2024 President’s Forum on Health Disparities Agenda:
Maternal Health in NY State: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Addressing Maternal Health Disparities
An NIH/NIMHD S21 Endowment Sponsored In-Person Event
10:30-10:50 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Havidán Rodríguez, PhD, President, University at Albany, State University of New York
Thenkurussi (Kesh) Kesavadas, PhD, Vice President for Research and Economic Development, University at Albany, State University of New York
Paul L. Morgan, Director, Institute for Social and Health Equity, Social and Health Equity Endowed Professor, Empire Innovation Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany
10:55-11 a.m. Introduction of Panelists
Madeleine Dorval-Moller, Executive Director, Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership
Ann-Margret Foley, Director, Bureau of Perinatal, Reproductive, and Sexual Health at New York State Department of Health
Esther Patterson, Co-Chair of the Board of Directors, BirthNet
Simone Seward, Assistant Professor in Public Health and Preventive Medicine and Director of Community Engaged Learning at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York
11 a.m.-Noon Panelist Presentations
Noon-12:15 p.m. Break and Transition to Lunch
12:15-12:45 p.m. Working Lunch - Discussion at Tables
12:50-1:45 p.m. Facilitated Group Discussion with Panelists
Christine Bozlak, PhD, Associate Professor, Co-Director, Maternal and Child Health Program, Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York
Elizabeth Vásquez, DrPH, Director, Center for the Elimination of Minority Health Disparities, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York