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House Majority Whip to deliver lecture on health disparities in 21st century
March 23, 2010
James E. Clyburn
The Arnold School of Public Health will present the third annual James E. Clyburn Health Disparities Lecture at 9 a.m. Friday, April 9.
James E. Clyburn, the U.S. House Majority Whip, will be the featured speaker for the lecture that bears his name. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992, Clyburn represents South Carolina’s Sixth Congressional District.
“I am honored to be delivering this lecture at an historic time in our nation with regards to health care,” Clyburn said. “Health disparities are always in the forefront of my service in Washington, and I am pleased that, as we celebrate Public Health Week, we have the opportunity to reflect on real positive changes for public health in America.”
The program, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Russell House Ballroom. A reception and scientific poster session featuring health disparities research at the University of South Carolina and Claflin University will follow.
Dr. Tom Chandler, Arnold School dean, said Clyburn’s longstanding commitment to public health needs has been invaluable to the state and nation.
“Jim Clyburn has been a tireless advocate for better access to healthcare and health services. He has been a champion for healthcare legislation, policy, education and research that will improve the lives of children and adults throughout the Palmetto State and the United States,” Chandler said.
“We are honored to have the Congressman on our campus during the nation’s observance of Public Health Week, when we seek to recognize those individuals whose work is critical in our efforts to create healthier communities,” he said.
Clyburn’s visit also comes at a critical time in the nation’s struggle to reform healthcare. Clyburn, a leader in the debate to improve access to healthcare, strengthen Medicare and reduce healthcare costs, has been on the front lines and in the trenches for Americans’ and their healthcare, said Dr. Saundra Glover, director of the Arnold School’s Institute for Partnerships to Eliminate Healthcare Disparities.
“Few people have worked as hard as Congressman Clyburn to ensure that our nation’s healthcare system is the best that it can be,” Glover said. “His commitment has never wavered, and all of us are the beneficiaries of his work. Given the historic passage of the healthcare reform bill, this lecture gives South Carolinians the opportunity to learn about the future of healthcare in our nation.”
In addition to serving as House Majority Whip, Clyburn is the leader of the House Democrat’s Faith Working Group.
Prior to his election to the U.S. House of Representatives, Clyburn was the S.C. Human Affairs Commissioner.
Clyburn is married to the former Emily England. The couple’s commitment to higher education can be seen in their efforts to raise more than $1.5 million for an Archives and History Endowment at S.C. State University, which has named campus facilities in their honor. They have three daughters, Mignon Clyburn, Angela Hannibal and Jennifer Clyburn Reed, two sons-in-law, Cecil Hannibal and Walter Reed; and two grandchildren, Walter A Clyburn Reed and Sydney Alexis Reed.
For more information about the lecture, contact Gwen Preston at the Institute for Partnerships to Eliminate Health Disparities at 251-6315.
