Conference Program

1. Session –Screening for Lung Cancer: Leading the Way in Virginia Panel

Panel Presentation:
Peter Buckman, MD, Thoracic Surgeon, Richmond Thoracic Surgeons, LLC
Karen Overmeyer, RN, HCA Oncology Lung Screening Program
Janis Dauer, MS, CAC,Executive Director, APTNA

2. Session –Health and Place: How Where We Learn, Live, Work and Play Affects Us!

Panel Presentation:
Carolyn Graham, DMin, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer City of Richmond Human Services
Kenneth Studer, PhD, Program Manager Office of Primary Care and Rural Health. V DH, Office of Minority Health and Public Health Policy
Rexford Anson-Dwamena, M.Sc (MPH) Spatial Analyst, VDH, Office of Primary Care and Rural Health.

3. Session –"Tobacco-Free Works For Us…How Does It Work For You?"

Panel Presentation:
Jessica Calderon, Wellness Director
Amanda Noyes, Benefits Manager Design Electric – Charlottesville
Jason W. Smith, PhD, Healthy Communities Liaison Bon Secours Health Care System
Kevin Reid, Community Health & Wellness Program Coordinator
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Virginia

4. Session – ACHIEVING Health in Virginia: Alexandria, Arlington, Eastern Shore, Portsmouth, Local Tobacco-free Initiatives Lessons Learned

Panel Presentation:
Carrie Fesperman-Redden, MPH, MRP Health Planner, Partnership for a Healthier Alexandria Alexandria Health Department
Kara V. Grace, MPA Director, Arlington Community Health Promotions Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources, Arlington County
Patti Kiger, MEd, Executive Director, Eastern Shore Achieve Project Eastern Virginia Medical School
Amy Paulson, MPH CINCH Executive Director, Portsmouth ACHIEVE Project Division of Community Health & Research, Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School

5. Session - Diabetes & Tobacco: A Dangerous Combination

Jeanette Noltenius, PhD National Director National Latino Tobacco Control Network
Rhonda Dinello Keith, Chair, Virginia Diabetes Council Public Health Policy, WellPoint, Inc.

6. Session – Tailored Strategies to Impact the Use of Tobacco in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Community

Joseph G. L. Lee, MPH, CPH Social Research Specialist Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

7. Session – Social Marketing as a Tool for Policy Change

Domenick Casuccio, Regional Director American Cancer Society Communications & Marketing

8. Session –Tobacco Control in Rural Communities

Co-Presenters:
Kabi Pokhrel, MBA
Legacy
Donald Reed, MA, MS, Southern Coalfields Tobacco Prevention Network, WV

Details are subject to change