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Keynote Speakers

Wednesday, June 5, 20131:30 PM – 3:00 PMRoom: International A, B, C, F

During this opening session, participants will be welcomed to Baltimore (also known as “Charm City”) by leaders of the Safe States Alliance, SAVIR, and the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy, as well as officials from Baltimore City. Keynote speakers, Professor Sue Baker and Mr. Chris Nowinski, will offer inspirational remarks, discuss the important role of advocates, and highlight how programs, policies, and new research will positively impact the field of injury and violence prevention.

Susan P. Baker, MPH, ScD (Hon.)Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Susan P. Baker, received a BA degree from Cornell in 1951, and an MPH in 1968 from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, now known as the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Working initially in the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Maryland, she joined the faculty of the School as a Research Associate in the Division of Forensic Sciences in 1968; by 1983 she had been promoted to the rank of Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management. In 1988, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill awarded her an Honorary Doctor of Science degree. She was the founding Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy, which has been funded since 1987 by CDC. She has researched many areas of highway crashes, aviation safety, drowning, poisoning, homicide, and suicide, and is known for developing the Injury Severity Score. Among her works are more than 250 scientific papers and three books, including The Injury Fact Book. She is proud of her students, who have founded at least five other centers for injury prevention and control and are conducting research and injury prevention programs all over the world while they train the leaders of the future.

Chris Nowinski, PhD CandidateSports Legacy Institute and Boston University School of Medicine, Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy

Chris Nowinski, is a co-director of the Boston University Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy and the co-founder and executive director of the Sports Legacy Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to solving the sports concussion crisis. A former Harvard football player and WWE professional wrestler, he is the author of Head Games, which was made into the 2012 documentary film of the same name and directed by Steve James. He was named a 2011 Eisenhower Fellow and serves on the NFL Players Association Mackey-White Traumatic Brain Injury Committee as well as the Ivy League Multi-Sport Concussion Committee. Chris is a Ph.D. candidate in Behavioral Neuroscience at Boston University School of Medicine.

OPENING PLENARY, WELCOME, & KEYNOTE ADDRESS: SAFE TODAY, SAFER TOMORROW

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Keynote SpeakersGENERAL SESSION:

A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO PREVENTING COMMUNITY VIOLENCE:

THE SAFE STREETS BALTIMORE PROGRAMThursday, June 6, 20138:30 AM – 10:15 AMRoom: International A, B, C, F

Community violence is a complex and multifaceted public health problem. To help address this issue in Baltimore, the city launched the Safe Streets Baltimore program. A replication of the Cure Violence model which originated in Chicago, Safe Streets Baltimore is a community mobilization and outreach intervention designed to prevent firearm-related injuries and deaths. Operated by the Baltimore City Health Department and funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, the intervention focuses on high-risk youth aged 14 to 25 and the Baltimore community as a whole, through outreach, service connection, and community mobilization.

During this special plenary session, panelists will discuss public health approaches to preventing community violence and will focus on the Safe Streets Baltimore program as one example of an innovative prevention strategy. The panel – which will provide perspectives from public health, government, academia, and “on the ground” in Baltimore communities – will provide insights into how the program works, why it has been effective, and how it fits into Baltimore’s vision to be “a city where all residents realize their full health potential.”

Gardnel CarterSafe Streets Baltimore

Since 2010, Gardnel Carter, has been the director of Safe Streets East. He has been with the program since its beginning in 2007. Gardnel began as an outreach worker, then became outreach supervisor, which led him to his current role as director. He was enrolled in college from 2009 until 2010, seeking his BS in Human Service, and plans to reenroll in the fall of 2013. Mr. Carter grew up in the mean streets of Baltimore City, and was once consumed by the streets and imprisoned for a very long time. During this journey, a transformation occurred, which propelled him to the individual he has become – A Change Agent, Hope Installer, and Example!!!

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Keynote SpeakersRachel Davis, MSWPrevention Institute

Rachel Davis is managing director at Prevention Institute, overseeing the Institute’s work on preventing violence and promoting community health and health equity. She is project director for UNITY (Urban Networks to Increase Thriving Youth), a CDC funded initiative supporting U.S. cities to prevent violence before it occurs. She co-developed the “Partnerships for Preventing Violence” satellite series, which trained over 15,000 leaders and practitioners nationwide. She has written numerous publications, including First Steps: Taking Action Early to Prevent Violence; A Time of Opportunity: Local Solutions to Reduce Inequities in Health and Safety; and Health for All: California’s Strategic Approach to Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health. Rachel facilitates planning processes for cities and counties to prevent violence and speaks regularly on the topics, and provides training and technical assistance to improve practice and implement policy. She is also the Advisory Board Chair for the California Cities Gang Prevention Network.

Angela Johnese, JDOffice of the Mayor of Baltimore

Angela Johnese was appointed Director of the Mayor’s Office on Criminal Justice in March 2013. Prior to MOCJ, Angela was the Juvenile Justice Director at Advocates for Children and Youth, a statewide advocacy organization. There, she employed policy, legislative, and community efforts to reform Maryland’s juvenile justice system. Before moving to Baltimore in 2007, Angela was a juvenile defense lawyer in Louisiana. Following law school, Angela joined the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana as a staff attorney and represented incarcerated youth in courts across Louisiana. In 2004, after losing several clients to street violence and the adult criminal justice system, Angela, along with two JJPL colleagues co-founded the Youth Empowerment Project, a New Orleans nonprofit providing legal, case management, and education services to court-involved and out-of-school youth and young adults. Angela is a 2000 graduate of American University Washington College of Law and a 1997 graduate of Syracuse University.

Lori ToscanoBaltimore City Health Department

Lori Toscano is the Director of Safe Streets Baltimore. Ms. Toscano has been with the initiative since its inception in June 2007, and has played a key role in the implementation, training, and monitoring of all Safe Streets sites. She is the liaison between Cure Violence and Safe Streets and has been a presenter at the Cure Violence management training for the national site. Ms. Toscano has over fourteen years of experience in working with high-risk populations, and over eight years of experience in implementing community-based programming in Baltimore City neighborhoods. Ms. Toscano is a graduate of Towson State University and was recently awarded a fellowship to continue her studies at the University of Baltimore.

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Keynote SpeakersDaniel Webster, ScD, MPHJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Daniel Webster is Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health where he directs the PhD Program in Health and Public Policy. Dr. Webster serves as director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research and as deputy director for the Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence. He is also affiliated with the Center for Injury Research and Policy and the Division of Public Safety Leadership at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Webster is the lead editor and a contributor for Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis. He has published numerous articles in scientific journals, most of which focused on the prevention of gun violence, youth violence, or intimate partner violence. As one of the nation’s leading experts on gun violence prevention, Dr. Webster serves as a resource to policymakers, public health and safety leaders, and the news media.

Session Moderator:Keshia Pollack, PhD, MPHJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Dr. Keshia Pollack is an Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Pollack is a core faculty member of the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy, where she also serves as Associate Director of Training and Education. Dr. Pollack’s primary research objective is to advance policies that create safe and healthy environments where people, particularly the most vulnerable, live, work, play, and travel. Using injury epidemiology, health policy, and research translation, she aims to prevent injuries related to work, obesity, sports and recreation, physical activity, transportation, and the built environment. In addition to teaching graduate level courses in injury prevention, transportation policy, and health impact assessment, she directs the Occupational Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Doctoral Training Program. Dr. Pollack is on the Board of Directors for SAVIR and in 2012 received the Mid-Career Outstanding Service Award from the Injury Control and Emergency Health Services section of the American Public Health Association.

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Keynote Speakers

Friday, June 7, 20138:30 AM – 9:45 AMRoom: International A, B, C, F

Distinguished leaders from government and private settings will share their vision for reducing injury and violence in the future. Representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, Research America, the National Center for Healthy Homes, and the Safe States Alliance will provide their perspectives about what will be needed to advance injury and violence prevention research and practice in the future. This will be followed by a moderated discussion with the audience.

Linda C. Degutis, DrPH, MSNCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

Dr. Degutis is currently Director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Prior to this, she was Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Public Health at Yale University. She was the Research Director for the Department of Emergency Medicine, and also served as Director of the Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness at Yale School of Public Health. In addition, she directed the Connecticut Center for Public Health Workforce Development. A native of Chicago, IL, Dr. Degutis received her BS from DePaul University in Chicago, and her MSN and DrPH from Yale University. She held clinical positions in several emergency departments, high-risk OB, critical care and trauma care, and was a trauma program coordinator. She was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow, and worked in the office of the late Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN). Dr. Degutis’ research interests have focused on injury, alcohol and other drug problems, and trauma, with a particular interest in policy issues. Recently, she collaborated on projects related to developing a research agenda for public health systems and services research, and initiatives with HHS in the area of quality improvement in public health. Her research has been funded through several federal agencies and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She was President of the American Public Health Association, a member of the APHA Executive Board, and served two terms as chair of the Executive Board. Currently, Dr. Degutis serves on the Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship Advisory Board, and the editorial boards of the journals Injury Prevention, and Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. In addition, she served as the Co-Chair of the Connecticut Coalition to Stop Underage Drinking, and worked on a number of community-based efforts focused on improving public health through coalition development and action.

