The RIMI-COR Program Presents:

Fetal, Child and Maternal Health -

New Research and Policies


You
are
invited
to
the
free
one‐day
conference,
“Fetal,

Child
 and
 Maternal
 Health
 –
 New
 Research
 and
 Policies”
 which

will
be
held
at
the
Dobbs
Ferry
Campus
of
Mercy
College,
NY.

It
is

sponsored
by
the
Research
Infrastructure
in
Minority
InsDtuDons

–
 Career
 OpportuniDes
 in
 Research
 (RIMI‐COR)
 Training
 Program

to
Promote
Minority
Health
funded
through
a
grant
from
the
NIH

‐
 NaDonal
 InsDtute
 on
 Minority
 Health
 and
 Health
 DispariDes.


The
 goal
 of
 the
 conference
 is
 to
 highlight
 factors
 that
 affect

maternal
 health,
 pregnancy
 outcomes
 and
 child
 health
 as
 they

relate
 to
 minority
 health
 and
 health
 dispariDes
 including

recommendaDons
for
changes
in
policy
and
health
behaviors.


 Through
 presentaDons
 and
 panel
 discussions,
 the

topics
 to
 be
 covered
 will
 include:
 the
 effects
 of
 poverty
 on

children’s
 mental,
 emoDonal
 and
 behavioral
 health;
 maternal

transmission
 of
 HIV/AIDS;
 the
 effects
 of
 maternal
 stress
 on

perinatal
 development;
 the
 roots
 of
 newborn
 brain
 acDvity
 and

behavior;
 the
 effects
 of
 environmental
 toxins
 on
 child

development
 ‐
 social
 jusDce
 implicaDons;
 and
 maternal
 mental

health.
 
 The
 conference
 will
 be
 of
 interest
 to
 medical
 and

behavioral
health
care
professionals,
mental
health
professionals,

public
 health
 officials,
 social
 workers,
 faculty,
 students,

community
and
health
service
agencies,
and
community
leaders.

Date: Thursday, April 7, 2011
Time: 8:00 am - 3:30 pm
Location: Mercy College Lecture Hall, Dobbs Ferry, NY
RSVP: Ms. Ruth Rivera at rrivera@mercy.edu or
h9p://www8.mercy.edu/redir/rimirsvp/
***CONFERENCE IS FREE***
Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions – Career Opportunities in Research
(RIMI-COR)
Funding for this conference Program
(event) was made possible (in part) by grant P20MD002717
from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. The views expressed
Funding
for
this
conference
(event)
was
made
possible
(in
part)
by:

in writtenfrom

conference materials or publications
Health
 and
 Health
 and by speakers and moderators domaterials

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Grant
 P20MD002717
 the
 NaDonal
 InsDtute
 on
 Minority
 DispariDes.
 
 The
 views
 expressed
 in
 wri]en
 conference

publicaDons
and
by
speakers
and
moderators
do
not
 necessarily
 reflect
 the
official
policies
of
 the
Department
 of
 Health
 and
 Human
 Services;
 nor
 does

necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health
menDon
of
trade
names,
commercial
pracDces,
or
organizaDons
imply
endorsement
by
the
U.
S.
Government.

 FETAL, CHILD and MATERNAL HEALTH - NEW RESEARCH and POLICIES
April 7, 2011
Mercy College Lecture Hall, Dobbs Ferry, NY
***CONFERENCE IS FREE***
Agenda
8:00 – 9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 – 9:30 Welcome

Dr. William Susman
Interim Dean, School of Health and Natural Sciences
Director, RIMI-COR Program, Mercy College
Introductions
Dr. Michael Sperling
Provost, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Mercy College
Principal Investigator, RIMI-COR Program
Dr. Kimberly Cline
President of Mercy College
9:30 – 10:30 Keynote Address
“Impact of poverty on children’s mental, emotional and behavioral health”
Lawrence Aber, Ph.D., New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and
Human Development

10:30– 10:40 Break

10:45 – 11:15 “Effects of environmental toxins on child development – Social justice implications”
Virginia Rauh, Sc.D., M.S.W., Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health

11:20 – 11:50 “Maternal HIV/AIDS transmission – Prevention and treatment”

Rodney L. Wright, M.D., M.S., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of
Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine

11:55 – 12:30 Panel Discussion

12:30 – 1:15 LUNCH

1:15 – 1:45 “Maternal mental health”
Kimberly Ann Yonkers, M.D., Yale School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry

1:50 – 2:20 “The effect of maternal stress on perinatal development”

Lisa Ecklund-Flores, Ph.D., Mercy College, Department of Psychology

2:20 – 2:30 Break

2:30 – 3:00 “The roots of newborn brain activity and behavior”
William Fifer, Ph.D., Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute,
Department of Developmental Psychobiology
3:00 – 3:30 Panel Discussion

3:30 Closing

RSVP: Ms. Ruth Rivera at rrivera@mercy.edu

Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions – Career Opportunities in Research
(RIMI-COR) Program