The conference goal is to increase the knowledge, skills, and ability of health professionals, individuals in academia, and community members to more effectively and humanistically address obesity and related chronic diseases.
Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, public health professionals, social workers, fellows, residents, students and other interested health care providers
7:30 a.m.
Check-in/Registration
8:30 a.m.
Agenda Overview, Logistics and Charge to Audience
Philip Lomneth, Mdiv, Project Manager, Creighton CHW Training Program
8:35 a.m.
Opening Remarks
Sade Kosoko-Lasaki MD, MSPH, MBA, FAASS, Associate Vice Provost
8:45 a.m.
Center for Promoting Health and Health Equity – Partners Update
Doris Lassiter, CEO Nebraska Center for Healthy Families, Chair CPHHE Partnership
Promoting Collaboration: The CDC REACH Approach (Nutrition Component)
Richard Brown, PhD, FACHE, Moderator
9:05 a.m.
Douglas County’s Approach to Reducing Obesity
Jamin Johnson, EdD, DCHD
9:45 a.m.
Role of Public Health in Keeping People Healthy: Healthy People 2023
Anne O’Keefe, MD, PhD
10:15 a.m.
Break
10:20 a.m.
Clinical Approaches to Addressing Obesity
Becky Davis, DNP, RN, Moderator
Ingrid Landin, One World
Analy Gonzalez, Charles Drew
Conor Berigan, Heart Ministry Center
11 a.m.
Capacity Building for Chronic Disease Management: Obesity as a Case Study
Joy Doll, OTD, OTR/L, FNAP
11:30 a.m.
Lunch
12 p.m.
Equitable Collaboration Across Communities
John Stone, MD, PhD
12:30 p.m.
Patient-Oriented Success Strategies: CHWs as Navigators
Richard Brown, PhD, Moderator
CHW Supervisors and Apprentices
Douglas County Health Department
Northeast Public Health Department
1 p.m.
Keynote Speaker: Most Promising Community Collaborations in the Prevention of Obesity
Bob Rauner, MD, MPH, FAAP, Chief Medical Officer of OneHealth Nebraska and President of Partnership for a Healthy Nebraska
2 p.m.
Break
2:05 p.m.
Special Obesity Topics: New Developments and Ongoing Challenges
Jeanne Burke, MLIS, Med, Moderator
New Methods: Promises and Challenges
Kevin Fuji, PharmD
Building Positive Body Image
Brandy Baumgart, LMHP
2:45 p.m.
Dr. Frank T. Peak Presentation and Award
Sade Kosoko-Lasaki, MD, MSPH, MBA, FAASS
John Stone, MD, PhD
Mrs. Lyris Peak and family
Kate Nolt, MPH, PhD
2:55 p.m.
Dr. Frank Peak Essay Contest Winner presentation
3:15 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Doris Lassiter, Chair-Elect CPHHE Partnership
Sade Kosoko-Lasaki, MD, MSPH, MBA, FAASS
3:30 p.m.
Evaluations
Philip Lomneth, Mdiv, Project Manager, Creighton CHW Training Program
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Registration Fee: Free