Upcoming
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Robert H. Ebert Lecture
Latina Health: Beyond Competency
Presenter:
Jane Delgado, National Alliance for Hispanic Health
Cannon Room
Building C
Harvard Medical School
5:00-6:00 p.m.
Jane Delgado is president and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, the nation's largest and oldest organization of community-based Hispanic health providers. Members provide services to more than 10 million Hispanic health consumers annually.
A practicing clinical psychologist, Delgado is the author of ¡Salud! A Latina's Guide to Total Health, the first health book written by and for Latinas. In her position at the alliance, she oversees a national staff of 26 professionals as well as field operations throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia dedicated to improving the health and well-being of Hispanics. Prior to this position, she served in the Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Working under then DHHS Secretary Margaret Heckler, she was a key force in the development of the landmark "Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Black and Minority Health." She served at DHHS from 1979 to 1985.
Robert H. Ebert, for whom this lecture is named, was dean of HMS from 1965 to 1977 and championed numerous initiatives and programs that today help define the very character of the School. He initiated new programs for recruitment and enrollment of minority students and established affiliations between HMS teaching hospitals and neighborhood health centers, and created the Division of Health Sciences and Technology.
The lecture is sponsored by the Office of Recruitment and Multicultural Affairs and the Multicultural Alliance at HMS. For more information, contact the Office of Recruitment and Multicultural Affairs at 617-432-1572 or 617-432-2159.