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Conference Schedule

Time: Session Title:
12:30pm - 1:00pm Registration & Check In
1:00pm - 2:30pm Opening Remarks & Keynote Session:

Juneteenth and What That Means for Hepatitis and Health Equity

Abiel Gebrehiwot
National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors
Washington, DC
2:30pm - 2:45pm Break
2:45pm - 4:00pm                              

Concurrent Sessions:

Syphilis in SD

Bridget Dean
SD Department of Health
Aberdeen, SD

This session will focus on the alarming rise of syphilis cases in SD and the
public health interventions that have been used during the outbreak
response efforts.

Urban Indigenous Health Equity - Challenges and Successes

Cheryl Kary
Sacred Pipe Resource Center
Bismarck, ND
 
Courtney Davis, MS
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
Grand Forks, ND
 

This session will focus on work in the American Indian community, discuss
ways to promote healthy lifestyles in urban and rural tribal areas, and will
also discuss health equity issues.

Harm Reduction

Abiel Gebrehiwot
National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors
Washington, DC
 

Health Equity Strategic Planning: Collective Action for Change

Jacqueline Hassett, MSW
Grand Forks Public Health
Grand Forks, ND

This session will focus on GFPH's Health Equity Strategic Plan and implementation, as well as other advancements their LPHU has made in the community towards Health Equity.

4:00pm - 4:15pm Break
4:15pm - 5:30pm

Concurrent Sessions:

Health Equity Training

Krissie Guerard, MS
ND Department of Health
Bismarck, ND

Katarina Domitrovich, BA
ND Department of Health
Bismarck, ND

This session will discuss general health equity training within that population.

Sexual Health in the American Indian Population

Melanie Nadeau, PhD, MPH
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND
 

This session will discuss sexual health in the American Indian population.

HIV Outbreak Planning

Shari Renton, MPH
ND Department of Health
Bismarck, ND 

This session will focus on planning and exercising a potential HIV outbreak
in North Dakota.

TB Investigation

Julie Ferry, BSN
Nelson-Griggs District Health Unit
Lakota, ND

This session will focus on a large TB investigation that occurred in a rural ND county.

5:30pm - 7:00pm

Dinner & Closing Keynote Session:

Moving Beyond the Pandemic

Calvin Hylton, BA
Indigenous Peoples Task Force
Minneapolis, MN
 

This session will focus on lessons learned from the pandemic, what new
challenges are we facing, and how can we get individuals back into traditional public health programs such as HIV testing. The session will also highlight cultural competency and cultural humility. 

 

 

UND Conference Services
 O'Kelly Hall, Room 300
221 Centennial Drive Stop 9021
Grand Forks, ND 58202
P 701.777.0488
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