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2023 Annual Conference Presentations
Day 1 Presentations
Welcome & Ancestral Lands Statement
Presented by Antonia Apolinário-Wilcoxon and Tyler Pyle, Conference Co-Chairs |
Plenary: The Sovereignty of Wellbeing: Intergenerational Restoration, and Resiliency
Presented by Lori New Breast, Blackfeet/Pikuni, Native Wellness Institute |
Oral Health in Population Health: More than a pretty smile
Presented by Jessica Flotterud, LDH, MS, MPH, Chief Strategic Officer, Apple Tree Dental; Lyubov Slashcheva, DDS, MS, FABSCD, DABDPH, FICD Research Director/Dentist, Apple Tree Dental |
Safe Drinking Water for All
Presented by Frieda von Qualen, she/her, MDP, Strategic Initiatives Coordinator, Water Policy Center, Minnesota Department of Health; Tannie Eshenaur, she/her, MPH, Manager, Water Policy Center, Minnesota Department of Health |
Strength within the Latiné Community: Promotor@s and Liderazgo
After the mask: The impacts of of COVID-19 on Latines in Minnesota, three years later
Presented by Laura V. Villarreal, MPH (She/They), Health and Violence Prevention Specialist, Esperanza United; Patricia Emmanuelli (She/Her), Community Health and Wellness Manager, Esperanza United Rodolfo Gutierrez, he/him, PhD, Executive Director, HACER; Angeles Juarez, she/her, RN, BSN, MA, Outreach specialist, HACER |
Community Building and Social Connectedness to Promote Children’s Health
Working Upstream for Children’s Health Equity
Presented by Beth Ann Dodds, she/her/hers, Project Coordinator, Department - Indigenous Parent Leadership Initiative, Indigenous Visioning, LLC; Andrea Heras, she/her/ella, Family Educator, Early Childhood, Centro Tyrone Guzman; Jason Lee, Program Management Consultant, Korean Service Center Fawn Youngbear-Tibbetts, she/her/hers, Program Director, Early Childhood Dakota and Ojibwe language immersion, Alliance of Early Childhood Professionals dba Wicoie Nandagikendan; Maren Christenson Hofer, Executive Director, Multicultural Autism Action Network (MAAN) |
Improving Breast Cancer Screening in Minnesota BIPOC Populations through Targeted Education
Presented by Donna DeGracia she/her MPAS, PA, Breast Cancer Education Association (BCEA) President; Mehnaz Parvez (aka Geeta Deka), she/her MBBS, MS, Assistant Professor, St. Catherine University MPAS Program; Ashley Pohlenz she/her MPH, BCEA Vice President |
Let's Talk About Occupational Burnout and Recovery
Presented by Erin Ulrich, Ph.D., she/her/hers, Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Drake University; Facilitated by Chris Espersen |
Plenary: Healing the Healers, Healing the Systems: How to Find Hope in Action
Presented by Gwen Wagstrom Halaas, MD, MBA, FAAFP, Dean, Sanford Heimarck School of Health Professions, Concordia College, Moorhead |
Connect with the Minnesota Health Equity Networks
Day 2 Presentations
Welcome and Ancestral Land Statement
Presented by Mayor Shelly Carlson, City of Moorhead and Ellen Saliares, MPHA President |
Plenary: Resurgence of Vaccine Preventable Disease and the Role of Mis- /Dis-information
Presented by Tracie Newman, MD, MPH, FAAP, she, her, Adjunct Associate Professor, Management of Infectious Diseases, College of Health Professions, Department of Public Health, North Dakota State University |
Bridging Generations in Early Childhood Health and Development
Presented by Gevonee Ford, he/him/his, Founder & Executive Director, Network for the Development of Children of African Descent (NdCAD) |
Building workforce pathways from public health schools to the governmental public health enterprise – Lessons learned from a pilot project
Public Health Education in Minnesota: It’s Not Your Parent’s (or Grandparent’s) MPH!
Presented by Harshada Karnik, she/her, PhD, MS, MPP, Researcher, Center for Public Health Systems, University of Minnesota; Chelsey Kirkland, she/her, PhD, MPH, CHW, Researcher, Center for Public Health Systems, University of Minnesota; Kari Oldfield-Tabbert, she/her, Director, Local Public Health Association of Minnesota; Rachel Schulman, CPHS, UMN Jon Roesler, he/him, Assistant Professor and Program Director, Public Health Programs, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota |
Human-centered Technology and Services: Building Better in the 21st Century
Presented by Mathias Rechtzigel |
Ramsey County Food Security Needs Assessment 2022
Presented by Carissa Dillon (she/her) MPH, RD, Food Security Coordinator, Health and Wellness Service Team, Ramsey County; Sarah Auten (she/her), Planning and Evaluation Analyst, Health and Wellness Administration Department, Ramsey County |
Promoting a Healthy Inclusive Democracy is Public Health
Presented by Erica Fishman, MSW, MPH (she/her/hers), Minnesota Public Health Association Health Equity Committee Co-chair; Pat Stieg, MA CHES, (he/his/him), Minnesota Society for Public Health Education and Senior Public Health Program Specialist, Carver County Public Health Department; Jeanne Ayers, R.N. MPH (she/her/hers), Healthy Democracy Healthy People, Executive Director |
Strengthening the MN Public Health System through Data Standards and Centralization: The MDH Data Technical Assistance Unit
Presented by Hannah Woods, MPH, Data Technical Assistance Unit Supervisor, Minnesota Department of Health; Chris Brueske, Lead, Covid-19 Data Team, Minnesota Department of Health |
Plenary: The Light at the End of the Tunnel
Presented by Jan Malcolm, Former Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner |