WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US ON MAY 5, 2011 IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO CELEBRATE THE LAUNCH OF CERVICAL CANCER-FREE AMERICA
Thursday, May 5th
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Cervical Cancer-Free America Launch with Keynote Remarks from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
National Press Club
529 14th Street NW (corner of F Street), Washington, D.C.
Cervical Cancer-Free America is changing the dialogue surrounding awareness and prevention. We are bringing together health professionals, researchers, private and public stakeholders, policymakers, insurers, advocates and cervical cancer survivors from across the country to talk about the tools, challenges and ways forward in eliminating cervical cancer in the United States. Cervical Cancer-Free America is excited to kick off this coast-to-coast collaboration, and we would love for you or your delegate to join us for this crucial conversation. Your interest, expertise and advocacy for women’s health will help us achieve our goal to protect women from cervical cancer through vaccination, screening, treatment and education.
If you are only able to join us for a portion of the launch event, please see a brief summary of the agenda below:
Networking Breakfast and Registration from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Cervical Cancer-Free America Launch with Keynote Remarks from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Morning Panel on Policy Implications of Health Care Reform from 11:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Networking Lunch from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Afternoon Working Groups and Call to Action from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
We will focus on major topics in cervical cancer during the opening and closing general sessions, as well as three working discussions. Topics of the working groups include:
Increasing cervical cancer screening among the under-screened and reducing screening errors
Increasing coverage of vaccination of adolescent females for cervical cancer prevention by addressing obstacles to immunizations
Top experts in health policy, medical research and disease prevention will share their insights on the current cervical cancer landscape. Confirmed speakers and participants include:
Howard K. Koh M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Senator Kay Hagan (NC)
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (CT)
Andrea Palm, Domestic Policy Council, The White House, Senior Advisor for Health
Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Administrator
Charlie Dunton, MD, American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, Director of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology
Tamika Felder, Cervical Cancer Survivor
Debbie Saslow, PhD, American Cancer Society, Director of Breast and Gynecologic Cancer
Pernessa Seele, Balm and Gilead, Founder and CEO
Vanessa Cullins, MD, MPH, MBA, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Medical Director
John Schiller, PhD, National Cancer Institute, Head of the Neoplastic Disease Section, Senior Investigator
Jeffrey P. Engel, MD, North Carolina State Health Director
Melinda Wharton, MD, MPH, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Deputy Director
Mildred R. Chernofsky, MD, FACOG, Society of Gynecologic Oncologists
Vicki Benard, PhD, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Joan Walker, MD, Chief of the Section of Gynecologic Oncology , University of Oklahoma
Walter Kinney, MD, Clinical Professor of Ob/Gyn, University of California, Davis
Kenneth Alexander, MD, PhD, Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Chicago
Judith C. Shlay, MD, MSPH, Director of Immunization/Travel Clinic; Physician, Family and Internal Medicine Professor, University of Colorado Denver Public Health
Mitch Rothholz, RPh, MBA, Chief of Staff, American Pharmacists’ Association
Lauri Markowitz, MD, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Team Lead
Jennifer S. Smith, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Noel Brewer, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Baretta R. Casey, MD, MPH, Professor, Departments of Health Behavior, Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health and Health Services Management, University of Kentucky
Sara Cook, MPH, CHES, California Medical Association, Cervical Cancer and HPV Project Director
Rivienne Shedd-Steele, Director, Office of Health Disparities and Outreach, Indiana University
Sally W. Vernon, PhD, Professor, Behavioral Sciences and Epidemiology, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center
Theresa Wynn, Ph.D., MA-Ed, Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Program Director
Public health experts from participating Cervical Cancer-Free America member states, including Alabama, California, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina and Texas
Please help us spread the word about this event! For more information on Cervical Cancer-Free America, visit cervicalcancerfreecoalition.org or email Jennifer Smith at JenniferS@unc.edu.
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