Air date: Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 3:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local Category: Wednesday Afternoon Lectures Description: This lecture will describe conditions for which health disparities exist between whites and persons of color in the U.S.; examine the roles of patient-physician communication, racial concordance in the patient-physician relationship, patient trust, and clinician bias, in understanding healthcare disparities; and name intervention strategies to overcome racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare delivery and outcomes that are being tested in clinical trials. The implications of this body of research for clinical practice, education and training of health professionals, healthcare policy, and future scientific inquiry will be discussed. The NIH Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series includes weekly scientific talks by some of the top researchers in the biomedical sciences worldwide. For more information, visit: The NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series Author: Lisa Cooper, M.D., M.P.H., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Runtime: 00:58:59 Permanent link: http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?16645