Leon and Norma Hess Center for Science and Medicine
Location
1470 Madison Avenue, New York, NY
Date: October 25, 2024
Time: 9:30am-4:30pm

Mount Sinai-Royalty Pharma
Alliance for Health Equity Research
2024 Research Forum Agenda
From Inquiry To Action
AGENDA
- 9:30am - 10:00am
Welcome/Opening Remarks
- Carol Horowitz, MD, MPH, Director, and Lynne Richardson, MD, FACEP, Co-Director, Institute for Health Equity Research
- Eric Nestler, MD, PhD, Dean for Academic Affairs; Director, Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Pablo Legorreta, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Royalty Pharma
- Rev. Dr. Mimsie Robinson- IHER Stakeholder Board Member
- 10:00am -11:00am
Panel 1 - Partnering with diverse stakeholders
Successful research initiatives in which diverse stakeholders collaborate to develop and tackle meaningful research questions to address disparities.
- Devin Madden, Nathalie Weeks, Chris Leto, Christina Green: Hope Bodega- Storytelling to Promote Community Resilience
- Lena Green (Hope Center Harlem) and Catherine Squirewell: Community-based mental health services: Creating a Culture of Mental Health
- Michelle Ramos and Rev. Dr. Mimsie Robinson: Improving blood pressure and kidney health among African ancestry adults through sharing genetic risk information
- Kimberly Souffront and Clinician: Interprofessional interventions to improve outcomes for patients with asymptomatic hypertension
- 11:00am -12:00pm
Panel 2 – Large datasets to study health equity
Applying an equity lens to claims data: Lessons from the IHER Multi-Payor Claims Database, which is sponsored by the MS-RP Alliance
- Marcee Wilder: Neighborhood Characteristics and Emergency Department Utilization Patterns
- Utsha Khatri: Inequities in the treatment of opioid use disorder
- Lynne Richardson: Reimbursement for Language Interpreter Services Across the US
- Sarah Dudgeon (Royalty Pharma): Equity in use of new drugs for kidney disease
- 12:00pm -1:00pm
Lunch, Networking, Poster Session
Posters from trainees and junior researchers highlighting the future of health equity research. Networking stations to meet experts in academia, industry, public health, philanthropy, advocates and patients interested in health equity research collaborations
- 1:00pm -2:00pm
Panel 3 - Novel strategies using big data to study health equity
Emerging research using new research tools to study and advance equity.
- Andrew Maroko: Geospatial analyses of redlining, alcohol outlets, and violent crime in NYC
- Diddier Prada: Air pollution’s effect on bone health in low income and non-white populations
- Donald Apakama: Machine learning and stakeholder engagement to reduce bias in medical records
- Louisa Holaday: The long shadow of incarceration
- 2:00pm -3:00pm
Community Roundtable
Community experts discuss their experience as research partners and strategies for partnered research.
- 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Closing and Networking Reception