Rural Health Conference Agenda
Tenth Annual Rural Health Conference
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Thursday, September 17:
8:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
Hotel Capstone Ballroom Lobby
8:30 a.m. Welcome
Mark D. Nelson, PhD
Vice President for Student Affairs &
Vice Provost
for Academic Affairs
The University of Alabama
9:00a.m.- 10:00 a.m. Morning Keynote Address
Jeff Ingram
Senior Vice President of Health
Systems
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Prevention Action Break
10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Morning Breakout Sessions:
1. Primary Care and Immunizations
Michael Taylor, MD, FAAP
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
The University of Alabama
2. Preventing Obesity and Primary
Care
Vijaya Sundar, MD, FACP
Professor and Chair, Department of
Internal Medicine
The University of Alabama
M. Renee Umstattd, PhD, CHES
Assistant Professor, Department of
Health Science
The University of Alabama
3. Cardiac Arrest Management –
Adults
Glenn Davis, EMT-P
Project Director for Emergency
Medical Service
Rural Health Institute for Clinical &
Translational Science
The University of Alabama
Noon Lunch
12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Luncheon Keynote Address
Mark S. Williams, MD, MBA, JD,
CPE
Chief Medical Officer, North
Mississippi Health System
Chairman of the Board, Alabama
Quality Assurance Foundation
1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Prevention Action Break
2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Afternoon Breakout Sessions:
1. Primary Care and Prenatal Care
Daniel Avery, MD, FACOG, FACS
Associate Professor & Chair,
Department of Obstetrics &
Gynecology
The University of Alabama
Brittani Blackston
Executive Director, Tuscaloosa
Campaign to Prevent Teen
Pregnancy
2. Primary Care and Improved Mental
Health
Thaddeus Ulzen, MD
Chair & Professor, Department of
Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine
The University of Alabama
Cecelia Laurie, PhD
President, National Alliance for
Mental Illness, Tuscaloosa Chapter
Professor, Mathematics
3. Cardiac Arrest Management –
Children
Glenn Davis, EMT-P
Project Director for Emergency
Medical Service
Rural Health Institute for Clinical &
Translational Science
The University of Alabama
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Afternoon Keynote Speaker
Pamela Foster, MD, MPH
Deputy Director, Rural Health
Institute for Clinical and Translational
Science, The University of Alabama
School of Medicine,
Tuscaloosa Campus
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Research Poster Session Special
Viewing Session with Authors
Reception
Friday, September 18:
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Greetings
E. Eugene Marsh, MD
Dean, College of Community
Health Sciences, The University of
Alabama
Associate Dean, The University of
Alabama School of Medicine,
Tuscaloosa Campus
8:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Morning Keynote Address
David Mathews, PhD
President and CEO, Kettering
Foundation
10:15 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. Morning Breakout Sessions
1. Preventing Stroke and Primary
Care
E. Eugene Marsh, MD
Dean, College of Community
Health Sciences, The University
of Alabama
Associate Dean, University of
Alabama School of Medicine,
Tuscaloosa Campus
Frances Ford
Sowing Seeds of Hope
2. Preventing Cancer and Primary
Care
William Owings, MD
Department of Family Medicine
The University of Alabama
Nancy Wright
Alabama Breast & Cervical
Cancer Early Protection Program
Alabama Department of Public
Health
3. Cardiac Arrest Management - Infants
Glenn Davis, EMT-P
Project Director for Emergency
Medical Service
Rural Health Institute for Clinical
& Translational Science
The University of Alabama
11:30 a.m. – noon Research Poster Award
Presentation
and Conference Closing
Continuous Research Poster Session
Hosted by:
The Rural Health Institute for Clinical and Translational Science
The College of Community Health Sciences/School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa Campus
The University of Alabama