Let's come together to make a difference.
Join us on April 29, 2024, for RIPHA’s second annual Public Health Summit. Our primary goal is to provide an engaging opportunity for focused dialogue on health equity and improving community health.
This conference is open to everyone interested in health equity and public health. We welcome public health professionals, community members and community-based organizations, patients, providers, faith-based organizations, health plans and health centers, public health officials, researchers, and students.
“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”
– Paulo Coelho.
Public Health Summit 2024
Agenda
8AM
Registration and breakfast
9AM
Keynote Speaker: Angie Bannerman Ankoma, MPH, MSW
Angie Ankoma is a renowned public health expert and Strategic executive leader with nearly 25 years of public policy and health policy experience.
10:30 AM
Morning Breakout Sessions:
Breakout 1 – Panel on Dementia and Public Health: Co-Benefits of Promoting Brain Health.
Breakout 2 – Strategic Partnerships for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention
Breakout 3 – Policy Innovations for Healthy Eating & Active Living.
Breakout 4 – Care Coordination and the Role of CHWs and Peer Support.
11:45 AM
Lunch/Visiting Vendors/ Student Poster Session and Networking
Attendees can visit vendor exhibit tables, posters, and public health video sessions presented by Public Health students.
1:15 PM
Afternoon Breakout Sessions:
Breakout 1 – Bridging Communication Gaps in Marginalized Communities.
Breakout 2 – Innovations in Food Access and Nutrition Security
Breakout 3 – New Directions in Health Equity Evaluation.
Breakout 4 – Mobile Integrated Health: Utilizing Community Paramedicine to Improve Outcomes and Reduce Readmissions.
2:45 PM
Closing Panel “The Health Equity Zone Initiative: Case Studies for Impacting Change”