The Wayne State University President's Biennial Conference on Health Disparities will be Thursday, Nov. 15, from 7:45 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the WSU McGregor Memorial Auditorium. Discussion topics include Environmental Influences on Health, Barriers to Patient Quality of Care, Sickle Cell, Health Disparities in the Arab American Community and Health Disparities Research.

John M. Flack, M.D., M.P.H., interim chair of the WSU Department of Internal Medicine, will deliver the keynote address,  "Is Vitamin D an Important Cause for Obesity as Well as a Mediator of Obesity Related Diseases?"

Registration for "Understanding and Unraveling Health Disparities" is $25. Students are free and 7.5 of CME credits are available. For more information or to register, please visit www.hdc.med.wayne.edu.