Conference Program
Program Overview
Sunday, March 29
| Time & Location | Session |
| 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
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Time & Location |
Session |
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7:00 – 8:00 am Foyer |
Registration, Breakfast, Posters, Exhibitors |
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8:00 – 8:15 am California Ballroom |
Welcome |
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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 |
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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 |
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10:15 – 10:30 am |
Break |
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10:30 – 12:00 pm Breakout Rooms |
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12:00 – 1:40 pm California Ballroom |
Macy Awards Luncheon |
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1:40 – 3:10 pm Breakout Rooms |
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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 |
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4:20 – 5:30 pm Foyer |
Posters, Exhibitors |
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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 | |
10:00 – 10:15 am | Break |
10:15 – 11:15 am Breakout Rooms | |
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) |