Garth N. Graham, MD, MPH Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health Office of Minority Health, HHS
Pastor Alton R. Williams, Senior World Overcomers Outreach Ministries Church
9:20 am – 9:40 am
Ice Melter
9:40 am – 10:10 am
"Infant Mortality, Our Trends: Past, Present, and Future" Linda Faye Moses-Simmons, MD Assistant Prof., Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology University of Tennessee Health Science Center
"Research Priorities for Reducing Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality" Carol J. Rowland Hogue, PhD, MPH Jules & Uldeeen Terry Prof. of Maternal & Child Health Professor of Epidemiology Director, Women's and Children's Center Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
10:50 am – 11:25 am
"Neonatal Outcomes in Very Low Birth Weight Infants at the Regional Medical Center" Ramasubbareddy Dhanireddy, M.D. Sheldon B. Korones Newborn Center Professor and Chief Div. of Neonatology, Dept. of Pediatrics and OB/GYN University of Tennessee
11:25 am – 12:10 pm
Luncheon
Keynote Address "Innovations in Maternal/Infant Health Care" Mike Barber Chief Technology Officer GE Healthcare
12:00 pm – 12:25 pm
Exercise Break
12:25 pm – 2:30 pm
Plenary Best Practices for the Reduction of Infant Mortality Disparities in Underserved Communities
Moderator Kimberlee Wyche Etheridge, MD, MPH Bureau of Family, Youth, and Infant Health Director Metro Nashville Davidson County Public Health Dept.
Speakers "Community Actions to Address Infant Mortality in Los Angeles County" Giannina Donatoni, PhD, MT (ASCP) L.A. County, Department of Public Health Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health Programs
"Best Practices for the Reduction of Infant Mortality
Disparities in Underserved Communities" Rhonda Johnson The Magnolia Project Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition
What is My Piece of the Puzzle? Kathleen Brandert, MPH, CHES Education and Training Manager CityMatCH at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Pediatrics/Section on Child Health Policy
4:30 pm – 4:50 pm
Committing to the Work Ahead Facilitated by CityMatch
4:50 pm – 5:00 pm
Closing
Friday-May 22, 2009
Event Time
Event Title
8:30 am – 9:00 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:15 am
Welcome Tonya Lewis-Lee, Esq. Mistress of Ceremonies
9:15 am – 10:15 am
Keynote Address "Social Determinants of Equity and Social Determinants of Health" Camara Phyllis-Jones, MD, MPH, PhD Research Director on Social Determinants of Health and Equity
Division of Adult and Community Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Adjunct Associate Professor, Morehouse School of Medicine
Adjunct Associate Professor, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University
10:15 am – 11:00 am
Preconception Health Ordinary Couples Don’t Plan their Pregnancies! Be Extraordinary!
11:00 am – 11:10 am
Break
11:10 am – 1:00 pm
Plenary Policy and Infant Mortality-Opportunities to Improve Birth Outcomes in African-American Communities
Moderator Giancarlo Mari, MD (Invited)
Chief of Maternal and Fetal Medicine
College of Medicine, Memphis
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Speakers "Addressing Infant Mortality Disparities in Underserved Communities: A Federal Perspective" Garth N. Graham, MD, MPH Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health HHS Office of Minority Health
"Opportunities to Improve Birth Outcomes in African-American Communities"
Robert Duncan Director TN Governor's Office of Children's Care Coordination
"Infant Mortality and Teen Pregnancy, Plans for Improvement in Arkansas" Richard Nugent, M.D. Chief Family Health Branch Center for Health Advancement Arkansas Department of Health
"Delta Infant Mortality Elimination (DIME) Project"
Cedric Morgan Director Delta Infant Mortality Elimination (DIME) Project Mississippi State Department of Health
1:00 pm – 1:10 pm
Closing Remarks
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Student/Elected Official Luncheon (Closed Meeting) Student Recognition Awards
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