Town Hall: Pharmacy Deserts, Access to Medicines and Health Equity in LA

Members of the South Los Angeles community, join us for a town hall to provide your input and perspectives on barriers to pharmacy access in your neighborhoods. Share with us what works and what doesn’t for accessing medications and pharmacy services in South Los Angeles.

Light dinner provided. Street parking available.

Hear introductory remarks from:
> Oliver Brooks, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Watts HealthCare Corporation
> David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD, President and CEO, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
> Representative La Shawn K. Ford, Illinois General Assembly
> Melvin Thompson, Chicago Community Organizer
> Ibrahim A. Younis, PharmD, Pharmacy Partners Lead, LA County Department of Public Health

Presented by the Community Scholars Collaborative for Health Equity Solutions (CHES), the Southern California Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (SC CTSI), the USC Dornsife Spatial Sciences Institute, the USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics.

For more information, please contact Dr. Robert Vos, at vos@usc.edu.