences of African-American Dispossession
		Mindy Thompson Fullilove, M.D.
	Neighborhood Social Processes and Health-Related Behaviors
		Robert Sampson, Ph.D.
	Neighborhood Context, Child Maltreatment, and Child Well-Being: Ethnography and a Multi-Method Approach
		Jill E. Korbin, Ph.D.
	Ethnography, Geographic Information Analysis, and Minority Family Health: Navigating Space, Place and "Health Events"
		Linda Burton, Ph.D.

4:15 p.m.	Key Themes/Gaps and Open Microphone
		Virginia Cain, Ph.D.
		David Takeuchi, Ph.D.

5:15 p.m.	Adjourn


	Wednesday, June 28

8:30 a.m.	Welcome Back
	Co-Chairs:	Christine Bachrach, Ph.D.
		David Takeuchi, Ph.D.

8:45 a.m.	Panel 5: Sociocultural Processes in Prevention
	Moderator:	Felice Levine, Ph.D.

	Learning from Risk: Lessons for HIV Prevention in the Sociocultural Construction of Risk Behavior Among Drug Users
		Merrill Singer, Ph.D.
	Social Development and Violence: Prediction, Prevention and Future Directions
		J. David Hawkins, Ph.D.
	Developing Healthy Body Images Among Adolescent Girls
		Mimi Nichter, Ph.D.

9:45 a.m.	Panel 6: Sociocultural Processes in Treatment
	Moderator:	Emeline Otey, Ph.D.

	Operationalizing the Cultural Dimension in Diagnosis
		Spero M. Manson, Ph.D.
	The Provision of Effective Mental Health Treatment by Service Providers
		Stanley Sue, Ph.D.
	Sociocultural Aspects of Psychotherapy: Disseminating Effective Care
		Jeanne Miranda, Ph.D.

10:45 a.m.	Break

11:00 a.m.	Panel 7: Health Services and Service Seeking
	Moderator:	Janice Phillips, Ph.D., R.N.

	Impact of Social and Economic Factors on the Use of Health Services
		Arleen A. Leibowitz, Ph.D.
	Social Networks as Mechanisms of the Influence of SES in Health Care Use and Effectiveness
		Bernice A. Pescosolido, Ph.D.
	Latino Health and Health Services Utilization
		Lawrence A. Palinkas, Ph.D.
	Mental Health Need in Risk Adjustment: A Tool To Increase Latinos Access in Managed Care?
		Margarita Alegria, Ph.D.

12:15 p.m.	Lunch (on own)

1:30 p.m.	Panel 8: Global Perspectives
	Moderator:	Sabra Woolley, Ph.D.

	Health and Economic Development in Developing Countries
		Anne R. Pebley, Ph.D.
	Sociocultural Factors Influencing Tobacco Use, Nicotine Dependency and Smoking Cessation: How Global and North American Studies Can Inform Each Other
		Mark Nichter, Ph.D., M.P.H.
	Culture Change and Health
		William A. Vega, Ph.D.
	National and International Dimensions of Racism and Health
		James S. Jackson, Ph.D.

2:45 p.m.	Break

3:00 p.m.	Panel 9: Health Justice and Ethics
	Moderator:	Judith Auerbach, Ph.D.

	Conceptualizing Empirical Research in Bioethics
		Barbara A. Koenig, Ph.D.
	Biosocial Complexity and the Study of Infectious Disease: The Example of HIV
		Paul Farmer, M.D., Ph.D.

3:45 p.m.	Key Themes/Gaps and Open Microphone
		David Takeuchi, Ph.D.
		David Williams, Ph.D.

4:45 p.m.	Closing Comments
		Christine Bachrach, Ph.D.

5:00 p.m.	Adjourn