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, PhD | Presentation Slides
Assistant Professor, John Jay College Department of Sociology
President and Founder, GrassROOTS Community Foundation
Obesity Disparities in NYS: Michelle Davis, PhD | Presentation 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 Valley | Presentation 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 Neighborhoods | Presentation 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 Foundation | Presentation Slides
- Bonnie DeVinney, Greater Rochester Health Foundation
- Alyse Sabina, The Aetna Foundation
Highlights/Summary
Adjourn
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