Conference Speakers

Introductions / Overview

Rachel Moran, JD, (Moderator) Director, Institute for the Study of Social Change, UC Berkeley
George Breslauer, PhD, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, UC Berkeley
Haile Debas, MD, 2007 UCSF Presidential Chair, Global Health Sciences, UCSF
Jaime Sepúlveda Amor, PhD, Director General, Mexican National Institute of Health

Panel 1: The Challenges of TransNational Health Care

Margaret A. Handley, PhD, MPH, (Moderator) Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine, UCSF
Elena Zúñiga Herrera, PhD, General Secretary of National Population Council of Mexico
Nuria Ciofalo, PhD, Senior Evaluation Analyst, The California Endowment
Enrique Gonzalez-Mendez, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, UCSF; Residency Program Family Medicine, Santa Rosa

Panel 2: Is There Really an "Immigrant Health Paradox"?

Alicia Fernandez, MD (Moderator), Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCSF
Ana Abraido-Lanza, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, and Director, Training Core, Center for the Health of Urban Minorities, Columbia University
Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics, UCSF
Carmen Nevarez, MD, MPH, Medical Director and Vice President of External Relations, Public Health Institute, Oakland
Sylvia Guendelman, PhD, MSW, Professor of Community Health and Human Development, UC Berkeley

Panel 3: How Are We Helping Im/Migrants to Stay Healthy?

Dean Schillinger, MD (Moderator), Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCSF
Susan Ivey, MD, MHSA, Associate Adjunct Professor, UCB-UCSF Joint Medical Program
Pat Crawford, PhD, RD, Co-Director, Center for Weight and Health, UC Berkeley
Maricel Santos, EdD, Director, Partnership for Immigrant Leadership, Outreach, and Training, SFSU
Martin Martinez, MPP, Policy Director, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, Oakland
Jon Funabiki, Professor of Journalism, SFSU

Panel 4: Financing Im/Migrant Health Care

Will Dow, PhD (Moderator), Associate Professor of Health Economics
Richard Figueroa, MBA, Health Care Advisor, Office of the Governor, Sacramento
Richard Brown, PhD, Director, Center for Health Policy Research; Professor, School of Public Health, UCLA
Gilbert Ojeda, PhD, Program Director, California Program on Access to Care, UC Office of the President, Oakland
Marianne Bitler, PhD, Assistant Professor of Economics, UC Irvine; Faculty Research Fellow, NBER; Research Fellow, IZA

Closing Remarks

Sarah Macfarlane, MS, Senior Advisor, Global Health Sciences Program; Visiting Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF
Xóchitl Castañeda, MA, Director, California-Mexico Health Initiative, UC Office of the President

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