Tuesday, February 22

F1 — The Power of Nutrition: WIC and Birth Outcomes

Ruth Shrock, MPH
Research and Evaluator Section Administrator, Ohio Department of Health

Stephen Saunders, MD, MPH
Associate Director, Illinois Department of Human Services, Office of Family Health

F2 — Promoting Positive Pregnancy Outcomes

Donna Cohen Ross
Outreach Director, Center for Budget & Policy Priorities

Christopher Botsko
Senior Policy Associate, Health Systems Research, Inc.

Tom Miller, MD
Director, Bureau of Family Health Services, Alabama Department of Public Health

F3 — Promising Strategies to Prevent Perinatal HIV

Margaret Lampe, RN, MPH
Project Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Lois Bloebaum, BSN
Manager, Reproductive Health Division, Utah Department of Health

Chan McDermott
Coordinator, Perinatal Health Program, Texas Department of Health

F4 — Injury and Violence During Pregnancy: The Hidden Epidemic

Harold Weiss, PhD
Associate Professor, Director, Center for Injury Research & Control, University of Pittsburgh

Rebecca Whiteman, MA
Senior Health Analyst, Family Violence Prevention Fund

F5 — Obesity as a Risk Factor for Preeclampsia, Preterm Birth and Pregnancy-Related Mortality

Rodney Wise, MD
Medical Director of Maternity Program, Office of Public Health, State of Louisiana

Betsy Wood, RN, MPH
Unit Director, Florida Department of Health

Kathleen Buckley
Director, NFIMR, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

L2 — Challenges in Maternal and Child Health

Jennifer L. Howse, PhD
President, March of Dimes

G1 — Linking Data Files to Address Birth Outcomes

David Hollar, Jr, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medical Genetics, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine

Mary Lee, PhD
Senior Policy Fellow, Connecticut Voices for Children
Amanda Learned
Systems Manager, MAXIMUS

G2 — Healthy Transitioning from Hospital to Home

Lauri Levin, MSW
Manager, Technical Assistance, National Center of Medical Home Initiatives for Children with Special Needs, American Academy of Pediatrics

Jennifer Sedlmeyer, BSN, RN, VDH
Director of Northern Virginia Perinatal Outreach, Inova Fairfax Hospital

G3 — Centering Pregnancy: A New Model for Prenatal Care

Rima Jolivet
Consultant, Centering Pregnancy and Parenting Association

Chan McDermott
Coordinator, Perinatal Health Program, Texas Department of Health

Jane Peacock
Family Health Bureau Chief, New Mexico Department of Health

G4 — What is the Future of Newborn Screening?

Kay Johnson, MPH, EdM
President, Johnson Group Consulting

Susan Panny, MD
Director, Office of Genetics and CSHCN, Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

Teresa Blake, MS
Genetic Counselor, University of Tennessee, Graduate School of Medicine

P3 — Promoting Healthy Outcomes for Successful Infants

Kathleen Wenck
Parent of a child with special health care needs

Marie McCormick, MD, ScD
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard School of Public Health