The Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine’s annual research symposium will take place on Wednesday, August 1 from noon to 7:30 p.m. in Wong Kerlee International Conference Center. The symposium will highlight research conducted by students during a poster session from 2:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Keynote speaker Edwin I. Hernández, PhD, president and CEO of Adventist University of Health Sciences, will speak from 5:30 – 7 p.m. on "Moral Communities as Health Havens: The Role of Religion in Modulating the Impact of Health Disparities." After earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in Theology from Loma Linda University, Dr. Hernández earned his Master of Divinity (MDiv) at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University. He also holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Notre Dame, with a specialty in the Sociology of Religion.