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Thursday, October 8, 2009
 
  7:00am – 4:00pm Registration (Registration Desk)
     
  8:30am – 12:00pm Morning Pre-Conference Institutes
     
  12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch (provided)
     
  1:00pm – 4:30pm Afternoon Pre-Conference Institutes
   

(Full Day Pre-Conference Institutes: 8:30am – 4:30pm with lunch 12:00pm – 1:00pm)  

     
  2:00pm - 6:00pm Exhibit and Poster set-up and installation
     
  5:30pm – 7:30pm Evening Pre-Conference: Health Professional Students and Campus Activism (there is no fee to attend this institute)
 
Friday, October 9, 2009
 
  7:00am – 4:00pm Registration (Registration Desk)                                                                
Exhibit and Poster set-up and installation (7:00am - 10:00am)
     
  7:00am – 8:00am Continental Breakfast
     
  8:00am – 9:00am Opening Session: Welcome and Keynote

  • Esta Soler
    One of the world’s foremost experts on violence against women and children, Esta Soler is a pioneer who founded the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) nearly 30 years ago and made it one of the world’s leading violence prevention agencies. FVPF develops innovative strategies to prevent domestic, dating and sexual violence, stalking and child abuse.

  • Barbara Major
    Barbara Major, Citizens for Economic Equity Barbara Major is a community organizer, trainer and expert in community development efforts. As the former Executive Director of Saint Thomas Health Services, she brings first-hand experience of addressing health disparities, violence and structural racism to efforts to strengthen the health care response to victims of abuse.

  • RADM Clara H. Cobb, Assistant Surgeon General, Regional Health Administrator, Region IV
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      9:00am – 10:20am Plenary #1: What if it Isn’t Her Choice? Introducing a National Discussion on Reproductive Control
  • Mary Ellsberg, PhD, International Center for Research on Women
  • Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD, UC Davis School of Medicine
  • Jay Silverman, PhD, Harvard School of Public Health
  • Vanessa Cullins, MD, MPH, MBA, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
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      10:20am – 10:40am Coffee Break / Exhibitor Tables/ Poster Viewing
         
      10:40am –12:00pm Workshop Session #1 (choose one from the list of 14 available)
         
      12:10pm – 1:10pm Luncheon/Keynote

  • Eve Ensler
    Eve Ensler, a playwright, performer, and activist, is the author of THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES and the founder of V-Day, the global movement to end violence against women and girls. Ms. Ensler has devoted her life to stopping violence, envisioning a planet in which women and girls will be free to thrive, rather than merely survive.
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      1:25pm – 2:45pm Workshop Session #2 (choose one from the list of 14 available)
         
      2:45pm – 3:40pm Afternoon Refreshment Break
    Exhibitor Tables / Poster Viewing
         
      3:40pm – 5:00pm (Concurrent)
    Plenary #2A: The War at Home: Preventing Family Violence in Military Families
  • April Gerlock, PhD, ARNP, VA Puget Sound Health Care System
  • David S. Riggs, PhD, Center for Deployment Psychology
  • Tom Tarantino, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
  • Debby Tucker, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence

    Plenary #2B: Promoting Healthy Tween Relationships: Opportunities and Challenges for Adolescent Providers and Public Health
  • Abigail A. Baird, PhD, MA, Department of Psychology, Vassar College
  • Renée Boynton-Jarrett, MD, ScD, Division of General Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine
  • Rebecca Levin, MPH, American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Arnold Perkins, BA, former Director of the Alameda County Public Health Department
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      5:00pm – 6:00pm Exhibitor Tables / Poster Viewing
         
      6:00pm – 7:30pm Evening Reception
     
    Saturday, October 10, 2009
     
      7:00am – 4:00pm Registration Open (Registration Desk)
         
      7:00am – 8:00am Continental Breakfast / Exhibitor Tables / Poster Viewing
         
      8:00am – 9:20am (Concurrent)
    Plenary #3A: Working at the Crossroads: Domestic Violence, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
  • Carole Warshaw, MD, National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health
  • Patti Bland, MA, CCDC, Alaska Network on Domestic and Sexual Assault
  • Imani Walker, Director, The Rebecca Project for Human Rights
  • Brigid McCaw, MD, MPH, MS, Family Violence Prevention Program for Kaiser Permanente
  • Katya Fels Smyth, Full Frame Initiative

    Plenary #3B: Health Care Reform: What Does it Mean for Domestic Violence?
  • Kerry Bolger, PhD, Legislative Assistant, U.S. Representative
  • Lisa Codispoti, JD, Senior Counsel, National Women's Law Center
  • Diedra Henry-Spires, Senate Committee on Finance-Democratic Staff
  • Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD, American Medical Association
  • Ellen-Marie Whelan, NP, PhD, Senior Health Policy Analyst and Associate Director of Health Policy, Center for American Progress
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      9:20am – 9:50am Coffee Break
    Exhibitor Tables / Poster Viewing
         
      9:50am – 11:10am Workshop Session #3 (choose one from the list of 15 available)
         
      11:25am –12:45pm Workshop Session #4 (choose one from the list of 15 available)
         
      1:00pm – 2:00pm Luncheon Awards
         
      2:15pm – 3:35pm Workshop Session #5 (choose one from the list of 11 available)
         
      3:35pm – 3:45pm Afternoon Refreshment Break Exhibitor Tables / Poster
    Viewing (Exhibit / Poster Breakdown 3:45pm – 5:00pm)
         
      3:50pm – 5:00pm Plenary #4: Traveling Upstream: Innovations in Public Health Response and Prevention of Domestic Violence
  • Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
  • Andrew Levack, MPH, founding member of MenEngage
  • Carmen R. Nevarez, MD, MPH, Public Health Institute (invited)
  • Facilitator: James A. Mercy, PhD, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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