PLENARY PRESENTATIONS
Welcome and Introduction:
Thursday, October 12, 2000
Julia Puebla Fortier
Director, Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care
Julia Puebla Fortier has more than 10 years experience working
in and writing about the health sector, and specializes in linguistic
and cultural competence in Health Care and Federal Health Policy analysis.
As founder and director of Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care,
she manages a national alliance individuals and organizations in ethnic
communities and health care organized to offer information and technical
assistance on linguistic and cultural competence in health care. Activities
include program design, policy development and analysis, research, and
community advocacy. RCCHC is a co-producer of the second national conference,
"Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations, to be held in
October 2000. With the National Conference of State Legislatures, Ms.
Fortier has developed and manages the DiversityRx - comprehensive clearinghouse
of information on model programs, policies and legal issues related to
cross cultural health - and its listserv of over 400 participants. She
is currently principal investigator for an HHS Office of Minority Health-sponsored
project to develop national model standards of cultural and linguistic
competence and an accompanying research agenda.
Julia Puebla Fortier, Director
Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care
Phone: 011-44-7866-769616 (London -- EST + 5 hrs)
Email: rcchc@aol.com
http://www.DiversityRx.org
Dennis P. Andrulis, PhD, MPH
Research Professor, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Dennis P. Andrulis, PhD, MPH is a research professor at the State
University of New York Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn. He is responsible
for creating, developing and conducting policy relevant research related
to national and New York State health issues. In his current work and
preceding tenure as Director, Office of Urban Populations at the New York
Academy of Medicine in New York City, he has created and overseen the
development of projects, prepared major reports and published on a wide
range of issues affecting hospitals and safety net providers, vulnerable
populations and their communities. Dr. Andrulis has served as Principal
Investigator for an investigative report, published by Jossey-Bass, entitled
Managed Care in the Inner City: the Uncertain Promise for Providers,
Plans and Communities. He has led projects concerning cultural diversity
in health care including creation of a cultural competence self-assessment
tool for health care organizations, and a national conference, Quality
Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations: Provider and Community
Collaboration in a Competitive Marketplace. His focus on urban issues
led to the creation a compendium and analysis of information on the social
and health characteristics of the nation's major urban areas, published
by The American Hospital Association Press, entitled The Social and
Health Landscape of Urban and Suburban America.
In his ten year tenure as President of the National Public Health and
Hospital Institute, Dr. Andrulis instituted a research and education agenda
concerning public hospital systems and the safety net, including national
surveys on hospital HIV care, teaching hospitals and their adaptation
to managed care, patient-centered care and health care professional training
on policy. He holds a PhD in Educational-Community Psychology from the
University of Texas at Austin and a Masters of Public Health from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Dennis P. Andrulis, PhD, MPH
Research Professor
Department of Preventive Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
450 Clarkson Avenue, Box 1240
Brooklyn, NY 11203
Phone: (718) 270-7726
Fax: (718) 270-7565
Email: dandrulis@netmail.hscbklyn.edu
Warren T. Furutani
Elected Trustee, Los Angeles Community College District; Consultant
to the Speaker, California Assembly Speaker, Robert Hertzberg
Warren Furutani has been actively involved in community service
and community politics since 1968. He is currently Consultant to California
Assembly Speaker Robert Hertzberg providing expertise in the areas of
Asian American and Pacific Islander communities and public education,
K-12 and community college. He was elected as Trustee to the Los Angeles
Community College District, the largest community college district in
the United States in July 1999; he was elected to the Los Angeles Unified
School District Board of Education where he served as President in 1992. Mr.
Furutani is also sought after for his dynamic public speaking and has
spoken and lectured throughout the US for the last 30 years. An advocate
for civil and human rights for diverse populations, Mr. Furutani has also
served as President and CEO of the Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council,
and Executive Director for the Asian Pacific Community Fund.
Warren T. Furutani
Consultant to the Speaker
California Assembly Speaker Robert Hertzberg
C/O Los Angeles Rules Committee
320 West 4th Street, Room 1050
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Nathan Stinson, Jr., PhD, MD, MPH
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health, US Department of
Health and Human Services
RADM Nathan Stinson, Jr., PhD, MD, MPH, became the Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Minority Health and the Director of the Office
of Minority Health on August 2, 1999. As Deputy Assistant Secretary, Dr.
Stinson reports to the Assistant Secretary for Health/Surgeon General
and works closely with all agencies throughout the Department. Under Dr.
Stinson's leadership, the Office of Minority Health develops and coordinates
Federal health policy that addresses minority health concerns and ensures
that Federal, State and local health programs take into account the needs
of disadvantaged, racial and ethnic populations. Dr. Stinson also oversees
regional minority health consultants at the 10 HHS regional offices. Dr.
Stinson was appointed Rear Admiral, Assistant Surgeon General, in the
Commissioned Corps of the US Public Health Service on May 1, 2000.
Dr. Stinson has served in a variety of positions with the Department
of Health and Human Services. As Director of the Division of Programs
for Special Populations, Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources
and Services Administration, from 1997-1999, Dr. Stinson directed the
$120 million health care delivery system for people who were homeless,
residents of public housing, and other special populations. He served
as Deputy Director, Division of Community and Migrant Health, from 1992-1997
and as Branch Chief of the Clinical and Professional Activities Branch
in the Division of National Health Service Corps from 1989-1992. He was
a Clinical Program Consultant to the Associate Director of the Indian
Health Service, Office of Health Programs, from 1988-1989 and served as
a primary care physician on the Navajo Reservation at Chinle and Kayonta,
Arizona, from 1984-1988. Since February 1, 1999, Dr. Stinson served as
the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health.
Dr. Stinson received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado,
a Master's degree from the University of California, and a Doctoral degree
from the University of Colorado¤all in Environmental Biology. He obtained
a MD degree from the University of Colorado Medical School and an MPH
in Health Care Administration from the Uniformed Services University of
Health Sciences. His decorations include the Outstanding Service Medal,
the Surgeon General's Exemplary Service Medal and the Crisis Response
Service Award.
Nathan Stinson, Jr., PhD, MD, MPH
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health
US Department of Health and Human Services
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