Registration Fees
  • 2-Days (March 27th - 28th) $40
  • 1-Day (March 27th or 28th) $30
  • 2-Day Student Rate (March 27th - 28th) $20
  • CEUs Additional $10(Certificate included)
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Class Selection Friday, March 27th
Time
Session
8:00am - 8:30am

Registration/Coffee


Pre-registered Attendees Pickup Registration Packet(PSU Third Floor)
8:30am - 9:45am

(select class)
Healthcare Access and Childhood Obesity
Moderator: Dr. Reed Olsen,PhD., Department Head, Economics Department, MSU

 Speakers:
Trudi Scott, Jordan Valley Community Health Ctr.
Jean Grabeel,Coordinator of Health Services, Springfield Public School System
Camern Parker Bradshaw, MPA., Health Policy Coordinator, Springfield-Green County Health Department

(select class)
Chronic Health Conditions Associated with Childhood Obesity
Speakers:
Cindi Kapica-Goddard, St. John’s

10:00am - 11:15am

(select class)
Social Determinants, Childhood Obesity and Interventions
Moderator: Dr. Pamela Sailors, PhD., Department Head, Philosophy Department, MSU

Speakers:
Vetta L. Senders Thompson, Ph.D.; MPH; Washington University
Terry Leet, St. Louis University School of Public Health

(select class)
Promoting Healthy Activities to Children
Moderator: Dalen Duitsman, Director of Master of Public Health Program, MSU

Speakers:
Cheryl M. Kelly, PhD., Assistant Professor of Community Health, St. Louis University School of Public Health
Ian Thomas PhD., Executive Director, PedNet Coalition

11:30am - 1:15pm

Lunch


Keynote Speaker: Carole Garner, University of Arkansas-Medical  Sciences (UAMS) College of Public Health
1:30pm - 2:45pm
(select class)
Access to Affordable Healthy Food Alternatives

Speakers:
Deborah Piland, Ph.D., RD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, MSU Tammy Roberts, University of Missouri Extension

(select class)
Managing the Psychological Impact of Childhood Obesity

Speakers:
Paul Thomlionson , PhD., Vice President of Research and Quality Assurance, Burrell Behavioral Health Center
Wanda Holloway , Burrell Behavioral Health Center
3:00pm - 4:15pm
(select class)
What can I DO? Fighting Obesity in Latino Populations

Speakers:
Suzanne Walker-Pacheco, PhD., MSU. Dept of Anthropology, Sociology, and Criminology
Judy Gonzalez PsyD, Associate Professor/Licensed Psychologist, School of Professional Psychology at Forest Institute
(select class)
Public Health and Private Medicine Collaboration in Preventing childhood Obesity

Speakers:
Daniel Sontheimer, M.D., Cox Health

 

Class Selection Saturday, March 28th
Time
Session
8:00am - 8:30am

Coffee

8:30am - 9:45am

(select class)
Engaging Children in Health Living: Food and Physical Activity
Speakers:

Bill Ingemi,Health and Wellness Director, Springfield Park Board
Brenda Goodwin,M.S. Ed., Health, Physical Education & Recreation Department, MSU
(select class)
Role of Primary Care in Preventing Childhood Obesity

Speaker:
Lance Luria, M.D., Medical Director of St. John's Health Plans and St. John's Health and Wellness
Bernard Griesemer,M.D., Health Tracks Training Center of St. John's Health System

10:00am - 11:15am
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State Policy Innovations and Experimentations

Speakers:
Donna Merhle, MU Extension, MOCAN Representative
Carole Garner,  MPH, RD,LD, assistant professor, University of Arkansas -- Medical Science (UAMS) College of Public Health Olivia M. Thompson,PhD., MPH, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity

(select class)
Local Public Policies to Encourage Healthy Eating

Speakers:
Greg Burris, City Manager, City of Springfield
OR Mayor Tom Carlson, City of Springfield
Roseann Bentley, Greene County Commissioner Cindy Rushefsky, City Council, Springfield
11:30am - 1:15pm

Lunch


Moderator: Dr. Mark Rushefsky, PhD, Political Science Department, MSU

Keynote Speaker: Charlotte Pratt, Ph.D., R.D. Program Director, Clinical Applications & Prevention Branch, Division of Prevention & Population Sciences, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health

 

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Springfield/Greene County Community Success Stories: Where Do We Go From Here?
Moderator: Dr. Kant Patel, PhD., Political Science Department, MSU

Speakers:
Jean Graybeel, Coordinator of Health Services, Springfield Public School System
Ashley French , Senior Branch Executive, Downtown YMCA, Springfield
Melissa Haddow, Community Partnership of the Ozarks
Sandra Pratt, Springfield Park Board
Melissa Haddow , Executive Director, Community Partnership of the Ozarks
Julie Humphrey, Hand in Hand Ministries

3:00pm - 4:00pm

Reception