Monday, February 21

P1 — Lifecourse Perspectives on Improving Pregnancy and Birth

Michael Lu, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health
James Collins, Jr, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School Division of Neonatology, Children's Memorial Hospital, and Chair, Secretary's Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality

D1 — Partners in Pregnancy: Enhancing Home Visiting to Improve Pregnancy and Birth

Betsey Eltonhead
Senior Consultant, HealthMetrics Partners, Inc

Nancy Jallo
Project Coordinator, SHM Partners in Pregnancy
Judith Cash
President/CEO, CHIP of Virginia

Darlene Shearer, DrPH
Program Director and Assistant Professor, The Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies, University of South Florida
Estrellita Berry, MEd, RD
Program Director, Central Hillsborough Healthy Start

D2 — Increasing Access to Prenatal Care

M. Lynsey Morris, MA
Associate Director, Federal Affairs, March of Dimes Office of Government Affairs

Belinda Rogers, CIMI, CD (DONA)
Director of Program Services, March of Dimes Oklahoma State Chapter

Sam Prien, PhD, HCLD
Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Texas Tech University

D3 — Introduction to Undoing Institutional Racism

Jo Ann Walsh Dotson, RN, MSN
MCH Director and Chief, Family & Community Health Bureau, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services

Nan Streeter
MCH Bureau Director, UT Department of Health

D4 — Improving Birth Outcomes through Partnership: California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative

Jeffrey Gould, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics, Stanford University

Emmett Gonzàlez, MD, FACOG
Public Health Medical Officer II, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Branch

Jeffrey Gould Part Two

D5 — Obesity as a Risk Factor for Preeclampsia, Preterm Birth and Pregnancy-Related Mortality

Samantha Garbers, MPA
Research & Evaluation, Medical & Health Research Association of New York City

Dan Thompson, MPH
Associate in Research, Florida State University/Florida Department of Health

L1 - Vince Hutchins Leadership Award Presentation

Marian Wright Edelman, MPA
Founder and President of the Children's Defense Fund

E1 — Integration of Child Death Review (CDR) into Title V Needs Assessment and Services

Amy Slonim, PhD
Senior Public Health Advisor, National MCH Center for Child Death Review, Michigan Public Health Institute

James Kemp, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, St. Louis University and Cardinal Glennon Hospital
Patricia Tackitt
Child Death Review Care Consultant for Michigan Child Death Review Program, HRSA/MCHB Office of Data and Information Management

Monique Sheppard, MS, PhD
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation

Douglas Paterson, MPA
Director, Bureau of Family & MCH, Michigan Department of Community Health

E2 — Giving Children a Level Playing Field: Perinatal Health Disparities

Kristen Helms, MSPH
CSC/Dyncorp, Contracted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Millie Jones, MPH
Bureau Director, Family & Community Health, Wisconsin Department of Health & Famiily Services

Jeannine Smalls, MSW, MDiv
Consultant, Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, SC DHEC-Office of Minority Health & Pastor, Greater Middleton Chapel AMEC, Charleston, SC

E3 — High-Risk Pregnancies: Assessing and Addressing the Risks

Steve Abelman, MBA, CHE
Manager, Alliance Development, National Education Initiatives, March of Dimes

Dan Thompson, MPH
Associate in Research, Florida State University/Florida Department of Health

Janis Biermann, MS
Vice President, Education and Health Promotion, March of Dimes

Pamela Xaverius, PhD
Public Health Epidemiologist, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

E6 — Title V Needs Assessment: Moving to a Strengths Approach in Region I

Valerie Ricker, MSN, MS
Director, Division of Family Health, Maine Bureau of Health

Sally Kerschner, RN, MSN
MCH Public Health Planning Specialist, Vermont Department of Health

E7 — Partners in Assessing Need: Family to Family Health Information Centers and State CSHCN Programs

Juno Duenas
Family Voices of California Family-to-Family Health Liaison Network

Nora Wells
Data Project Director, Family Voices