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Mission: Health Equity

October 31, 2021 - November 2, 2021

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The ACU 2021 Annual Conference, Mission: Health Equity will take place at the Mandarin Oriental in Washington, D.C., from October 31-November 2, 2021.

Virtual and In Person Options Available

This year’s conference will be a hybrid event occurring both in-person and virtually. Virtual attendees will be able to network and access content through our Attendee Hub, including livestreaming of keynote speakers, general sessions, and a featured workshop from each workshop block, a total of six featured workshops.

This year’s conference theme, Mission: Health Equity, highlights the need to work collectively to eliminate health disparities by calling out and adequately addressing systemic practices that contribute to poor health among Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, LGBTQIA, and other minority and intersectional groups.

The in-person conference will include 24 educational workshops, ACU’s 25th Anniversary Reception and Award Ceremony, and more. Continuing Medical Education credits will be available for workshop sessions. The full conference agenda, including workshop sessions, will be published in August.

Keynote Speakers

Dayna Bowen Matthew, JD, PhDDr. Dayna Bowen Matthew

Dr. Matthew is the Dean and Harold H. Greene Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School. Dean Matthew is a leader in public health and civil rights law who focuses on racial disparities in health care. She is the author of the book Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care.

 

Dr. Luis Padilla, MD, FAAFP
Dr. Luis Padilla

Dr. Padilla is the associate administrator for health workforce at the Health Resources and Services Administration. He also serves as director of the National Health Service Corps, the Bureau of Health Workforce’s largest program, with a field strength of more than 16,000 clinicians nationwide.

Other keynote speakers, including Dr. Kyu Rhee, MD, MPP, and Dr. Barbara Brandt, EdM, PhD, FNAP.

Details

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October 31, 2021
End:
November 2, 2021
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Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU)
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