18TH ANNUAL MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH EPIDEMIOLOGY CONFERENCECOHOSTED WITH THE 2012 CITYMATCH URBAN MCH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCEDECEMBER 12 - 14, 2012SAN ANTONIO, TEXASCityMatCH Conference Planning CommitteeMary Balluff, MS, BS, RD, LMNTChief, Community Health and Nutrition ServicesDouglas County Health DepartmentJanet BrownEpidemiologist, Alameda County Public HealthDepartmentMike Dedee, MSWMCH Division MangerMonroe County Department of Public HealthMisty Drake, MAService Line DirectorAccess Community Health NetworkChristine Filonow, MSWProgram ManagerMaternal, Child and Family Health CoalitionRosemary Fournier, BASc, RNState FIMR Program CoordinatorMichigan Department of Community Health, Affiliate ofMichigan Public Health InstituteJuanita Graham, MSN, RNHealth Services Chief NurseMississippi State Department of HealthKarlene Griffiths Sekou, MPH, MTSDirector, Boston Healthy Start InitiativeBoston Public Health Commission/Healthy Start InitiativeSharon Hall, PhD, MSN, RNNurse Planner/CE ConsultantOffice of Surveillance, Epidemiology and LaboratoryServicesCenters for Disease Control and PreventionTahra JohnsonAssociation of State and Territorial Health Officials(ASTHO)Alison Johnson, MPADeputy Director, National Center for Birth Defects andDevelopmental Disabilities/CDCJessica Jones, MPHPublic Health Analyst, Office of Epidemiology andResearchMaternal and Child Health BureauHealth Resources and Services AdministrationMichael Kogan, PhDDirector, Office of Epidemiology and ResearchMaternal and Child Health BureauHealth Resources and Services AdministrationCharlan KroelingerTeam Lead, MCH EPI Program, Division of ReproductiveHealth/National Center for Chronic Disease Preventionand Health PromotionCenters for Disease Control and PreventionJessica Luginbuhl, MPHSpecial Projects Manager, Building Blocks forHealth EquityAlameda County Public Health DepartmentPatricia Lyons, LISW-SHealth Equity Coordinator, Maternal Child Health DivisionColumbus Public HealthTricia Mortell, MPHProgram ManagerClark County Public HealthAna Novais, MAExecutive Director of HealthDivision of Community, Family Health and EquityRhode Island Department of HealthDonna PhillipsPublic Health Advisor, MCH-EPI Program, Division ofReproductive Health/National Center for ChronicDisease Prevention and Health PromotionCenters for Disease Control and PreventionCheri Pies, DrPH, MPH, MSWUC Berkeley School of Public HealthJames Resnick, MSDirector, Office of Policy CoordinationMaternal and Child Health BureauHealth Resources and Services AdministrationJennifer Rienks, PhDFamily Health Outcomes Project, Depart of Family andCommunity MedicineUniversity of California, San FranciscoPeter Simon, MD, MPHActing Medical DirectorRI Department of Health12
ADVANCING PARTNERSHIPS: DATA, PRACTICE, AND POLICYJulie Smithwick Leone, LMSW, CCEProgram DirectorPASOs ProgramsLaura SneboldSenior Program Analyst,National Association of County and City Health Officials(NACCHO)Joe Sniezek, MD, MPHBranch Chief, Prevention Research BranchDivision of Birth Defects and Developmental DisabilitiesCenters for Disease Control and PreventionAudrey Stevenson, PhD, MPH, MSN, FNP-BCDivision Director of Family Health ServicesDivision of Maternal, Child and Family HealthSalt Lake Valley Health DepartmentKathleen Watters, MAPublic Health AnalystDivision of State and Community Health, Maternal andChild Health BureauHealth Resources and Services AdministrationSherry Williams, RNC, WHNPActing Director of Public HealthWaco-McLennan County Public Health DistrictPhyllis Williams-Thompson, MS, CIMNational Manager, Prematurity Campaign PartnershipsMarch of Dimes Foundation, March of DimesJanis Willis, BSSWHealth Services CoordinatorWaco-McLennan County Public Health DistrictKellie Teter, MPAMaternal Child Health CoordinatorDenver Public HealthSpecial thanks to…The members of the SWAT team who were instrumental in planning and implementing this year’s plenary sessions,and to members of the Scientific Review Panel (SRP), who played a key role in reviewing abstracts and implementingthis year’s workshops and symposia.13