7:00

Registration and Continental Breakfast

7:30

Welcome and Introductions

Quinn Capers, IV, M.D. FACC, FACP  

Chair, Howard University College of Medicine

Dr. Roger Mitchell

President, Howard University Hospital

7:40

History of the Cobb Symposium

Randall Morgan M.D., M.B.A.

Chief Executive Officer

W. Montague Cobb / NMA Health Institute

7:50

Historical Milestones: 
History of the Dept of Medicine 
at Howard University Hospital

Victor Scott, MD

Program Director

Howard University College of Medicine

Session 1. Racial Disparities in Medical Care and Outcomes

Moderator: Gail Kerr, M.D., Chief of Rheumatology, Howard University

8:05

Black-White Disparities in Cardiovascular Care

Quinn Capers, IV, M.D., FACC, FACP

Howard University

Disparities in HIV Care, Howard Center for 
Infectious Diseases

Shihaam Mahgoub, M.D.

Howard University

Disparities in Cancer Care and the Way Forward

Ahmed Ali, M.D.

Howard University

Disparities in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and 
the Way Forward

Edwin Chapman M.D.

Disparities in Sleep Disturbances and Review 
of Current Treatments

Peter Whitesell, M.D.

Director Sleep Center, Howard University

Disparities in the Care of Diabetes and 
Cardiometabolic Disease

Gail Nunlee-Bland, M.D.

Chief, Division of Endocrinology

Howard University

10:05

Networking Break

Session 2. Disparities in Healthcare Outcomes: Searching for Solutions

Moderator: Terrence Fullum, MD, MBA, Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Howard University

10:45

Increasing Diversity in Clinical Trial Research 
Populations: The Equitable Breakthroughs in 
Medicine Development (EQBMED) Project

Priscilla Pemu, M.D., M.S., FACP

Associate Dean for Clinical Research 
Professor of Medicine

Morehouse School of Medicine

The Potential of Genomic Medicine to 
Reduce Healthcare Disparities

Virginia Caine M.D.

President, National Medical Association
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine

The Potential of a Diverse Physician Workforce to 
Reduce Healthcare Disparities

Quinn Capers, IV, M.D. FACC, FACP  

Chair, Howard University College of Medicine
Dept of Medicine

11:45

Summation

Closing Comments

Open Q and A with Audience

Quinn Capers, IV, M.D. FACC, FACP  

Chair, Howard University College of Medicine
Dept of Medicine

12:00

Lunch

12:15

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2:00

Future Doctors Symposium 
(Interactive Sessions Focused on Trainees, Medical Students, and Premed Students)

HUH W. Lester Henry Auditorium