SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY
proudly presents
the Fifth Annual Joan Coffey Symposium
and
the First Annual Medicine and the Social Sciences and Humanities Conference

Preliminary Events:

Thursday, April 9, 6:30 pm, Olson Auditorium - PBS documentary “The Polio Crusade”

Conference Events:

Thursday, April 16

12:30:  Luncheon with David Oshinsky, Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin and New York University and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Polio: An American Story  (invitation only)

2 pm: Polio: A Student Round Table Discussion with David Oshinsky, Peabody Building (invitation only)

5 pm: Department of History Honors Banquet, Austin Hall (by invitation only)

7 pm - The 6th Annual Joan Coffey Symposium Lecture, Olson Auditorium, AB4

Welcoming Remarks – Terry Bilhartz, Chair, Department of History, SHSU

In Memory of Joan Coffey – Tracy Steele, Associate Professor of History, SHSU

Speaker Introduction - Nancy Zey, Assistant Professor of History, SHSU

"Polio: A Look Back at America’s Most Successful Public Health Crusade,"
David Oshinsky, Professor of History
University of Texas at Austin and New York University

8:30 pm - Reception and Book Signing in the foyer of AB4

Friday, April 17

9 am, CHSS Room 120

Opening Remarks, John de Castro, Dean, College of Humanities and the Social Sciences, SHSU

Session 1:  Keynote Address
Moderator: Alessandro Bonanno, Professor of Sociology, SHSU

"Collaboration between Medicine and the Social Sciences and Humanities: The Case of Orbital and Periorbital Cancer Research,” Bita Esmaeli, MD, Professor of Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

10 am, CHSS 120: Session 2 -  Humanizing Medicine, CHSS 120
Moderator: Paul Child, Professor of English, SHSU

"The Social Consequences of Facial Disfigurement Due to Orbital and Periorbital Cancer," Alessandro Bonanno, Professor of Sociology, SHSU

"M.D. Anderson and the Advent of Multidisciplinary Cancer Treatment," James Olson, Regents Professor of History, SHSU

11 am, CHSS 120:  Session 3 -  Ethnicity and Disease
Moderator: Glenn Sanford, Professor of Philosophy, SHSU

"Reducing Health Disparities of Asian-American Population in Houston, Texas," Shane Chen, Houston Asian American Health Collaborative, HOPE Clinic

"The Role of Community-Based Participatory Research in Reducing Health Disparities: The Experience of Asian Community in Houston," Furgen Deng, Professor of Sociology, SHSU

"Latinas and the Breast Cancer Experience: Some Exploratory Findings," David Nelson, Associate Professor of Psychology, SHSU, and Daniella Rossi, MA in Psychology, SHSU

12:30 pm - Luncheon Round Table (invitation only)
Moderator:  Jack Turner, Professor of Biology, SHSU

 "Making Cancer History: Disease and Discovery at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center," James Olson, Regents Professor of History, SHSU

2 pm, CHSS 120:  Session 4 - Women and Disease
Moderator:  Tamara Waggener, Associate Professor of Political Science, SHSU

"Identifying Women at Risk: Variations in Preeclampsia Rates Across Time and Place," Terry Bilhartz, Professor of History, SHSU, and Patty Bilhartz, 4th Year Medical Student, Texas A&M College of Medicine

“Anti-ERA Activist and ‘Cancer Winner’: Jaquie Davison's Fight Against Feminism and Melanoma,” Nancy Baker, Assistant Professor of History, SHSU

3 pm, CHSS 120:  Session 5 - Preparing Undergraduates for Careers in Medicine
Moderator:  Todd Primm, Associate Professor of Biology

“Traditional and Nontraditional Pathways: Words of Wisdom from a Panel of Physicians and Medical Students”  Karin Olson, Teri Bilhartz, Patty Bilhartz

4 pm – Wine and Cheese Reception
Hosted by Dean de Castro of  the College of Humanities and Social Sciences,
CHSS 3rd floor patio (invitation only)