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Highlights of DASH-NY Coalition Conference
Community Partnerships to End Obesity Disparities

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Presenters at the 2013 DASH-NY Coalition Conference

Agenda

        Registration

        Welcome and Opening Remarks
            Jo Ivey Boufford, MD
            President, The New York Academy of Medicine

            Ellie Wilson, MS, RD
            Co-Chair, DASH-NY Coalition
            New York State Council on Food Policy

        Keynote Speaker: Janice Johnson-Dias, PhDPresentation Slides
            Assistant Professor, John Jay College Department of Sociology
            President and Founder, GrassROOTS Community Foundation

        Obesity Disparities in NYS: Michelle Davis, PhDPresentation Slides
            Regional Health Administrator, Region II, Department of Health and Human Services

        Discussion with Speakers: Stephen Cook, MD, MPH, FAAP, FTOS
            Associate Professor, University of Rochester Department of Pediatrics
            Healthi Kids Coalition

        Break

        Panel: Effective Partnerships to End Obesity Disparities
            Moderator: Rachel Pickering, Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency
            - Shavon Arline-Bradley, NAACP                            
            - Barbara Devore, Independent Living Center of Hudson ValleyPresentation Slides
            - Assunta Ventresca, Buffalo Public School District
            - Mark Bowers, NYS Department of Transportation

         Lunch
 
         Panel: Big Ideas in Creating Strong and Healthy Communities  | Presentation Slides
             Moderator: Ellie Wilson, New York State Council on Food Policy
             - Jason Harper & Laura Heery, Congress for the New Urbanism: Healthy Hospital
                Districts |   Presentation Slides
             - Tatiana Orlov, City Harvest: Healthy NeighborhoodsPresentation Slides  
             - Aurash Khawarzad, Change Administration: Open Transportation Planning
                Presentation Slides
             - Emily Light, PriceChopper Wellness Program: Worksite Wellness
         -
Amy Klein, Capital District Community Gardens  | Presentation Slides

        Break

        Panel: Attracting Investment in Your Efforts
             Moderator: Ana Garcia, The New York Academy of Medicine
             - Jacqueline Martinez-Garcel, NYS Health FoundationPresentation Slides  
             - Bonnie DeVinney, Greater Rochester Health Foundation                         
             - Alyse Sabina, The Aetna Foundation

         Highlights/Summary

         Adjourn



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