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Keynote Presenters and Plenary Session Information:

Thursday, October 21, 2010:

    Dr. Mary Lou de Leon Siantz is the Assistant Dean of Diversity and Cultural Affairs at the
    University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.   She chairs the Advisory Task Force on Diversity and
    Cultural Competence, the Master Teachers Taskforce for Cultural Competence Education, and is
    faculty advisor for the Minorities in Nursing (MNO) a student nursing organization that support and
    represent minorities in the School.

    Dr. de Leon Siantz was formerly a Professor at Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health
    Studies, and served as Associate Dean for Research and Graduate studies and Director of the
    Milagros Center of Excellence in Migrant Health. Prior to that, she was a Professor at the University
    of Washington, Department of Family and Child Nursing, where she continues as an Affiliate of the
    Department, and Indiana University, Department of Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing. She is a
    founding member and former President of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses.

    She is a former member of the National Academy of Science Institute of Medicine Committees on the Health Status of Immigrant
    Children, Patient Safety and the Workforce Environment, as well as a Consultant to the Committee on Workforce diversity in the Health
    Professions.  She is a member of the Secretary of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality, reappointed to
    a second term. She has also served on the National Advisory Council for the National Institute for Nursing Research, and has served
    on the Children and Families Study Section, Center for Scientific Review.

    Dr. de Leon Siantz is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and a Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow.  She was
    also awarded a Senior Fellowship by the Fundacion Solaridad Mexicano Americano in Mexico City, 2003. Most recently she has been
    appointed to serve on the Research Committee of the California/Mexico Health Initiative and collaborates with the Instituto Nacional de
    Psiquiatria Ramon de la Fuente Muniz of Mexico and the Joint Commission’s National Advisory Committee.  

    She is internationally recognized for her research on risk and resilience with Hispanic migrant/immigrant children and their families
    funded by the National Institutes of Health as well as the Department of Health and Human Services and recognized by the Texas
    Migrant Council for her contributions to the mental health of migrant preschool children and families.  She was named one of the top
    Latinas in Health and Science by Hispanic Magazine in 2004, 2005.

Friday, October 22, 2010:

    Mr. Michael Caudill  is a former RN and Mobile Intensive Care Nurse in the Emergency Departments
    of Los Angeles County Hospital and the George Washington University Hospital in Washington DC.
    His fourteen years of clinical experience includes work as an instructor at the Los Angeles County
    Paramedic Training Institute, ACLS instructor, hyperbaric chamber nurse, family practice clinic
    manager, nursing assistant, and emergency medical technician.  

    Mr. Caudill earned a Master's degree in Intercultural Communication from the American University's
    School of International Service in Washington DC, and a certificate in Traditional Mexican Folk
    Medicine from the University of New Mexico. He has held positions in Public Affairs and Disaster
    Services at the national headquarters of the American Red Cross, and undertook emergency relief
    assignments in Latin America and the Caribbean for the World Health Organization, the Organization
    of American States, and the United Nations.

    Mr. Caudill is a managing partner of Intercultural Advantage, a consulting practice that helps clients manage the challenges and
    opportunities of the multicultural workplace.  His work and studies have taken him to 44 countries across Europe, the Balkans, the
    Near East, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.  He speaks Spanish and is an instructor of human communication with
    area specialties in crisis communication and intercultural communication at Western Carolina University in North Carolina. His teaching
    has been recognized with an Outstanding Teacher Award for Service Learning and induction into the Phi Delta Beta Honor Society for
    International Scholars.

Plenary Session Information:

    Thursday: October 21, 2010:   Collective Voices of the Other:  Evidence-Based and Best-Practices For Reducing
    Health Disparities/ Transcultural Caring and Healing:  
    Dr. Larry Purnell,  Dr. Hiba Wehbe-Alamah, Dr. Sandy Mixer, Mr. John Collins, Ms. Kai Wright

    Saturday: October 23, 2010: Recent Books by TCN Scholars: Valuable Resources for Building our Knowledge Base
    of Transcultural Nursing:  
    Dr. Marty Douglas,  Dr. Dula Pacquiao, Dr. Marianne Jeffreys, Dr. Susan  Mattson, Dr. Marilyn Ray,
    Dr. Rachel Spector,  Dr. Fran Wenger

    Saturday: October 23, 2010:  Creating Culturally Competent Organizations: Reducing Health Disparities:  
    Dr. Patti Ludwig-Beymer, Dr. Stephen Marrone
36th Annual Conference
Of The Transcultural Nursing Society in Atlanta, GA
October 20 -23, 2010
    Theme: Transcultural Nursing on a Human Scale
Objectives:
    1.  Envision health care delivery at a local level.
     2.  Advance participatory practice across care settings.
     3.  Integrate transcultural healing practices into care encounters.   
     4.  Honor the collective voices of the "other".