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DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:On Wednesday, August 20, from 1 p.m. =
to 2 p.m. ET, the Kaiser Family Foundation=92s live, interactive webcast  s=
eries, Today=92s Topics In Health Disparities, will discuss the potential o=
f race-based medical solutions for  improving health care and reducing raci=
al/ethnic health disparities. The webcast on =93Race and Genetics: The  Fut=
ure of Personalized Medicine=94 will take a closer look at efforts to study=
 the interaction between race,  genetics and health. =0D=0A=0D=0AThe paneli=
sts will discuss the efforts underway to develop medications to treat disea=
ses that disproportionately  affect certain racial and ethnic groups, as we=
ll as the benefits and drawbacks of using genetic markers such as  race in =
medical decisions. Other topics to be covered include which genetic factors=
 are being used to  personalize medicine and what pharmaceutical companies =
are doing to target the drugs and treatments they offer  to certain groups.=
 Questions for the panel can be submitted before or during the webcast to  =
ask@kaisernetwork.org .=0D=0A=0D=0APANELISTS: =0D=0A=0D=0A> Richard A. Levy=
, Ph.D., president, Levy Consulting, and former vice president for scientif=
ic affairs, National  Pharmaceutical Council=0D=0A> Dorothy E. Roberts, J.D=
., Kirkland & Ellis Professor, Northwestern University Law School=0D=0A> Cl=
yde W. Yancy, M.D., medical director, Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, =
chief, Cardiothoracic  Transplantation, Baylor University Medical Center, a=
nd President-Elect, American Heart Association=0D=0A=0D=0AThe discussion wi=
ll be moderated by Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Dr.P.H., senior advisor on race, =
ethnicity and health  care for the Kaiser Family Foundation.=0D=0A=0D=0AWHE=
N: Wednesday, August 20, 2008, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. ET=0D=0A=0D=0AWHERE: V=
iew the live webcast at http://www.kaisernetwork.org/todaystopics/20aug08 .=
=0D=0A=0D=0AHOW: The panel of experts will take your questions via email. S=
ubmit questions before or during the show to  ask@kaisernetwork.org .=0D=0A
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:LIVE Webcast: Today's Topics In Health Di=
sparities - Race and Genetics: The Future of Personalized Medicine
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