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Monday, March 6

6:30 am–9:30 am
Skills-Building Sessions

Opening Plenary: The Economic Case for Investing in Early Childhood Programs

Peter Van Dyck, MD, MPH
Associate Administrator, Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Juan Acuna, M.D., MSc
Maternal and Child Health Epidemiologist and CDC MCH EPI Team Leader, NCCDPP/Division of Reproductive Health Applied Sciences Branch
Rob Grunewald
Regional Economic Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
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10:00 am–11:30 am
Workshops

D2 — Innovative Care Coordination Models for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs

Lynda E. Honberg
Program Director, Health Insurance & Financing, Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Deborah Allen
Senior Research Associate, Health and Disability Working Group
Ardis Lee Olson
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Toni Wall
Children With Special Health Care Needs Maine Department of Human Services
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D3 — Strategic Partnerships to Improve Women's Interconceptional Health

Annette Phelps, ARNP, MSN
MODERATOR- Director,Division of Family Health Services, FL Department of Health

Arlene Cullum
Sutter Medical Center

Betsy Wood
Executive Community Health Nursing Director, Florida Department of Health

William H. Hollinshead, MD, MPH,
Medical Director, Division of Family Health, RI Department of Health

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D5 — Healthy Child Care America: Linking Health and Child Care Systems

Pat Cole
Indiana Child Care Health Consultant Program Director, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community

Susan Aronson, MD, FAAP
Director of ECELS and Healthy Child Care America, American Academy of Pediatrics Pennsylvania Chapter

Sharon Douglass Ware
Child Care Nurse Consultant, State of North Carolina, DHHS
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D6 —From the Capital to the Clinical: Enhancing Linkages Between State MCH Programs and Primary Care Providers

Paul Lipkin, MD, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Joseph Hagan, MD, FAAP
Pediatrician, Hagan & Rinehart Pediatricians, PLLC
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Plenary II Luncheon and MacQueen Lecture

Edward Schor, MD
Assistant Vice President The Commonwealth Fund
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1:30 pm –3:00 pm
Workshops

E1 — Investigating Troubling Trends: The State Infant Mortality Initiative

Justine Desmarais, MPH
Women's Health Program Director, Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

William M. Sappenfield, MD, MPH
State MCH Epidemiologist, Florida Department of Health
Loretta Fuddy, ACSW, MPH
Chief Family Health Services Division, Hawaii State Department of Health


Melinda Sanders, MS, RN
Section Administrator, Section for Healthy Families and Youth
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E2 — Family Matters: Promoting Health and Wellness for Children with Special Health Care Needs

Gail M Kieckhefer, ARNP, CS-PNP, PhD
Indiana Child Care Health Consultant Program Director, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community
Barbara K. Popper
Director, Family Voices Family Matters Project
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E4 —Early Childhood Well-Being: Findings from the National Survey of Children's Health

Mary Kay Kenney, PhD
Health Statistician, Maternal and Child Health Bureau

Paul Newacheck, DrPH
Professor of Health Policy, University of California

Mary Kay Kenney, PhD
Health Statistician, Maternal and Child Health Bureau
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E7 —Building Early Childhood Systems: Strategic Planning, Budgeting and Partnerships

Lorrie Grevstad
ECCS Grant Lead, Public Health Nurse Consultant, Washington State Dept of Health

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