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Conference Program
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
Identify parallels between the US response to HIV and to COVID-19.
Name at least three areas needed to respond more effectively to the next pandemic.
Presented by Erica Fishman, MSW, MPH, Minnesota Public Health Association; Kelly Bragg, MPH, CHES, Ohio Public Health Association; Kristen Grimes, MAOM, MCHES, Wisconsin Public Health Association; Ella Greene-Moton, Michigan Public Health Association; Mark Stevens, BS, MPA, Illinois Public Health Association; Joan Trendell, MS, RDN, CD, Indiana Public Health Association
Upon conclusion of this session participants will be able to:
Explain why racial equity is health equity.
Recognize how racial equity has impacted the work of the affiliates within GLPHC.
Use the concepts covered in the presentation to further racial equity work in their role.
Presented by Rosemond Sarpong Owens, CDM, MPH
Presented by Kenston Henderson Sr., CEO of Live With Lyfe, LLC
Presented by Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr., Founder/Program Director for the White Privilege Conference
The plenary will challenge the audience to examine and explore issues related to bias, privilege, supremacy and belief systems. Additionally, we will focus on how to take action against individual and systemic racism, sexism, and other forms of oppression.
Ian D. Wolfe, PhD, MA, RN, HEC-C, Clinical Ethicist, Clinical Ethics Department, Children's Minnesota
Hadija Steen Mills, Healthcare Reparations Founder, Black Liberation and Abolitionist Cohort Core Member; MPH Student, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Olihe Okoro, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy
Glenn Simmons Jr, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Medical School, Duluth MN
Paul Iarrobino, Founding Director, Our Bold Voices
Brigid Riley, MPH, C.T.F., Owner, B.E. Riley Consulting
Kia Moua, MA, Owner, Kia Moua Consulting
Sherry P. Johnson, MEd, C.T.F., Owner, Cultivate Strategy
Sarah Garcia, PhD candidate, Sociology, University of Minnesota
Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of Minnesota
JP Leider, Director of Evaluation, Region V Public Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Training Center; Senior Lecturer, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Annie Krapek, MPH, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Twin Cities Medical Society
Jenna Carter, MPH, Government Relations Manager, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of MN
Carolina De La Rosa Mateo, MPH, Research Associate
Rodolfo Gutierrez, PhD, Executive Director, Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research (HACER)
Sydney Bernard, BA, CHES, MN CHW Alliance Registry Project Manager
Adri Lobitz, BS, MN CHW Alliance Registry Manager
Robert Noel "Chi" Anigbogu, Intern, Hennepin County CHIP
Siddhee Sahasrabudhe, PhD student in Pharmacy at the University of Minnesota
Nishank Varshney, PhD candidate in Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota
Kayleigh Jo Schernbeck, Hopkins, MN resident
Ronald Partridge, Minneapolis resident of Bii Di Gain Dash Anwebi Elder Housing
Heather Gillich, Healthy Living Initiative Manager, Minneapolis Health Department, City of Minneapolis
April Graves, Office of Violence Prevention Specialist, Minneapolis Health Department, City of Minneapolis
Farhiya Farah, Director, Assistant Professor; Public Health Programs; Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Therese Genis, MPH, Community Health & Wellbeing Strategist, Community Advancement, M Health Fairview
Janssen Hang, Executive Director, Hmong American Farmers Association (HAFA)
Dr. Jokho Farah, Chief Information Officer & Chief Quality Officer, People's Center Clinics & Services
Dr. Roli Dwivedi, Chief Clinical Officer & Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota/Community-University Health Care Center (CUHCC)
Kate Feuling Porter, MPH, Senior Program Manager, Twin Cities Medical Society
Gene Nichols, Community Advocate
Betsy Brock, MPH
Ending the Sale of Flavored and Menthol Tobacco: Social Justice and the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Physical Health by Emily Anderson, Director of Policy, Association for Nonsmokers-MN Elizabeth Heimer, MS, CHES, Specialist in Public Policy and Advocacy, American Lung Association; Gene Nichols, Community Specialist, Association for Nonsmokers-MN
Undergraduate Public Health Research Experience: Building Research Capacity among a Diverse Group of Students by Jessica Hanson, PhD, Assistant Professor; Marzell Gray, PhD, Assistant Professor; Ladona Tornabene, Assistant Professor, all of Dept of Applied Human Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth
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