Thanks to Lawrence Community Access TV or LCAT, we have video from all of the symposium sessions. 

WELCOME 

  • Susan Grabski, LHC Executive Director
  • Mike Hearn, President, LHC Board of Directors and Director of Libraries, Northern Essex Community College
  • Eugene Declercq, PhD, Boston University School of Public Health

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 

"Public Health: Local and National Challenges and Opportunities" Howard K. Koh, M.D., M.P.H. Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Kennedy School

 

SESSION I 

IA: Innovative Models of HIV Care in High Risk Populations Moderator: Jim Sutton, LHC Board of Directors, Library Consultant Presenter(s): Amy Bositis, Christopher Bositis, Sandra Silva (Greater Lawrence Family Health Center)

 

IB: When Influenza Arrived: 1918 in Lawrence and Lynn, MA Moderator: Robert Forrant, PhD, Distinguished University Professor of History, UMass Lowell Presenter(s): Dr. Barbara Poremba, Professor Emeritus of Nursing, Salem State University; Jonas A. Stundžia, Chair, Lawrence Historical Commission; Gwen Sweeney, Andover High School; Attorney Michael Sweeney

 

IC: Researching Contemporary Community-Based Solutions to Health Inequalities Moderator: Mike Hearn, President, LHC Board of Directors and Director of Libraries, Northern Essex Community College Presenter(s): Shoba Ramanadhan, ScD, MPH, Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Vilma Martínez-Domínguez, Director, Lawrence Community Development Department; Julia Tse, MD, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center; Michael A. Sandberg, PhD; Martha Velez, Director, Lawrence Senior Center

 

SESSION II 

IIA: The Casey Encampment: Health, Societal Issues, and the Homeless Moderator: Mark Svendsen, Treasurer, LHC Board of Directors and Teacher, Central Catholic High School Presenter(s): Ryan Dono, MD, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center; Anil DaCosta, MEd, Homelessness Initiatives Coordinator, City of Lawrence; Elane Lee, NP, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center

 

IIB: Response and Innovation in Lawrence: From Early Threats to the Community Health Movement Moderator: Kathy Flynn, M.Ed., LHC Head Researcher Presenter(s): Savannah Gillis, Andover High School; Patricia Jaysane, PhD; Lawrence Family Medicine Residency’s Wendy Barr, MD, Dr. Cara Marshall and Dr. Keith Nokes

 

IIC: Hidden in Plain Sight: Seldom Discussed Social Determinants of Health Moderator: Jurg Siegenthaler, PhD, Professor Emeritus, American University Presenter(s): Margaret E. Greene, PhD, GreeneWorks; Ashlynn Rickord, MTS, Public Health Museum at Tewksbury Hospital; Tom Coppinger, Director, Point After Club

 

LUNCHTIME PRESENTATIONS 

  • "Healthy Me, Healthy Lawrence" Led by Mary Guerrero, Teacher and Member, LHC Board of Directors 
  • The Lawrence Mayor’s Health Task Force: Promoting Health Equity Presenter(s): Vilma Martínez-Domínguez, Director, Lawrence Community Development Department; Elecia Miller, Project Officer, Lawrence Mayor’s Health Task Force; Marquis Victor, Director, Elevated Thought and Lawrence Youth Council

 

SESSION III 

IIIA: The Opiate Epidemic in Lawrence, MA: A Community Responds Moderator: Marc Laplante, Lawrence City Council, Local Historian Presenter(s): Elie Ata, MD; Ryan Dono, MD; Rebecca Lee, MD (Greater Lawrence Family Health Center) 

 

IIIB: Immigrant Midwives of Lawrence, MA and Their Role in Maternal and Infant Health Moderator: Margaret E. Greene, PhD, GreeneWorks Presenter: Eugene Declercq, PhD, Boston University School of Public Health

 

IIIC: Playsteads to Greenways: How Lawrence Parks Improve Public Health Moderator: Michael Mitchell, Park Supervisor, Lawrence Heritage State Park Presenter(s): Brad Buschur, Project Director, Groundwork Lawrence; Susan Fink, Lawrence Community Development Department