The Intercollegiate Department of Black Studies at the Claremont Colleges is pleased to present Dr. Raynard Kington as part of its 2001-2002 Speaker Series dedicated to the topic "Integrated Worlds: Race, Science, Community." Director of the Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research (OBSSR) in the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Kington will be addressing "The Health of Foreign-born vs. U.S.-born African Americans: Implications for U.S. Health Disparities" in the Hampton Room of the Elizabeth Hubert Malott Commons at 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 25.
As Director of the OBSSR, Dr. Kington oversees the stimulation and integration of behavioral and social sciences research throughout the NIH in order to improve our understanding, treatment and prevention of disease. His special area of research is the relationships between race, socioeconomic position and health status, especially in older populations. Prior to his position at the NIH, Dr. Kington served as Director of the Division of Health Examination Statistics at the National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; as Senior Scientist in the Health Program at RAND; and as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a B.S. with distinction and M.D. from the University of Michigan as well as an M.B.A. with distinction and a Ph.D. in Health Policy and Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
The Intercollegiate Department of Black Studies (IDBS) is pleased to sponsor Dr. Kington’s talk. Established in 1969, the IDBS offers a rich program of multidisciplinary teaching and scholarship to all students at the Claremont Colleges. Its mission is to examine through various academic disciplines the experiences of people of African heritage worldwide.