NIMHD Director’s Seminar Series
NIMHD invites you to attend a series of lectures highlighting prominent researchers who are advancing the science of minority health and health disparities.
The 2023 NIMHD Director's Seminar Series (DSS) presentations will be virtual and can be viewed live or later. See the NIMHD DSS Library below for archived discussions.

Thursday, September 21, 2023
2:00 – 3:30 p.m. ET
Alicia Fernandez, M.D.
Professor of Medicine,
University of California San Francisco
General Internist,
Zuckerberg San Francisco General
How Language Barriers Contribute to Health Care Disparities
Individuals who need reasonable accommodation to participate should contact Edgar Dews (phone: 301-402-1366) at least five business days before the event.
NIMHD Director’s Seminar Series Library
- Dr. David O. Meltzer (April 6, 2023)
- Dr. Consuelo H. Wilkins (Feb. 9, 2023)
- Dr. Judith A. James (Nov. 3, 2022)
- Dr. Guillermo (Willy) Prado (Oct. 6, 2022)
- Dr. Mark Hayward (May 4, 2022)
- Dr. Joan Y. Reede (Feb. 16, 2022)
- Dr. Dolores Acevedo-Garcia (Nov. 4, 2021)
- Dr. Chau Trinh-Shevrin (June 24, 2021)
- Dr. Carol M. Mangione, M.D. (April 8, 2021)
- Dr. Ali Mokdad (March 11, 2021)
- Dr. L. Ebony Boulware (Feb. 4, 2021)
- Dr. David R. Williams (Dec. 4, 2020)
- Dr. Ricardo F. Muñoz (Oct. 8, 2020)
- Dr. Denise A. Dillard (Nov. 12, 2019)
- Dr. Monica E. Peek (March 7, 2019)
- Dr. Sandro Galea (Jan. 22, 2019)
- Dr. Amelie Ramirez (Oct. 4, 2018)
- Dr. Tung Nguyen (May 16, 2018)
- Dr. Giselle Corbie-Smith (March 13, 2018)
- Dr. Ana V. Diez Roux (Dec. 7, 2017)
Page updated August 11, 2023