Conference Program

Program Overview

Sunday, March 29

Time & LocationSession
12:00 – 6:00 pm
The Orpheum 
SMA Student Assembly Pre-Conference (invite-only)
2:00 – 5:00 pm
Wiltern A
Public Health Graduate School Application Workshop
11:30 – 6:00 pm
Foyer
Exhibitor set-up, poster drop-off, early registration

Monday, March 30

Time & Location

Session

7:00 – 8:00 am

Foyer

Registration, Breakfast, Posters, Exhibitors

8:00 – 8:15 am

California Ballroom

Welcome

8:15 – 9:15 am

California Ballroom

Opening Keynote – “The Essential Leadership Exploration: Accountability, Commitment Strategic Transformation

Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN, President and CEO of the National League for Nursing

9:15 – 10:15 am

California Ballroom

Plenary Panel – “Funding the Future in a Shifting Landscape” 

Joseph Betancourt, MD, MPH, President of The Commonwealth Fund

Sam Gill, President and CEO of the Doris Duke Foundation

Bonnie Midura, MPH, Strategic Implementation Lead at The California Endowment

Claire Pomeroy, MD, MBA, President of the Lasker Foundation

10:15 – 10:30 am

Break

10:30 – 12:00 pm

Breakout Rooms

Program (Panels, Workshops)

12:00 – 1:40 pm 

California Ballroom

Macy Awards Luncheon

1:40 – 3:10 pm

Breakout Rooms

Program (Panels, Workshops)

3:10 – 4:20 pm 

California Ballroom

Community Session – Community-Defined Empowerment: Advocacy and Collaboration for Health Equity

Heavenly Hughes, My TRIBE Rise

Janira Perez, MOMS Orange County

Julia Bautista, El Sol Science and Arts Academy

Vattana Peong, The Cambodian Family

Dina Cruz Quintanilla (Moderator), AltaMed

4:20 – 5:30 pm

Foyer

Posters, Exhibitors

5:00 – 6:00 pm

California Ballroom

For Us All campaign gathering

Tuesday, March 31

Time & Location

Session

6:00 – 6:45 am

Sheraton (Hotel) Lobby

30-Minutes of Movement (optional wellness activity)

7:00 – 7:50 am

Foyer

Breakfast, Posters, Exhibitors

7:50 – 8:00 am

California Ballroom

Welcome

8:00 – 9:00 am

California Ballroom

Plenary Panel – “The Great Retrenchment: Resisting the Rollback of Equity”

Introduction: Edward Salsberg, MPA, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity

Panelists:

Bryan Cook, PhD, Director of Higher Education Policy at the Urban Institute

Charlene Green, Psy.D, Assistant Dean of Admissions at UC Davis School of Medicine

Kathryn Philips, MPH, Associate Director, Improving Access at the California Health Care Foundation

Alejandro Quiñones Baltazar, Medical Student, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

9:00 – 10:00 am

Breakout Rooms

Program (Wicked Problems, Ignite Sessions, Panels)

10:00 – 10:15 am

Break

10:15 – 11:15 am

Breakout Rooms

Program (Wicked Problems, Ignite Sessions, Panels)

11:15 – 11:30 am

Break

11:30 – 12:30 pm 

California Ballroom

Closing Keynote – “The System We Inherited, the Future We Build: Social Mission and the Future of Health

Michael Forde, DrPH, MSPH, Public Health Expert

12:30 – 1:00 pm

California Ballroom

Wrap-up

1:00 – 4:00 pm

Wiltern BC

Post-conference (Building a Health Workforce That Stays: Optimizing Retention and Return in California)

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