SAVE THE DATE for our 2018 Annual Meeting & Expo
DCU Center, Worcester, MA | Thursday, November 15 | 8:30 am

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PAST EVENTS

Thank you to those that welcomed Carlene Pavlos in Worcester and Boston

“I am thrilled to bring my passion for health equity to MPHA and promise that we will strive every day to make you proud to join us in this work.” -Carlene Pavlos

Please contact Alexa at apiacenza@mapublichealth.org with any questions. We hope to see you soon!

MPHA’s 16th Annual Spring Awards Breakfast: Honoring Health Equity Champions

Friday, June 1st, 2018 | 8:30-10:30 AM | The State Room, 60 State Street, Boston MA

MPHA’s Awards Breakfast is the signature event of the year for the public health community to come together and salute our partners, celebrate our accomplishments, reconnect with colleagues and energize ourselves for the advocacy we do to promote social justice and reduce health inequity. We are honored to be awarding these four public health champions.

Ralph Fuccillo, MA

Cambridge Concord Associates

Cheryl Bartlett

Greater New Bedford Community Health Center

Alden Matthew

Landry, MD, MPH

Beth Israel

Deaconess Medical

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Diversity in Medicine

The Healing Racism

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Award Accepted

by Director Waleska

Lugo-DeJesús, MPA

Please contact Alexa Piacenza at apiacenza@mapublichealth.org with any questions.

Thank you to our sponsors!

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Silver

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2017 Annual Meeting & Expo
DCU Center, Worcester, MA | Wednesday, November 29 | 8:30 am

Thank you to everyone who joined us at our 2017 Annual Meeting! Your feedback is important to us. Please, let us know what you thought about this year’s meeting by taking this quick survey: https://www.tfaforms.com/4625881

SLIDES FROM BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Being an Effective Advocate and Mobilizing Others for Change

Presentation: Being an Effective Advocate and Mobilizing Others for Change_Nov 29_2017

Breaking Down Financing Silos to Address Social Determinants: Innovations and Challenges

Presentation: Breaking Down Financing Silos to Address Social Determinants

Health Data 101: How to Identify and Sift Through Health Equity Data

Presentation: Health Data, Sanouri Ursprung, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
List of Resources: Data Sources

Hospital Community Benefits: Better Aligning Investments with Community Needs

Presentation: Hospitals Investing in Health Eckstein, Hattis

What are Accountable Care Organizations and Can They Meaningfully Address Social Determinants?

Presentation: What are ACOs and Can They Address SDOH 11.28.17

View the event agenda here

SPEAKERS

Monica Bharel, MD, MPH

Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Welcoming Remarks

Thea James, MD

Vice President, Mission & Associate Chief Medical Officer at Boston Medical Center

Panel Speaker

James Hester, PhD

Principal, Population Health Systems and
Former Director of
Vermont Health Care Reform Commission

Panel Speaker

John E McDonough, DrPH, MPA

Former Senior Advisor on
National Health Reform to the U.S. Senate & Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Panel Speaker

Nancy E. Norman, MD, MPH

Medical Director of Integration for the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership

Moderator

At MPHA’s Annual Meeting and Expo, you can participate in one of five dynamic, thought-provoking workshops led by experts in their field! Three of these workshops will take a deeper dive into each of the subject areas discussed by our morning panel. We will also offer two skill-building workshops to support organizations, coalitions, and even individuals in their efforts to address the social determinants of health:

Hospital Community Benefits: Better Aligning Investments with Community Needs: Enid Eckstein, MS, Massachusetts Communities Action Network & Paul Hattis, MD, JD, MPH, Greater Boston Interfaith Organization

What are Accountable Care Organizations and Can They Meaningfully Address Social Determinants? Alyssa Vangeli, Esq., MPH, Health Care for All & Maddie Ribble, MPH, Massachusetts Public Health Association

Breaking Down Financing Silos to Address Social Determinants: Innovations and Challenges Jim Hester, PhD, Population Health Systems

Health Data 101: How to Identify and Sift Through Health Equity Data
Sanouri Ursprung, PhD, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Being an Effective Advocate and Mobilizing Others for Change
Andrea Freeman, MS, Massachusetts Public Health Association & Liz Wills-O’Gilvie, Consultant, Chair of Springfield Food Policy Council and of Gardening the Community