Speakers

Keynote Panel

John Auerbach: Senior Vice President for Public Health at ICF

Lori Freeman: CEO for the National Association of County and City Health Officials

Harold Cox:  Professor of the Practice in Community Health Science at Boston University School of Public Health

 

Local Public Health Practice & Management Track

Wednesday

The Art of Communicating - How to Communicate Effectively with the Media

• Paul Zinni and John Guilfoil

Grant funding for Public Health Projects

• Patrice Barrett 

Strategic Planning for Enhanced Public Health Service Delivery: A Case Study from the Metro Public Health Collaborative (MPHC)

• Cam Hoffpauir (Moderator), Deidra Clermont, Meghan Russell, and Shin-Yi Lao

How to Write an Order to Correct Violations

• Paul Halfmann

Thursday

So you want an Epi… How to Set up a Program for Success

• Lea Hammer and members from the MA Regional Epidemiologist Collaborative

All One Health is Local

• Joann M Lindenmayer DVM, MPH, David Tapscott, MD, and Emily Petro, BS

Access to Mental Health-How a group of leaders in a Northshore Community created systematic change!

• Derek Fullerton, Christine Valdes MD,  John Njoroge

Open Meeting Law/How to Hold a Public Hearing

• Cheryl Sbarra

Hiring with a Racial Equity Lens

• Judith E. Crowell

 

Environmental Health

Wednesday

Nicotine Free Generation: Policy and Lessons Learned

• Maureen Buzby, Anthony Chui, and Chris Banthin

MDPH CSP/OLRH presents

Electronic Reporting of Recreational Camps for Children Licensed in 2024 & Local Public Health Training Program: Food & Housing

• Katharine Dagle, Mark Carleo, Katrina Stanziano-Saeger, and Jessica Ferriera

Lead Determination Training Presentation

• Alicia Bessette and Joe Panetta

PFAS: A National Challenge Requires Local Solutions

• MassDEP

Thursday

Hoarding Situations and Solutions

• Erika Woods and Paul Halfmann

Synthetically-Derived Intoxicating Hemp and THC Products - Where are we with them?

• Cheryl Sbarra

Short Term Rental Regulations

• Karen Keane and Dr. Barry Potvin

The Chelsea Board of Health Stands Up to Big Tobacco and Prohibits Menthol-Like Tobacco Products

• Chris Banthin, Lisa Stevens,  Cheryl Sbarra, and Flor Amaya

 

Food Safety

Wednesday

Food safety and climate change

• Tanaya Tonpay, Rachel Weil, Elsa Zhao

Integrating tobacco inspections with food inspections

• James Doucette and Sarah McColgan

Beyond the Third Bay: Sanitizing Complex Foodservice Equipment

• Jack Burnett

Lessons from Big Y’s Food Recall Process

• Brandon Voga

Thursday

An outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis associated with a farm-to-table restaurant chain

• Geena Chiumento and Nichol  Smith

Consensus-Based Best Management Practices for Using Reusable Food and Beverage Containers in Food Establishments

• Heather Billings

Successful Inspections begin with Plan Review

• Maureen Lee

Temporary Food Events and Non-Profits

• Bri Dupras

Synthetically-Derived Intoxicating Hemp and THC Products - Where are we with them?

• Cheryl Sbarra

Public Health  Nursing & Epidemiology

Wednesday

Collaborative Local Public Health Initiatives

• Pooja Shelke, Isabella Caruso, Laura Nash,  Lea Hammer and Manizeh Afridi

Welcome to Motherhood: Navigating Life Beyond Birth. One regions attempt at bridging the postpartum care gap

• Laura Nash (Moderator/Speaker), Meaghan Dlusniewski and  Kitzia Diaz

Equipping Public Health Nurses to Address Care Inequities for Martha’s Vineyard's Most Underserved Residents Through Streamlined Data

• Kathleen Samways, Ashley Trickett, and Elaina Faust

Thursday

Sudden Cardiac Arrest - why should public health care?

• Hanna Burnett, Jonathan Steeves, and Rebecca Scott

Hot Topics in Public Health

• Dr. Catherine Brown

An outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis associated with a farm-to-table restaurant chain

• Geena Chiumento and Nichol  Smith

Characterizing Heat Exposure in Chelsea and East Boston

• Madeleine Scammell, Jacqueline Segovia, Flor Amaya

 

Public Health Potpourri

Wednesday

AI in Public Health: The Roles of Awareness, Understanding, and Trust

• Lisa Gualtieri and Yolanda Sutherland

MOSAIC: See the Big Picture of Health Equity, Join the Conversation

• Risa Silverman and Brenda Evans

The Opioid Abatement Settlement - Who was sued and why

• Cheryl Sbarra

Applying Ethical Principles to Public Health

• Nancy Porter, Erin Bryant-Hall and Emma Tzioumis

Thursday

Increasing Access to Health and Social Services: The Invaluable Role of Community Health Worker's in Advancing Health Equity

• Ursula Kiczkowski

Arts and Culture as a Tool for Advancing Public Health Messaging: Lessons from Cambridge's Public Health Initiatives

• Nancy Porter

MA Large Cities Health Coalition: A Case Study on Coalition Building

• Shin-Yi Lao, Kate Foster, Ann Kissel, Nancy Porter

An Overview of MEMA and NEMTEC

• Jonathan Miller

Hot Topics in Public Health

• Dr. Catherine Brown

 

Wastewater

Wednesday

Transforming the flush – The marvelous transformative power of life beneath our leachfields - or why we should thank a bacterium today !

• George Heufelder

Advanced Septic Systems Update – Performance, Case Studies, Management and Financial Impact

• Bruce Walton, Laura Erban, Scott Horsley, Brian Baumgaertel, David Iorio Izzo, and Alissa Cox

Managing Wastewater Discharges: Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Applications

• Claire Golden and Harsha Prasad

Thursday

Environmental Litigation and Shaping Clean Water Action

• Maggie Nivison

Lessons Learned from Fostering the Funding, Use, and Management of Nitrogen-Reducing Septic Systems on Long Island, NY

• Justin Jobin

Homeowner Training Materials for Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems

• Tom Groves

EIA Septic Systems: Partnership and Progress on Cape Cod

• Zenas Crocker

When Life is the Pits – A New Look at an Old Technology for the Polishing of Pretreated Septic Tank Effluent

• George Heufelder