Keynote Speakers

Suzanne Carlberg-Racich

From Rhetoric to Revolution: Our Collective Role in Ending the Opioid Crisis

Suzzane is an Assistant Professor in the Master of Public Health Program where she works to illuminate, contextualize, and advance social justice. Her research examines the lived experiences of individuals who are isolated by the intersection of stigma and policy that permeates health systems, social services, and broader society. A purposeful blend of scholar, practitioner, teacher, and activist, Dr. Carlberg-Racich works to improve health equity directly in communities, most notably through her work with the Chicago Recovery Alliance. In her scholarship, Dr. Carlberg-Racich is motivated by the use of community-based participatory research practices that maximize partnership, the strategic dissemination of findings to advocate for change, and the evaluation of public health interventions to establish best practices.

Abigail A. Sewell

The Illness of Surveillance: Race, Policing and the Communities Left Behind

Abigail is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Emory University and Founding Director of The Race and Policing Project. Specializing in advancing quantitative approaches to racism studies, they have identified empirical links between the political economy of race and racial health and healthcare disparities using policing and housing policy data. Their work has been published in a variety of outlets, including Social Science and Medicine, Social Science Research,Sociological Forum, Journal of Urban Health, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Du Bois Review, and the Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law. Their research has garnered support and recognition from the National Institutes of Health, the Ford Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Society for the Study of Social Problems, the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. They received their Ph.D. and M.A. in Sociology from Indiana University with a minor in Social Science Research Methods and their B.A. summa cum laude in Sociology from the University of Florida with a minor in Women’s Studies.

Presentations

When available, presentations are linked as PDF files.

​​Breakout Session I​

• Skill-Building Workshop
  1. Uplifting Voices to Create New Alternatives: Community-Driven Solutions for Addressing Mental Health Service Access Barriers on Chicago’s Southwest Side (A. Carrillo, C. O’Grady, K. Rak, & C. Barragan)
• Panel Presentation
  1. Getting to the Roots of Healthy Chicago 2.0: Connecting Root Causes of Health to Current Public Health Work (A. Alfaro, C. De La Rosa, & addition presenters to be announced)
• Skill-Building Workshop
  1. The Role of Positive Reinforcement in Youth Development (E. Tumiel)
• Oral Presentations
  1. Continued Development of a Student-Led Health Education Intervention for Women Detained in a Large, County Jail (S. Gottlieb & T. Dukich)
  2. The Use of Culturally Competent Community Health Education to Engage Older Latinos in Research Focused on Health and Aging (Y. Montoya & E. Montalvo)
• Oral Presentations
  1. Community-Level Economic and Racial Segregation and Premature Mortality in Chicago, 2011-2015 (B. Lange-Maia)
  2. Does Environment Matter? An Examination of the Effects of Neighborhood Violence and Crime on Resident’s Resilience and PTSD (L. Wagner)

