CMNST Presents Dr. Alden Landry, Guest Lecture April 10

The DSU College of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Technology’s Dean’s Distinguished Lecturer Series will present guest speaker Dr. Alden Landry, co-director  of the organization Tour for Diversity in Medicine, at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 10 in lecture hall 139 in the Mishoe Science Center South.

Dr. Alden Landry will speak on “Preparing Students Today for Careers in Health Professions Tomorrow.” The event is free and open to the public.

His Tour for Diversity in Medicine is an organization whose mission is “to educate, inspire and cultivate future physicians and dentists of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds by forming local connections in order to fulfill a national need.” Dr. Landry’s research interest is in emergency department utilization trends, disparities in care and quality of care.

Dr. Landry co-instructs two courses at Harvard School of Public Health and teaches cultural competency to residents. He holds several academic positions at Massachusetts General Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and within the Office of Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership at Harvard Medical School.

In addition, Dr. Landry is the founder of Hip Hop Health, Inc., a non-profit promoting health education ot the “hip hop” generation. He is also passionate about raising awareness of the increasing ethnic disconnect between those providing today’s health care and those receiving it.

Dr. Landry received his BS from Prairie View A&M University (2002), MD from the University of Alabama (2006) and completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in 2009. He earned an MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health, has completed the Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health Policy in 2010, and has earned a number of awards, including the Disparities Solutions Center/Aetna Fellow in Health Disparities award (2010).