Media Advisory: Immigrant Health Symposium on June 13-14 Sponsored by the Academy and the Royal Society of Medicine of London

Media Advisory

SAVE THE DATE: Immigrant Health Symposium on Monday, June 13 and Tuesday, June 14 at The New York Academy of Medicine

Media are invited to cover this event. Contact Kathryn Cervino at 212.822.7285 or kcervino@nyam.org

WHAT:

Immigrant Health: A Transatlantic Perspective, a symposium co-sponsored by The New York Academy of Medicine and The Royal Society of Medicine of London

This symposium will examine immigrant health issues in the United States and the United Kingdom, focusing on migration patterns as relates to the spread of infectious diseases (such as SARS and avian influenza) and to changing patterns of non-infectious diseases (like cancer, diabetes, and mental illness). Immigrants to the U.K. in recent years have come largely from India and Africa, while U.S. immigrants hail primarily from Asia and the Caribbean basin. Notable speakers from both countries will examine these patterns in the context of the contrasting U.S. and U.K. health and social support systems.

WHEN:

Monday, June 13

Keynote Address, 5:15 p.m.: Emergence of Epidemic Diseases - Prediction and Policy Implications, Donald S. Burke, MD, Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of International Health, and Director of the Center for Immunization Research, at the Bloomberg School of Public Health of The Johns Hopkins University

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Discussion panels on topics including:

Immigrant Health and Patterns of Migration (8:45 a.m.) *Ellis Island and Beyond: 100 Years of Immigration to the Eastern Seaboard of the United States *London Transport and Beyond: Post-War Immigration to Britain *Immigration, Disease and Immunologically Na??ve Populations

Migration Patterns and Infectious Disease (10:15 a.m.) *Acute Respiratory Infection - SARS and Avian Influenza *Tuberculosis and Reinfection in Host Countries *Immunodeficiency Virus (Imported and Exported)

Migration Patterns and Non-Infectious Disease (1:15 p.m.) *Generational Changes in Cancer Incidence *Ethnic Pre-Disposition to Chronic Disease - Atheroma, Diabetes, Hypertension and Renal Failure *Psychiatric Health of Immigrants - Overcrowding, Destitution, and Culture Shock

Policy Options and the Way Ahead (2:45 p.m.) *Screening Policies for Imported Disease *The Health Care System and Immigrant Health *Science, Support Systems and Policy Opportunities

WHERE:

The Academy, 1216 Fifth Avenue (entrance on 103rd Street).

For more information on speakers and topics please visit: http://www.nyam.org/immigranthealth.

The New York Academy of Medicine, the country???s premier urban health policy and intervention center, focuses on enhancing the health of people living in cities through research, education, advocacy, and prevention.

Posted on June 7, 2005

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Contact:
Andrew J. Martin
Director of Communications
The New York Academy of Medicine
1216 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10029
212-822-7285
amartin@nyam.org

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