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Rural Health Conference Agenda

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Agenda

8:00 AM - 9:10 AM	Registration/Continental Breakfast
9:10 AM - 9:35 AM Multipurpose Room Watch Now	Welcome Remarks Judith M. Persichilli, RN, BSN, MA, Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Health Cory Booker, MA, JD, U.S. Senator for New Jersey Deborah Hartel, MSW, ACSW, Deputy Commissioner, Integrated Health Services, New Jersey Department of Health
9:35 AM - 10:15 AM Multipurpose Room Watch Now	KEYNOTE SPEAKER Rural Health Innovations: Promoting Best Practices and Policies to Uplift Communities Tammy Norville, CEO, National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
10:15 AM - 11:20 AM Multipurpose Room Watch Now	Recruitment and Retention of Healthcare Workforce: New Strategies for New Demands Moderator: Nashon Hornsby, JD, LLM, Assistant Commissioner, Division of Community Health Services, New Jersey Department of Health Cathleen Bennett, CEO, New Jersey Hospital Association Edna Cadmus, Ph.D., RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Executive Director, New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing Linda J. Schwimmer, JD, President and CEO, New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute Michael Shimmens, CPRP, Executive Director, 3RNET David Socolow, Executive Director, New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority Joseph Tetteh, MBA, Project Manager, NJ Industry Partnerships, Northern Region New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM	Break
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM George H. Cook Watch Now	Rural Disparities in Tobacco Use, Lung, Prostrate, and Colorectal Cancer Rates Moderator: Loletha Johnson, RN, MS, Program Manager, New Jersey Cancer Education and Early Detection Program (NJCEED), New Jersey Department of Health Heather Jordan, MPH, CPH, MCHES, Research Program Manager, Center for Tobacco Studies, Rutgers University Danny Markabawi, MD, Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper Donald Noblett, NCTTP, Grants Manager, Inspira Health
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Multipurpose Room Watch Now	Understanding Drivers of Health Disparities in Treating Chronic Disease Moderator: Juliet Jones, BSW, MBA, Program Manager, Diabetes and Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, New Jersey Department of Health Ginnie Cilenti, Executive Director, Diabetes Foundation Ankur Patel, MD, MBA, FAAFP, Consulting Chief Medical Officer, Tabula Rasa Health Care Tanya Pagan Raggio-Ashley, MD, MPH, FAAP, Senior Medical Officer/Physician HRSA
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Room 202 Watch Now	The Health Effects of COVID-19 and its Impact on Our Communities Moderator: Amanda Medina-Forrester, MA, MPH, Executive Director, Office of Minority and Multicultural Health, New Jersey Department of Health Margaret Fisher, MD, FAAP, Acting Deputy Commissioner, Public Health Services, New Jersey Department of Health Linda Flake, CEO, Southern Jersey Family Medical Centers Damon Kaslow, MA, BS, Program Manager, Office of Primary Care and Rural Health, New Jersey Department of Health Jamey Lister, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at Rutgers School of Social Work
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM	Lunch Break
1:15 PM - 2:10 PM Multipurpose Room Watch Now	Working Together to Improve Health Outcomes Among Women and Children Moderator: Cindy Barter, MD, MPH, IBCLC, CTTS, FAAP, Faculty at Hunterdon Family Medicine Residency Program, Hunterdon Health Lisa Asare, MPH, Deputy Commissioner, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services, New Jersey Department of Human Services Carolyn E. DeBoer, MS, Chief Strategy Officer, Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey Barbara Ostfeld, Ph.D., Program Director, SIDS Center of New Jersey, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Roxanne Sutocky, Director of Community Engagement, The Women's Centers
2:10 PM - 2:20 PM	Break
2:20 PM - 3:20 PM George H. Cook	Innovations in Oral Health Moderator: Darwin Hayes, DDS, MHA, FAGD, State Dental Director, New Jersey Department of Health Jean-Claude Dungasi, DMD, MBA, MPH, Dental Director, CompleteCare Health Network Sam Wakim, DMD, MPH, Chief Dental Officer, Zufall Health Center David William, Ph.D., MPH, CEO, QualDent
2:20 PM - 3:20 PM Room 202	Improving Access to Mental Health Moderator: Thomas Bane, LMSW, Special Assistant to the Regional Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, New York Geoffrey Boyce, Chief Executive Officer, Array Behavioral Care Ivette Guillermo-McGahee, ACS, LPC, Founder and Executive Director, Allies in Caring, Inc. Tawanda L. Hubbard, DSW, LCSW, MSW, Social Worker Educator, and Practitioner Associate Professor of Professional Practice at Rutgers University School of Social Wok Ronald Roebuck, MS, Assistant Regional Coordinator, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services, New Jersey Department of Human Services
2:20 PM - 3:20 PM Multipurpose Room	Integrating Social Determinants of Health into the Healthcare Conversation Moderator: Omolola Taiwo, Ph.D., MPA, Executive Director, Office of Primary Care and Rural Health, New Jersey Department of Health Mark Dinglasan, MBA, Director, New Jersey Office of Food Security Advocate Herb Conaway, MD, Assemblyman, 7^th Legislative District, New Jersey Madjiguene Fall, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, TESOL, Kean University Chris T. Pernell, MD, MPH, FACPM, American College of Preventive Medicine, Regent-at-Large Joseph Rivera, Manager of Broadband Access, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM Multipurpose Room	Closing Remarks Marisol Meyer, MBA, Rural Health Project Officer, New Jersey Department of Health Joseph F. Vitale, Senator, 19^th Legislative District, New Jersey
3:30 PM	Adjourn

Last Reviewed: 11/9/2022