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2022 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Daniel E. Dawes, JD

Director, Satcher Health Leadership Institute Morehouse School of Medicine – View Bio

Kenya Beard, EdD, AGACNP, CNE, ANEF, FAAN

Associate Provost, Social Mission & Academic Excellence Chamberlain University – View Bio

Harriet A. Washington

Harriet A. Washington Award-winning Medical Writer & Editor – View Bio

2022 Invited Plenary Speakers

Aliya Bhatia, MPP
Acting Executive Director
Vot-ER & Civic Health Month

Greg Chadwick, DDS, MS
Dean
ECU School of Dental Medicine

Gary Cloud, PhD, MBA
Vice President University Partnerships
A.T. Still University

Will Humble, MPH
Executive Director
Arizona Public Health Association

Phuoc V. Le, MD, MPH, DTM&H
Co-founder
HEAL Initiative

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

Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer
American Medical Association

Luis Padilla, MD
Associate Administrator
Bureau of Health Workforce, HRSA

Karen West, DMD, MPH
President & CEO
American Dental Education Association

2024 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Davarian L. Baldwin

is an internationally recognized scholar, author, and public advocate. – View Bio

2022 Faculty

2022 Faculty

2022 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Daniel E. Dawes, JD

Director, Satcher Health Leadership Institute Morehouse School of Medicine – View Bio

Kenya Beard, EdD, AGACNP, CNE, ANEF, FAAN

Associate Provost, Social Mission & Academic Excellence Chamberlain University – View Bio

Harriet A. Washington

Harriet A. Washington Award-winning Medical Writer & Editor – View Bio

2022 Invited Plenary Speakers

Aliya Bhatia, MPP
Acting Executive Director
Vot-ER & Civic Health Month

Greg Chadwick, DDS, MS
Dean
ECU School of Dental Medicine

Gary Cloud, PhD, MBA
Vice President University Partnerships
A.T. Still University

Will Humble, MPH
Executive Director
Arizona Public Health Association

Phuoc V. Le, MD, MPH, DTM&H
Co-founder
HEAL Initiative

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

Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer
American Medical Association

Luis Padilla, MD
Associate Administrator
Bureau of Health Workforce, HRSA

Karen West, DMD, MPH
President & CEO
American Dental Education Association

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Daniel E. Dawes - Public health leader, health policy expert, educator, and researcher

Daniel E. Dawes is a widely respected public health leader, health policy expert, educator, and researcher who leads the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine. A trailblazer and nationally respected voice in the health equity movement, his scholarship and leadership, particularly the innovative political determinants of health framework that he pioneered, have resulted in increased policies and laws prioritizing health equity. By tackling upstream determinants of health, he has ventured into such uncharted territory as the intersection between climate change and race in the south, to change the course of America for the better. His groundbreaking books, 150 Years of ObamaCare, which elevated the health equity-focused provisions of the Affordable Care Act that he helped to negotiate and formulate, and The Political Determinants of Health, which provides an in-depth lens on the root causes of inequities, both published by Johns Hopkins Press are now nationally and internationally recognized and used as top health policy books. His passion for addressing health inequities is exemplified in his unyielding commitment to building collaboratives, such as the $40 million HHS grant-funded National COVID-19 Resiliency Network and the Health Equity Leadership & Exchange Network, both exist to leverage evidence-based research to advance health equity.

Professor Dawes’ work focuses on health reform, health equity, mental/behavioral health inequities, social and political determinants of health, poverty, and health system transformation. His work bridges research, technology, healthcare, population health and public health – the translation of research discoveries into all communities, including under-resourced, vulnerable and marginalized communities. Professor Dawes brings a forward-thinking, inclusive, and multidisciplinary approach to address issues impacting diverse populations in urban and rural communities in our progressively complex health system, including a national study examining the health and economic impact of mental health inequities in the United States and a major research project to create the nation’s first health equity tracker. Among his many achievements, he was an instrumental figure in negotiating the Mental Health Parity Act, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act, the Affordable Care Act, and other landmark federal policies.

Highly respected for his ability to achieve sound policy changes in a nonpartisan manner; Professor Dawes serves on several boards, commissions and councils focused on improving health outcomes and elevating health equity in the United States and around the world, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Federal Advisory Committee on Health Disparities, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights – Health and Human Rights Institute Advisory Committee, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Policies for Action National Advisory Committee, the National Football League/National Football League Players Association’s National Committee on the Racial Disparities of COVID-19, the National Medical Fellowships Primary Care Leadership Program’s National Advisory Committee, the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health National Advisory Council, the Healthcare Georgia Foundation Board of Directors, the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities Board of Directors, the National League of Cities National Advisory Board, the New York Academy of Medicine, the CDC Foundation’s Community COVID Coalition Advisory Group, and the Children’s Mental Health Network National Advisory Council. He is an advisor to international, national, regional, state, and municipal policymakers as well as think tanks, foundations, corporations, and nonprofit organizations.

Kenya Beard, EdD, AGACNP, CNE, ANEF, FAAN

Kenya V. Beard, EdD, AGACNP-BC, CNE, ANEF, FAAN, is the Associate Provost for Social Mission and Academic Excellence at Chamberlain University. She is a 2012 Macy Faculty Scholar and nurse leader whose research has improved learning environments and strengthened the graduation of racially and ethnically diverse providers. In her former role as Senior Fellow at the Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement at George Washington University School of Nursing, she wrote blogs and co-produced health care disparity segments for HealthCetera, on WBAI-FM for an audience of over 400,000 diverse listeners.

Dr. Beard has consulted with numerous schools across the country on ways to design a multicultural curriculum that advances health equity. She led the New York State Action Coalition in constructing the state’s 2014 Workforce Diversity Toolkit and contributed to the National League for Nursing’s (NLN) 2016 Diversity Vision Statement. She co-created the Josiah Macy Foundation’s 2018 ground-breaking document, Improving the Environment for Learning in the Health Professions and more recently, co-authored the publication, Racism and the Diversity Policy Paradox: Implications for Nurse Leaders to address inequities in higher education. She served as a reviewer for the National Academy of Medicine’s Future of Nursing 2020-2030 report and recently joined the National League for Nursing’s Taking Aim initiative to address racism in nursing. She provided the NLN’s inaugural webinar, Leading Conversations that Center on Racism and her workshop, “Leading in a Race-Conscious Society,” was supported by the Harvard Macy Institute’s Program for Educators in the Health Professions.

Dr. Beard is a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Nursing, and Academy of Nursing Education. She serves as an advisor for the New York Academy of Medicine’s National Health Equity Scholars Network and was recently appointed to the American Nurses Association’s National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing. She is Chair of the American Academy of Nursing’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity Committee and serves as a Board Member at Large for the New York State Board for Nursing. She also serves as an editorial board member for the American Journal of Nursing.