Keynote speakers’ presentations will begin @ 10:00 am in GC Ballroom, lunch @ 12:00 -1:00 pm. An Ethics Seminar with Nursing with available CEUs will begin @ 1:00 pm in GC 243. Poster presentations will be available for viewing throughout the day in GC Ballroom and GC 243. Evaluations will be completed electronically and/or on paper collected in each room at the end of the Colloquium.
Dr. Trudy Gaillard
PhD, RN, CDCES, FAHA, FAAN, Dr. Vanessa Von Wertheim Endowed Chair in Chronic Disease Prevention and Care, Tenured Associate Professor in the Nicole Wertheim Collage of Nursing & Health Sciences.
She was recently awarded a $2.9 Million grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging titled, “Florida Registry for Aging Studies” to recruit and retain older African American, Latino/Hispanic, and Caribbean adults into clinical research as recruitment in these groups continues to be a significant challenge. Diverse older adults remain one of the most underrepresented groups in aging research. We would like Dr. Gaillard to discuss how she and her team are creating an online statewide registry where older adults who are ready to participate in aging research can find available clinical trials. Lack of diversity is a problem that poses serious questions about whether new treatments or lifesaving therapies are safe, effective and benefit everyone, especially populations disproportionately impacted by chronic diseases.
Dr. Okezi T. Otovo
Associate Professor of History and African and African Diaspora Studies, Affiliate Faculty of the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (CWGS).
Dr. Otovo is principal investigator and project lead of the FIU Black Mothers Care Plan (BMCP) in the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies. An interdisciplinary and multifaceted initiative, the BMCP’s mission is to collaborate with community organizations, doulas and midwives, and clinical providers to improve the quality of maternal care for Black women and birthing persons and reduce care disparities. Sponsored by multiple research grants and private foundations, the BMCP is also a Research Center on Maternal Health and member of Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Maternal Health Equity Research Collaborative.
We would like Dr. Otovo, Dr. Aaliyah Gray (Postdoctoral Associate), and Zharia Thomas (Graduate Research Assistant) to discuss the current state of maternal health disparities in the U.S. and South Florida and the implications of the BMCP’s research for healthcare professionals regarding patient-provider communication and collaborating with community-based providers.
Dr. Laurel L. Clark
PhD, MA, Bioethics & Health Policy, RN, HEC-C from Cleveland Clinic, Weston.
Dr. Laurel L Clark is our Speaker for the Ethics Seminar. She is a doctoral prepared nurse with extensive leadership experience in Clinical Ethics Consultation Services, Ethics Education, and Bioethics Policy Development.Her career-long commitment has been to achieve and exceed system-wide objectives and key results by effectively upholding and promoting the highest standards and ethical norms for the delivery of quality and ethically appropriate services. She has been guided by the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities core competencies and Code of Ethics for ethics consultation services. We would like Dr. Clark to discuss Human Research Subjects Protections with a focus on ethical considerations in biomedical, social, and behavioral practices in research.