GENERAL SESSION: ACHIEVING A SAFER TOMORROW:

PERSPECTIVES ON INJURY AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

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Keynote SpeakersYvonne T. Maddox, PhDNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Dr. Yvonne Thompson Maddox is the deputy director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), a position she has held since January 1995. In this role, Dr. Maddox guides the organizations and programs of the NICHD, advises the director on matters regarding the internal affairs of the $1.3 billion Institute budget that supports research on child development, developmental biology, nutrition, AIDS, mental retardation, population issues, reproductive biology, contraception, pregnancy, and medical rehabilitation. From January 2000 to June 2002, Dr. Maddox also served as the acting deputy director of the NIH. Dr. Maddox received her B.S. in biology from Virginia Union and a Ph.D. in Physiology from Georgetown University. She studied as a Visiting Scientist at the French Atomic Energy Commission, Saclay, France, and graduated from the Senior Managers in Government Program of the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Rebecca L. Morley, MSPPNational Center for Healthy Housing

Rebecca Morley is the Executive Director of the National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH), a national non-profit organization dedicated to creating healthy and safe housing for children. She led the development of the National Healthy Homes Training Center, spearheaded NCHH’s recovery work in the Gulf Coast region following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and more recently launched the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition. She has authored numerous publications, including the new book “Healthy & Safe Homes: Research, Practice, and Policy.” Previously, Ms. Morley worked in the federal government and in the United States Senate where she was responsible for major children’s environmental health laws and regulations. Ms. Morley serves on the Howard County Environmental Sustainability Board and Chairs the County’s Healthy Communities Task Force. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science and a master’s degree in public policy from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Carol E. Thornton, MPA Pennsylvania Department of Health

Carol Thornton, MPA, is the Section Chief for the Violence and Injury Prevention Program at the Pennsylvania Department of Health, where she oversees the CDC Core VIPP Program, the Sexual Violence Prevention and Education Program, and the injury prevention efforts of the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant. She has been the State Designated Representative (SDR) to the Safe States Alliance since 2004. Most recently, she has served as the Chair of the Policy Committee and as President-Elect for the Safe States Alliance. At the state level, Ms. Thornton serves on numerous committees addressing prevention of sexual violence, suicide, motor vehicle crashes, and domestic violence to support research and practice.

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Keynote SpeakersMary Woolley Research!America

Mary Woolley is the president of Research!America, the nation’s largest not-for-profit, membership supported grassroots public education and advocacy organization committed to making medical and health research a higher national priority. Woolley is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine and serves on its Governing Council. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and serves on the National Academy of Sciences Board on Life Sciences. She is a member of the visiting committee of the University of Chicago Medical Center, of the National Council for Johns Hopkins Nursing, and serves on the External Advisory Board for Rice University. Woolley has served as a reviewer for the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation, and as a consultant to several research organizations. She has a 30-year publication history on science advocacy and research related topics, and is a sought-after speaker, often interviewed by science, news, and policy journalists.

Session Moderator:Shelli Stephens-Stidham, MPAParkland Health & Hospital System

Shelli Stephens-Stidham, MPA, is the Director of the Injury Prevention Center of Greater Dallas (IPC) in Dallas, Texas. Ms. Stephens-Stidham has 28 years of experience in public health, including 22 years in injury and violence prevention. She is the past-president of the Safe States Alliance. She served as co-chair of the National Training Initiative for Injury and Violence Prevention (NTI), and served on the committee that developed core competencies for injury and violence prevention professionals. She has served as a peer reviewer on numerous state and local assessment team visits. She chairs the Texas Governor’s EMS & Trauma Advisory Council (GETAC) Injury Prevention Committee. She is a member of the American Public Health Association, Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR), Texas Public Health Association, and serves on the External Advisory Committee for the University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center.

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Keynote Speakers

Friday, June 7, 201311:45 AM – 1:00 PMRoom: International A, B, C, F

Efforts to improve population health hinge on a vast yet diffuse constellation of government agencies, health care providers, and community organizations that assume responsibilities in implementing prevention programs and policies across the U.S. Realizing the full health and economic benefits of injury prevention and control initiatives requires mobilizing and managing these complex and heterogeneous public health delivery systems. This session will explore the emerging science of public health delivery systems and what it tells us about improving injury prevention and control amid policy and economic change.

Glen P. Mays, MPH, PhDUniversity of Kentucky College of Public Health

Glen P. Mays serves as the F. Douglas Scutchfield Endowed Professor of Health Services and Systems Research at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health. Dr. Mays’ research centers on strategies for organizing and financing public health strategies, preventive care, and chronic disease management services, with a special focus on estimating the health and economic effects of these efforts. Currently, he directs the Public Health Practice-Based Research Networks Program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which brings together public health agencies and researchers from around the nation to study innovations in public health practice. Mays also serves as co-PI of the RWJF-funded National Coordinating Center for Public Health Services and Systems Research at the University of Kentucky. As part of this work, he directs the National Longitudinal Survey of Public Health Systems, which since 1998 has followed a nationally representative cohort of U.S. communities to examine the implementation and impact of public health strategies. He also directs the Comparative Effectiveness Research Program of the University of Kentucky’s NIH-funded Center for Clinical and Translational Research. Mays earned an undergraduate degree in political science from Brown University, earned MPH and PhD degrees in health policy and administration from UNC-Chapel Hill, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in health economics at Harvard Medical School.

Session Moderator:Linda C. Degutis, DrPH, MSNCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

CLOSING PLENARY & KEYNOTE ADDRESS: HARVESTING THE POWER OF PUBLIC HEALTH

SYSTEMS FOR INJURY PREVENTION & CONTROL