Proceedings of the 1st Biennial Science of Global Prostate Cancer Disparities in Black Men
Chairpersons:
Folakemi T. Odedina, PhD
Professor, Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, College of Pharmacy Director, Community Outreach & Minority Affairs, Prostate Disease Center University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, USA
Johannes W. Vieweg, MD, FACS Professor of Urology
Chairman, Department of Urology University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, USA
Conference Coordinator
Shannon Pressey, MS
Research Programs Coordinator Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy, College of Pharmacy
University of Florida Gainesville, FL, USA
Scientific Program Committee Chairpersons
Rick Kittles, PhD Associate Professor
Section of Hematology/ Oncology Department of Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL, USA
Renee Reams, PhD Professor
Division of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences College Of Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Sciences Florida A& M University Tallahassee, FL, USA
Carole Kimberlin, PhD
Professor and Graduate Coordinator Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy
Scientific Review Committee Chairpersons
Rich Segal, PhD Professor and Chair
Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy
University of Florida Gainesville, FL USA
Robin Roberts, MB BS, FRCSC, MBA Urologist
Director, University of the West Indies, School of Clinical Medicine and Research, The Bahamas
Nassau, Bahamas
Frank Chinegwundoh, MBBS Consultant Urological Surgeon St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Newham University Hospital, London UK
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of London
J. Olufemi Ogunbiyi, MBBS, FWACP, IFCAP Professor
Department of Pathology UCH/College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Patient/Physician Symposium Committee Chairpersons
Virgil H. Simons, MBA Founder & President The Prostate Net Hackensack, NJ USA
John Andrews The Prostate Net
Community Engagement & Advocacy Committee Chairpersons
Angela Adams, PharmD Executive Director,
The Central Florida Pharmacy Council Orlando, FL, USA
Charles Griggs, MS
100 Black Men Jacksonville Inc.
Chief Consultant Anatomic Pathologist Head, Department of Pathology
Chairman, Educational Advisory Committee Chairman, Health Research Ethics Committee Federal Medical Center, Abeokuta,
Ogun State, Nigeria
Conference Logistics, PR & Marketing Committee
John Andrews The Prostate Net
Levi H. McIntosh, Jr. ED.D. Vice President of Operations 100 Black men of Jacksonville, Inc
Program Coordinator APEL Health Services Jacksonville, FL, USA
Helen Goh
Director, Outreach and Communications Department of Urology, College of Medicine University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, USA
Shannon Pressey, MS
Research Programs Coordinator Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy, College of Pharmacy
University of Florida Gainesville, FL, USA
Sponsorship
Funding for this conference was made possible, in part, by an award provided by the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences and the Division of Cancer Prevention of the National Cancer Institute (Award Number R13CA144439) and an educational grant (Grant Number 57377) from AstraZeneca.
The conference was organized by the University of Florida Department of Urology, University of Florida Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, The Prostate Net, and the 100 Black Men of Jacksonville.
Additional sponsors were Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL; Abeokuta Federal Medical Centre, Ogun State, Nigeria; Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Ogun State, Nigeria; University of Florida Shands Cancer Center, Gainesville, FL; H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL;
