May 1, 2003
UW offers free public lecture by RWJ president on unequal treatment
It’s a fact of life that everyone gets older, but everyone may not get the same health care as they age, suggests research from the Institute of Medicine. “Unequal Treatment: Implications for Older Adults” is the topic of a free public lecture May 9 sponsored by the University of Washington School of Nursing.
Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and a nationally recognized expert in health care policy, will speak at 10 a.m. in Hogness Auditorium (Room A-420), Magnuson Health Sciences Center, 1959 N.E. Pacific St., Seattle.
Lavizzo-Mourey is a specialist in geriatric medicine and was a member of the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. The Institute of Medicine concluded that although “myriad sources contribute to these disparities, some evidence suggests that bias, prejudice and stereotyping on the part of health-care providers may contribute to differences in care.” Lavizzo-Mourey is expected to discuss what health-care providers and patients can do to help eliminate disparities in care.
A Seattle native, Lavizzo-Mourey began her undergraduate education at the University of Washington. She is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business.
The Healthy Aging Spring Lecture is cosponsored by three centers in the School of Nursing–the deTornyay Center for Healthy Aging, the Center for Women’s Health Research and the Center for Advancement of Health Disparities Research–and the University of Washington Retirement Association.
For more information about the lecture, contact Joyce Nakamura at joyna@u.washington.edu or 206-616-4276.
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