2019 American Public Health Association Policy Action Institute

American Public Health Association

Wednesday Feb 6, 2019 07:30 am to 05:30 pm EST

Marriott Marquis Washington

901 Massachusetts Ave NW

Washington, DC 20001

United States

Engage with public health leaders about critical issues facing our nation today. Building on the 2019 AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference, APHA is organizing this additional day of discussions with a sharp focus on public health policy. Join us to explore such important issues as environmental health, violence prevention, immigrant health and women's health.

Learn from elected leaders as well as policy experts in the public and private sector about how to put policy in action to improve your community and create the healthiest nation in one generation.

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Agenda

7:30 a.m. — Registration Opens

7:30 - 8:30 a.m. — Continental Breakfast

8:30-8:40 a.m. — WELCOME

Georges C. Benjamin, MD, Executive Director, APHA
Lisa Simpson, MB, BCh, MPH, FAAP, President and CEO, AcademyHealth
Morning Emcee: Susan Dentzer, President and CEO, Network for Excellence in Health Innovation

8:40-9 a.m. — OPENING KEYNOTE SPEAKER: The 116th Congress

Member of Congress — invited

9-10:30 a.m. — SESSION I — THE STATE OF U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY: FEDERAL PRIORITIES AND LOCAL SOLUTIONS

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Brett Giroir, MD, U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health

PANEL DISCUSSION: ALL HEALTH IS LOCAL — USING POLICY AS A TOOL FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT

Ron Nirenberg, MA, Mayor of San Antonio
Colleen Bridger, MPH, PhD, Director, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
Moderator: Catherine Patterson, MPP, de Beaumont Foundation

10:30-11 a.m. — Break

11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. — SESSION II — VIOLENCE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Dannel Malloy, JD, former Connecticut governor

CONVERSATION

Kyleanne Hunter, PhD, Vice President for Programs, The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
Falls Church Police Chief Mary Gavin
Helga Luest, MA, Abt Associates

12:30-1 p.m. — Lunch (pick up box lunches and return to tables)

Afternoon emcee: Shelley Hearne, DrPH, MPH, CityHealth

1-1:15 p.m. — PLENARY SPEAKER

Garth Graham, MD, MPH, President, Aetna Foundation

1:15-2 p.m. — FIRESIDE CHAT

Steve Clemons, The Atlantic
Leana Wen, MD, President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America

2-3:30 p.m. — SESSION III — REGULATORY POLICY: A SOCIAL DETERMINANT TOOL

KEYNOTE CHAT

Henry Waxman, former U.S. congressman
Joshua Sharfstein, MD, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

CONVERSATION

Stan Dorn, JD, Families USA
Anand Parekh, MD, MPH, FACP, Bipartisan Policy Coalition
Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, MPH, Children's Environmental Health Coalition

3:30-4:45 p.m. — Break

3:45-4:45 p.m. — SESSION IV — #SPEAKFORHEALTH: A CALL TO ACTION

Leslie Crutchfield, Executive Director, Georgetown University Global Social Enterprise Initiative, McDonough School of Business
Emily Holubowich, Executive Director, Coalition for Health Funding
Xavier Morales, PhD, MRP, Executive Director, Praxis Project

4:45-5:15 p.m. — CLOSING KEYNOTE

U.S. Senator invited

5:15-5:30 p.m. — CLOSING REMARKS

Georges C. Benjamin, MD, Executive Director, APHA
Lisa Simpson, MB, BCh, MPH, FAAP, President and CEO, AcademyHealth

https://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/apha-calendar/2019/apha-policy-action-institute/schedule

Sponsors & Exhibitors

We thank the de Beaumont Foundation, Aetna Foundation, and Jewish Healthcare Foundation for their generous support of the APHA Policy Action Institute.

de Beaumont Foundation Aetna Foundation Jewish Healthcare Foundation