Building the Best Environments for Families and Children
August 26-28, 2007 | Denver, Colorado
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At-A-Glance
  • 8:00 AM -
  • 5:00 PM
  • CityMatCH DaTA Institute Graduation and Leadership Workshop
  • 12:00 PM -
  • 5:30 PM
  • CityMatCH Board of Directors' Meeting
  • 1:00 PM -
  • 5:00 PM
  • Perinatal Periods of Risk (PPOR) Workshop Part I: Introduction to PPOR
  • 7:00 AM -
  • 5:00 PM
  • Registration Open
  • 7:00 AM -
  • 8:30 AM
  • Exhibitors' Breakfast
  • 8:30 AM -
  • 9:00 AM
  • Conference Welcome

Speaker:
Magda G. Peck, ScD
Founder and Senior Advisor, CityMatCH
Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health
University of Nebraska Medical Center

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  • 10:30 AM -
  • 11:45 AM
  • Promising Practice Sessions: A

Healthy Births Initiative 
Gwendolynne Y. Cole, BS

Love Thy Neighbor 
Marie James, BSN, MS

"Mommy and Me" Pregnancy Education Classes 
Janine Lewis, MPH, PhD (c)
Director, Health Promotions Department
Westside Health Authority

Speaker:
Richard L. Jackson, MD, MPH

Adjunct Professor 
College of Environmental Design and 
School of Public Health 
University of Californa, Berkeley

  • 1:30 PM -
  • 3:30 PM
  • Skills-Building Workshops

Speakers:
Juan Acuña, MD, MSc

Medical Epidemiologist and MCH EPI Team Leader
Applied Sciences Branch, Division of Reproductive Health
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Michael D. Kogan, PhD
Director, Office of Data and Program Development
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration

Mathew Christensen, MS, PhD
MCH Epidemiologist
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Vickie Thomson, MA, PhD Candidate
Program Manager, Newborn Screening
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

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Speaker:
Candace Rutt, PhD
Health Psychologist
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Speakers:
Hani Atrash, MD, MPH
Associate Director for Program Development
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Anne Rossier Markus, JD, PhD, MHS
Associate Research Professor
Department of Health Policy
George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services

Joan Henneberry, MS
Executive Director
Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing

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Speakers:
Ameena Batada, MPH, DrPH
Nutrition Policy Fellow
Center for Science in the Public Interest

Stephen Gardner, JD
Director of Litigation
Center for Science in the Public Interest

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Speakers:
Joan Eden, MS
Former Deputy Director
Prevention Services Division
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Barbara Ritchen, BSN, MA
Consultant, Former Director
Adolescent Health Program
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

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  • 3:30 PM -
  • 5:00 PM
  • CityMatCH Membership Meeting & Peer Poster Review

Join the famous CityMatCH Band for an evening of entertainment, camaraderie, and good food!

  • 7:00 AM -
  • 8:00 AM
  • Breakfast

Speakers:
Peter C. van Dyck, MS, MD, MPH
Associate Administrator
Maternal & Child Health Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration

Samuel F. Posner, PhD
Science Officer and Associate Director for Science
Division of Reproductive Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Speaker:
Antronette Yancey, MD, MPH
Associate Professor and DrPH Program Director
Department of Health Services
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health

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  • 10:15 AM -
  • 12:15 PM
  • World CafĂ©
  • 12:30 PM -
  • 1:45 PM
  • 2007 CityMatCH Conference Awards Luncheon
  • 2:00 PM -
  • 3:15 PM
  • Action Breakouts: A

Speakers:
Juan Acuña, MD, MSc

Medical Epidemiologist and MCH EPI Team Leader
Applied Sciences Branch, Division of Reproductive Health
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Michael D. Kogan, PhD
Director, Office of Data and Program Development
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration

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Speaker:
Judith A. Kahn, MSW

Executive Director
Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board

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Speaker:
Christina Little, PhD

Senior Instructor
Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment
of Child Abuse and Neglect
Department of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Speakers:
Laura D. Kavanagh, MPP

Training Branch Chief
Division of Research, Training and Education
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration

Kathy Kennedy, DrPH, MA
Director, Regional Institute for Health & Environmental Leadership
Associate Clinical Professor of Preventive Medicine
University of Denver

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Speaker:
Candace Rutt, PhD

Health Psychologist
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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  • 3:30 PM -
  • 4:45 PM
  • Action Breakouts: B

Speakers:
Juan Acuña, MD, MSc
Medical Epidemiologist and MCH EPI Team Leader
Applied Sciences Branch, Division of Reproductive Health
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Michael D. Kogan, PhD
Director, Office of Data and Program Development
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration

Speakers:
Brian Stafford, MD, MPH

Medical Director
The Kempe Center Postpartum Depression Intervention Program

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Speaker:
Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd
Executive Director
Boston Public Health Commission

Speaker:
Carol Woltring, MPH
Executive Director
Center for Health Leadership and Practice
Public Health Institute

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  • 5:00 PM -
  • 7:00 PM
  • "Spotlight on Colorado" Networking Reception
  • 7:00 AM -
  • 8:00 AM
  • Breakfast

Speakers:
Gina Payton Lagarde, MD, MBA
Child Health Medical Director
Maternal & Child Health Program
Louisiana Office of Public Health

Joia Crear-Perry, MD, FACOG
Medical Director
Healthy Start Program (Office of Health Policy)
City of New Orleans Health Department

Kathryn Hall-Trujillo, DDiv, MPH
Director for the Center for Community Health & Well-Being
Home of the Birthing Project

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  • 9:30 AM -
  • 10:00 AM
  • Break (optional check-out)
  • 10:00 AM -
  • 11:15 AM
  • Promising Practice Sessions: B

Effective and Promising Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy: Teen Outreach Program (TOP) 
Kristen Tertzakian, BA
Katherine Suellentrop, MPH

Keeping It Real - "Do the Right Thing!" 
Kimberly Alston, MA, HSM
Jay Whitmore, MSW
Angela Rhodes, BS

Plain Talk 
Tammi Fleming, MPH, CHES
Lorelei Walters, MA

Plain Talk: Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy and STD Prevention through Community Involvement 
Tasha Toby, MPH

Forgotten Families: Addressing the needs of parents and children impacted by incarceration 
Dannai Harriel, BA

Perinatal Depression: Building Bridges to Community Treatment 
Marilyn Benjamin, RN, MSN

Planning Pennsylvania's Perinatal Depression Public Awareness Campaign
Sarah Gibbons, MSS, MLSP
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The closing ceremony will feature an inspirational presentation of poetry and music performed by Dr. Antronette Yancey, Ciro Hurtado, and Cynthia Harding.

  • 1:30 PM -
  • 5:30 PM
  • Perinatal Periods of Risk (PPOR) Workshop Part II: Advanced PPOR
  • 1:30 PM -
  • 5:30 PM
  • Teen Pregnancy Prevention Training TBD