*Please note this is a tentative preliminary schedule and will be updated with the final speakers over the next week.
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
General Conference Registration
7:30 – 8:30 am
Student Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 am-3:00 pm
Undergraduate and Graduate Student Forum: Training the Next Generation of Leaders
3:00 pm
SPECIAL SESSION: OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The Honorable James E. Clyburn, Majority Whip, U.S. House of Representatives, South Carolina, Sixth District
7:30-8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
7:30 am-4:30 pm
General Conference Registration
8:30 – 9:45 am
OPENING REMARKS
The Honorable Muriel Bowser, Mayor, Washington, DC
SPONSOR REMARKS TBD
9:45 -10:15 am
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Lauren Alexander Augustine, Executive Director, Gulf Research Program National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
10:15-11:15 am
PANEL ONE DISCUSSION and QA
The Social Determinants of Health: How may we reduce and eliminate health disparities through strategic and collaborative partnerships, evidence-based interventions, and public policy initiatives that address poverty, educational attainment, environmental quality, housing, public safety and other social determinants of health?
11:45-1:15 pm
LUNCHEON & KEYNOTE SPEAKER
The Honorable Paul M. Dabbar, Under Secretary for Science, United States Department of Energy, Washington, DC
1:30 pm -2:45 pm
PANEL TWO DISCUSSION and QA
Climate Change at the Community Level: Catastrophic weather events exact a disproportionate toll on all communities, specifically low-income and minority communities. What steps must we take to assure appropriate levels of emergency preparedness, response and recovery in communities?
2:45 -4:00 pm
PANEL THREE DISCUSSION and QA
Mental Health: How do we address disparities in the recognition and treatment of mental illness? These include limited access to treatment in rural and underserved areas, as well as the need to reduce violent and/or deadly outcomes, such as gun violence and suicide.
4:00-5:15 pm
PANEL FOUR DISCUSSION and QA
Technology and Innovation: What are appropriate and effective roles for technology and innovation and broadband access in reshaping the future of health care and addressing the social determinants of health, and health disparities confronting urban, rural and medically underserved communities?
7:00 pm
OPENING RECEPTION
7:30-8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
7:30 am-4:30 pm
General Conference Registration
8:00- 8:15 am
OPENING KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Mr. Carlos M. Brown, Esquire, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Dominion Energy Services, Glen Allen, VA
8:15 – 9:30 am
PANEL FIVE DISCUSSION and QA
Federal Government Capacity Building: Training and technical assistance for vulnerable communities in natural disaster preparedness, response and recovery.
9:30 -10:30 am
FIRE-SIDE CHAT:
Social Determinants: Collaboration, Action, and Impact. Ms. Karen M. Dale, Market President/CEO, AmeriHealth Caritas DC, Washington, DC
10:30 -11:45 am
PANEL SIX DISCUSSION and QA
Substance Use Disorder: This session will provide an overview of the causes, impacts and effective strategies for addressing substance use disorders, with an emphasis on, opioids, alcohol, tobacco and vaping. In addition, this session will address approaches to ensuring access to the continuum of appropriate treatment in rural and underserved communities.
11:45 am-12:15 pm
BREAK
12:15 pm- 1:30 pm
LUNCHEON
Student Research Forum Award Presentation & EJ Awards and Presentation
KEYNOTE SPEAKER TBD
1:30- 2:45 pm
PANEL SEVEN DISCUSSION and QA
Ending the HIV Epidemic: Many communities are experiencing a resurgence in HIV cases. What is the role of health-care providers in assuring and delivering high-quality care and culturally appropriate treatment in communities of color? How may we address these issues in rural and underserved communities, where access to care is a major issue?
2:45-4:00 pm
A 2020 Call to Action: A roundtable discussion with Congressional, federal, state and local leaders focusing on their individual and collective roles in addressing health disparities, environmental justice and health equity.
4:00-5:15 pm
PANEL EIGHT DISCUSSION and QA
Human Trafficking as a Public Health Issue: Community health impact and effective responses to leverage policy and mobilize resources.
8:00-9:00 am
BREAKFAST BUFFET
8:30-9:00 am
OPENING REMARKS
9:00 -10:15 am
PANEL NINE DISCUSSION and QA
From Research to Response: Connecting the Dots between Research and Health Policy: How do we develop, enact and apply public policy to reduce health disparities? What is the connection between health and economic development in creating healthy and sustainable communities?
10:15 – 11:30 am
PANEL TEN DISCUSSION and QA
Environmental Justice and Health Disparities: While Environmental Justice has been recognized for decades as a factor in health disparities, we must ask how the drive for justice has impacted environmental quality, human health and economic development? Do we see measurable progress in outcomes, lifespans and well-being at the community level?
11:30-CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
CLOSING REMARKS