​​​Breakout Session II​

• Skill-Building Workshop
  1. Effectively Addressing Gun Violence in Chicago through Research Activism and a Community-Driven Research Approach (L. Barth, C. Williamson, & B. Catlett)
• Oral Presentations
  1. LGBTQ&A: Results and Implications from an Aging LGBTQ Needs Assessment (K. Rice & E. Jaeger)
  2. Case Study: Integrating Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis into Existing Primary Care Services at a Federally Qualified Health Center in Chicago (T. Hufstader, R. Cifuentes, & C. Vergara)
• Oral Presentations
  1. Expanding Access to Behavioral Health Care and Community Resources through an Innovative Collaboration with Chicago Public Libraries (C. McSellers-McCray & S. Borow)
  2. Better Health through Housing: A Housing and Health Care Collaboration (A. See & B. Calvert)
• Oral Presentations
  1. “So This Is a Feel-Good Bill?”: A Case Study in Community-Based Health Policymaking (A. O’Rourke, M. Maloney, & A. Zimmerman)
  2. Sexual Health Disparities in Chicago Public High Schools (YRBS 2017) (E. Hansen & E. Perez)
• ​Poster Presentations
  1. Healthy Relationships Matter Group Counseling Program: A Strategy to Promote Positive Relationships Among Adolescent Clinic Users at Dunbar-Mercy SBHV (T. Akinfe)
  2. Taking Social Medicine from Free Time to Prime Time: Screening for Social Determinants of Health in a Large Urban Primary Care Clinic (D. Gore & E. Phelps)
  3. Neighborhood-level Inequities and Infant Mortality: Chicago, 2010-2014 (J. Bishop-Royse)
  4. Connecting Vulnerable Populations with Behavioral Health Care and Social Services through a Social Worker in the Library Pilot Program (S. Borow)
  5. Addressing Health Access for Displaced Puerto Rican Citizens Post Hurricane Maria (M. Burkey & U. Lei)
  6. Youth Health Service Corps Pilot Study: How Can Participation in Community Health Screenings Be Improved? (M. Downing & R. Anderson)
  7. Empowering Underrepresented Chicago Youth: An Overview of the CHAMPIONS NETWork SHIP Program (A. Goyco & S. Valdivia
  8. Strengthening Clinic Staff Awareness to Support Homeless and Unaccompanied Youth: A Proposed Intervention to Improve Access to and Utilization of Primary Health Care Services by Homeless and Unaccompanied Youth enrolled in Chicago Public Schools’ Students in Temporary Living Situations Program (P. Huerta)
  9. Gun Violence among Youth and the Pediatric Healthcare Provider Role (A. Manion)
  10. Voices of Health Equity in Chicago: A Qualitative Archive (A. Miller)
  11. The Substance Use Intervention Team: A Population Health Strategy to Stem the Opioid Crisis (H. Thompson & K. Hill)
  12. An Integrated Health Center-Based Program to Improve Breastfeeding Rates among Latina Women in Chicago (L. Medina & J. Torres)
  13. Healthy Students are Better Learners: A Qualitative Exploration of School Health and Wellness Policy Implementation (C. Tribbia & H. Cygan)
  14. Bridging Public Health and Healthcare Data: Maternal Health Results from the Rush State of Health Equity Report (E. Yang)
  15. Understanding Health Disparities and Promoting Health Equity through Summer Internship Programs: A Focus on Lessons Learned, Knowledge Gained, and Next Steps (R. Shah, C. Glover, & M. Reed)
      • Student Projects: ​
        1. The Impact of Race on Hypertension and Congestive Heart Failure Among Older Adults with and without HIV (Ronahy F. Alzagha, Ana W. Capuano, Bryan D. James, Crystal M. Glover, & Raj C. Shah)
        2. The Impact of Race and HIV Status on Diabetes among Older Adults (C. O. Onyango, A. W. Capuano, B. D. James, C. M. Glover, and R. C. Shah)
        3. Racial Differences in Cancer Among Older Adults With and Without HIV (Roxanne Patino, Ana W. Capuano, Bryan D. James, Crystal M. Glover and Raj C. Shah)
  16. Vida Sana: An Innovative Health Center Based Program to Reduce Prevalence of Obesity amongst Youth (A. Vallejo & H. Lopez)
  17. Inequities of (In)Complete Streets (M. Hathaway)
  18. Health in One of America’s Most Segregated Cities (C. Simon)

Breakout Session III​

• Skill-Building Workshop
  1. Public Health Beyond the Numbers: Building a Foundation in Qualitative Coding and Analysis (S. Carlberg-Racich & S. Borow)
• Oral Presentations
  1. Using Hospital Data to Identify Target Communities and Build Strategic Community Partnerships to Move the Needle on Child Health (K. Day & S. Yousuf)
  2. Inequities in Infant Mortality and Low Birth Weight Among Chicago Communities, 1980 to 2014 (F. De Maio)
• Skill-Building Workshop
  1. Gun Violence as a Public Health Issue: Building Support for Evidence-Based Policies (L. Helmcamp & R. Levin)
• Oral Presentations
  1. Epidemics of Injustice: Understanding History to Fight for a Liberated Future – Curricular Reform to Advance Social Justice (S. Altfeld & A. Yankelev)
  2. Exploring Critical Issues of Ethics and Power of Oral History Health Research (S. Hernandez & Y. Castaneda)
• Oral Presentations
  1. Review of Health Equity Research in Chicago, 2017 (S. Patel & J. Smith)
  2. Addressing Racial Inequalities in Reproductive Health Using Critical Race Theory (S. Hughes)​​​

Breakout Session IV​

• Skill-Building Workshop
  1. Conducting Effective Focus Groups in Community Settings (D. Schober)
• Oral Presentations
  1. Environmental Health Promotion through a Series of Community Health Fairs Focused on Lead at Chicago YMCAs (J. Lippert)
  2. Chicago Quits: A Citywide Strategy to Address Tobacco Use Disparities (L. Kast & L. Vaughan)
• Oral Presentations
  1. “Did my attending just say that?” How to Spot and Tactfully Handle Racism, Sexism, and Other Forms of Discrimination Within the Healthcare Setting (M. Byrne)
  2. Development of a Novel Emergency Medicine Physician Training to Improve Care for Survivors of Sexual Assault: A Preliminary Survey (K. Tracy & M. Prusky)
• Oral Presentations
  1. Trauma-Informed Immigration Legal Services: A Collaboration between Mental Health and Immigration Legal Practitioners (J. Lombardi & R. Sanchez)
  2. Health in America’s Immigrant Populations: Examining How Policy Affects Communities (J. Hoyt)
• Center for Community Health Equity Information Session (F. De Maio & R. Shah)
• Oral Presentations
  1. Community Resource Needs Among Minority Dementia Caregivers and Strategies for Optimal Resource Information Delivery (K. Paradise & additional presenter to be announced)
  2. SEE US: Talking About Mental Health in Majority-Minority Schools (C. Dade)