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8:00 am – 8:45 am REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:45 am – 9:00 am WELCOME
  • Susan Grabski, Executive Director, Lawrence History Center
  • Mike Hearn, President, Lawrence History Center and Director of Libraries, Northern Essex Community College
  • Eugene Declercq, PhD, Boston University School of Public Health
9:00 am - 9:45 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Howard K. Koh, M.D., M.P.H.
"Public Health: Local and National Challenges and Opportunities"
Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Kennedy School
10:00 am – 11:15 am SESSION I (3 concurrent presentations)

 

  1. Innovative Models of HIV Care in High Risk Populations
    Presenter(s): Amy Bositis, Christopher Bositis, Sandra Silva (Greater Lawrence Family Health Center)

     

  2. When Influenza Arrived: 1918 in Lawrence and Lynn, MA
    Presenter(s): Dr. Barbara Poremba, Professor Emeritus of Nursing, Salem State University; Jonas A. Stundžia, Chair, Lawrence Historical Commission; Gwen Sweeney, Andover High School; Attorney Michael Sweeney

     

  3. Researching Contemporary Community-Based Solutions to Health Inequalities
    Presenter(s): Shoba Ramanadhan, ScD, MPH, Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Vilma Martínez-Domínguez, Director, Lawrence Community Development Department; Julia Tse, MD, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center; Michael A. Sandberg, PhD; Martha Velez, Director, Lawrence Senior Center

     

11:30 am – 12:45 pm SESSION II (3 concurrent presentations)

 

  1. The Casey Encampment: Health, Societal Issues, and the Homeless
    Presenter(s): Ryan Dono, MD, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center; Anil DaCosta, MEd, Homelessness Initiatives Coordinator, City of Lawrence; Elane Lee, NP, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center

     

  2. Response and Innovation in Lawrence: From Early Threats to the Community Health Center Movement
    Presenter(s): Savannah Gillis, Andover High School; Patricia Jaysane, PhD; Lawrence Family Medicine Residency’s Wendy Barr, MD, Dr. Cara Marshall and Dr. Keith Nokes

     

  3. Hidden in Plain Sight: Seldom Discussed Social Determinants of Health
    Presenter(s): Margaret E. Greene, PhD, GreeneWorks; Ashlynn Rickord, MTS, Public Health Museum at Tewksbury Hospital; Tom Coppinger, Director, Point After Club

     
12:45 pm – 1:15 pm LUNCH

 

1:15 pm – 2:00 pm

 

LUNCH PRESENTATIONS

  • "Healthy Me, Healthy Lawrence"
    Lawrence middle school students (The Rising Voices of Bread Loaf) express their views on public health through writing, art and other forms of expression.
    Led by Mary Guerrero, Teacher and Member, LHC Board of Directors

     

  • The Lawrence Mayor’s Health Task Force: Promoting Health Equity
    Presenter(s): Vilma Martínez-Domínguez, Director, Lawrence Community Development Department; Elecia Miller, Project Officer, Lawrence Mayor’s Health Task Force; Marquis Victor, Director, Elevated Thought and Lawrence Youth Council

 
2:15 pm – 3:30 pm SESSION III (3 concurrent presentations)

 

  1. The Opiate Epidemic in Lawrence, MA: A Community Responds
    Presenter(s): Elie Ata, MD; Ryan Dono, MD; Rebecca Lee, MD (Greater Lawrence Family Health Center)

     

  2. Immigrant Midwives of Lawrence, MA and Their Role in Maternal and Infant Health
    Presenter(s): Eugene Declercq, PhD, Boston University School of Public Health

     

  3. Playsteads to Greenways: How Lawrence Parks Improve Public Health
    Presenter(s): Brad Buschur, Project Director, Groundwork Lawrence; Susan Fink, Lawrence Community Development Department; Lesly Melendez, Deputy Director, Groundwork Lawrencez

 
3:45 pm – 5:00 pm FILM SHOWING & DISCUSSION

 

  • Film: "Influenza 1918" (PBS American Experience)
    Discussion led by Robert Forrant, PhD, Distinguished University Professor of History, University of Massachusetts Lowell and Member, LHC Board of Directors

 
8:30 am – 2:00 pm ONGOING PRESENTATIONS
The following presentations will be in the main event space on the 1st Floor of the Everett Mill

 

  • Archival Corner: Resources Pertaining to Public Health in Lawrence, Massachusetts
    Presenter(s): Amita Kiley, Collections Manager, Lawrence History Center; Kathleen Flynn, Researcher, Lawrence History Center; Mary Pannos, Volunteer, Lawrence History Center; Louise Sandberg, Special Collections, Lawrence Public Library

     

  • Poster Display: “Burials at Children of Abraham Cemetery 1915 to 1921”
    Presenter(s): William and Nathan Porteous

     

  • Student Art & Writing: "Healthy Me, Healthy Lawrence"
    Presenter(s): Lawrence middle school students (The Rising Voices of Bread Loaf); Mary Guerrero, Teacher and Member, LHC Board of Directors

     

  • Poster Exhibit: NECC Intern/Practicum Experiences in the Merrimack Valley
    Presenter(s): Jacqueline Dick, Program Coordinator,and public health students from Northern Essex Community College