Director of Adolescent Medicine Hoover Adger, M.D., M.P.H.
November 22, 2010
Johns Hopkins hosts its 3rd Annual LEAH Adolescent Health Disparities Conference, “Health & the Urban Family: Promoting Health Futures for Urban Youth,” Friday, Dec. 3, at Feinstone Hall, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The Leadership Education in Adolescent Health(LEAH) program provides interdisciplinary training for physicians, psychologists, nurses, social workers and nutritionists at seven sites nationwide, including Johns Hopkins.
Designed to support the health and well-being of adolescents, LEAH at Johns Hopkins is directed by Hoover Adger, M.D., director of adolescent medicine at Hopkins Children’s. Adger talks about the upcoming health disparities conference at Johns Hopkins, the needs of urban youth and how Hopkins Children’s and its Harriet Lane Clinic are working to meet them.