Agenda
“Healthy Women, the Cornerstone of Strong Societies: Setting the Agenda for Women’s Health”
May 16, 2012
8:00 – 9:00AM Continental Breakfast and Registration
9:00 – 9:15 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks Aisha Moore, MWPHA President
9:15 – 10:00AM Opening Session Keynote Speaker: Patricia Nalls, Executive Director
10:00 – 11:00AM Morning Plenary Session Metropolitan Area DOH: A Panel Discussion on Women’s Health
Dr. Samia Altaf, Senior Deputy Director DC Department of Health, Community Health Administration
Dr. Dianna Cheng, Medical Director Women’s Health Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Ginny Mittereder, Nursing Supervisor Arlington Department of Health
Dr. Diane Helentjaris, Director Office of Family Health Services, Virginia DOH
11:00-11:15Am Break
11:15-12:15PM Morning Workshops:
Reproductive Health for Women Living with HIV Toni Holness, Georgetown University Law Center
Tinselyn Simms-Hall, The Womens Collective
Bridging the Gap: Improving Minority Women’s Health
Policy Update: Laws Impacting Women’s Health Care National Women’s Law Center
Dr. Susan F. Wood, Jacob Institute of Women’s Health, GWU
12:30-1:30 PM Lunch and Networking
1:45-2:45 PM Afternoon Workshops
Harnessing Social Media to Effectively Reach Women Lisa Nicole-Danehy, MWPHA
The Office of Women’s Health
The State of Teen Pregnancy Christina Ramos, Young Women’s Project
Katherine Suellentrop, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Christopher “C.A.M.” Gerlach and Emma Beall
Alexandria Campaign on Adolescent Pregnancy
1:4 – The Significance of Intimate Partner Violence on Women & Society
Dr. Tricia Bent-Goodley, Howard University
Dr. Nicole M. Kaib, House of Ruth
3:00 – 4:00PM Afternoon Plenary
4:00 – 4:30PM Closing Aisha Moore, President MWPHA
