Baltimore Marriott Waterfront
Monday, November 6
4:00 PM – 7:30 PM:
Credential Pickup
3rd Floor, Grand Foyer West
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM:
Bloomberg Fellows Alumni Networking Reception
Waterview AB
*Closed Session*
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM:
Welcome Reception
3rd Floor, Grand Foyer West
Guests can pick up their credentials at the Welcome Reception
Tuesday, November 7
7:30 AM:
Credential Pickup Begins
3rd Floor, Grand Foyer West
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM:
Networking Breakfast Reception
3rd Floor, Grand Ballroom 5
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: Main Plenary Session 1
*Livestream available* 3rd Floor, Grand Ballroom 6 - 10, Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel
Performance
Baltimore Urban Inspiration Choir
Welcome
Joshua Sharfstein, Director, Bloomberg American Health Initiative
Michelle Spencer, Deputy Director, Bloomberg American Health Initiative
Opening Remarks: Video
Michael R. Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies and Bloomberg LP and World Health Organization Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries
Remarks
Ronald J. Daniels, President, Johns Hopkins University
Letitia Dzirasa, Deputy Mayor, Equity, Health, and Human Services, City of Baltimore
Adolescent Health
Panel: The Granny Project: Bridging the Gap to Address Food Insecurity
Joni Holifield, Founder and Executive Director, HeartSmiles
Ganita Wallace, Granny Voice, The Granny Project
Breyanna Dabney, Co-Founder, The Granny Project
Amaya Murillo, Co-Founder, The Granny Project
Panel: Rethinking the Juvenile System: A Focus on Youth Disconnection
Karen de Sá, Executive Editor, The Imprint
Imhotep Simba, Youth Development Practitioner
Project VITAL: Vacant Lot Improvements to Transform Adolescent Lives
Kristin Mmari, Bloomberg Professor of American Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Environmental Challenges
Protecting Disadvantaged Communities from the Health Impacts of Climate Change
John Balbus, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Climate Change and Health Equity
1:1 Conversation: Structural Racism and the Environment
Charles Lee, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Michelle Mabson, Bloomberg Fellow, Earthjustice
A National Investigation on the Impacts of Lane Width on Traffic Safety
Shima Hamidi, Bloomberg Assistant Professor of American Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Violence
1:1 Conversation: A Call to Action for Missing and Murdered Black Women
Lakeisha Lee, Co-Founder of The Brittany Clardy Foundation
Tiara C. Willie, Bloomberg Assistant Professor of American Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Keynote: Federal Efforts to Eliminate Gender-Based Violence
Rosemarie Hidalgo, Director, U.S. Department of Justice - Office of Violence Against Women
1:1 Conversations: Social Media and Teen Gun Violence
Desmond Upton Patton, Brian and Randi Schwartz University Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Antonio Moore, CEO and Lead Consultant, The Flip Project, LLC
A Focus on Group Violence Reduction Strategy
Nehali Vishwanath, Bloomberg Fellow, National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform
11:00 AM – 11:20 AM:
Program Break
11:20 AM - 12:45 PM: Main Plenary Session 2
Welcome Back Remarks
Alfred Sommer, Dean Emeritus, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Ellen J. MacKenzie, Dean, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Special Remarks
Laura Herrera Scott, Secretary of Health, State of Maryland
Leveraging Traditional Systems to Deliver Non-Traditional Solutions to Improve Health
Dora Hughes, Acting Director, Center for Clinical Standards & Quality; Acting Chief Medical Officer, CMS
Addiction and Overdose
Keynote: We are the Medicine: Culture, Creativity, and Reclaiming the Movement We've Built
Sam Rivera, Executive Director, OnPoint NYC
1:1 Conversation: The Overdose Epidemic in Indigenous Communities
Philomena Kebec, Bloomberg Fellow, Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Clinton Alexander, Director, White Earth Behavioral Health
1:1 Conversation: Bringing Evidence to Policymakers in Harm Reduction
Susan Sherman, Bloomberg Professor of American Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Jessica Johnson, Health Education Supervisor in the Office of Disease Surveillance, Southern Nevada Health District
Bloomberg Overdose Prevention Initiative
Brendan Saloner, Bloomberg Professor of American Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Food Systems for Health
How Cities and States are Advancing Food Policy
Rachel Arndt, Built Environment and Food Systems Coordinator, Boulder County Public Health
Jenny Schrum, Research and Evaluation Strategy Manager, New Jersey Office of the Food Security Advocate
Kate MacKenzie, Executive Director, NYC Mayor's Office of Food Policy
Connecting Food Systems and Climate Change
Michael Grunwald, Author & Journalist
Boulder, Colorado: Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
Amelia Hulbert, Bloomberg Fellow, Boulder County Public Health
Closing Remarks
Joshua Sharfstein, Director, Bloomberg American Health Initiative
Michelle Spencer, Deputy Director, Bloomberg American Health Initiative
Closing Performance
Baltimore Urban Inspiration Choir
12:45 PM – 2:00 PM:
Networking Lunch Reception
3rd Floor, Grand Ballroom 5
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM: Concurrent Off-Site Visits
- Johns Hopkins Children's Center
- Charm City Care Connection
- University of Maryland Baltimore, ROAR Center
- Health Harbor Eco-Tour
- LifeBridge Health's Center for Hope
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM: Concurrent Breakout Sessions (On-Site)
- Equity-Centric Policymaking: Using Evidence to Shape Policy Agendas in Public Health
- Beyond Measure: Gun Violence Trauma
- Advancing Health Equity through Community-engaged Research and Practice
- Communications and Media Training
- Translating Data into Practice
- Trafficking in Facts in an Era When Facts Don't Seem to Matter
- The Invisible Shield Screening
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM:
Open Networking
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM:
Evening Reception at the M&T Bank Stadium
Round-trip shuttles leave from the main lobby starting at 5:30 PM
Wednesday, November 8 *Closed Session*
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM:
Facilitated Breakfast Session
3rd Floor, Grand Ballroom 5
9:05 AM – 10:00 AM: Bloomberg American Health Initiative Update Session
3rd Floor, Grand Ballroom 6 - 10, Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel
Opening Remarks
Jessica Leighton, Bloomberg Philanthropies
Initiative Remarks
Joshua Sharfstein, Director, Bloomberg American Health Initiative
Michelle Spencer, Deputy Director, Bloomberg American Health Initiative
Award Presentations: Network of Practice Grant
Dave Kinser, Rapid City Police Department
Rapid City Community Collaborative Co-Reponse Pilot Project
Amy Mullan, Bloomberg Fellow, Future Harvest
Increasing the Profile of Historically Underserved Farmers
Award Presentations: Collaboration Project Award
Jordan Smith, Bloomberg Fellow, Hawai'i Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice
Sarah Freeman, Bloomberg Fellow, County of Hawai'i Department of Research and Development
Breaking Down Language Barriers to Understand Food Insecurity and Build Power in Hawai'i County
Audience Q&A
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM:
Program Break
10:15 - 12:15 PM: Focus Area Breakouts
- Addiction and Overdose
- Adolescent Health
- Environmental Challenges
- Food Systems for Health
- Violence
12:15 PM – 12:20 PM:
Closing Session
Final Remarks
Michelle Spencer, Deputy Director, Bloomberg American Health Initiative
12:20 PM – 1:20 PM:
Networking Lunch Reception
3rd Floor, Grand Ballroom 5