Public Health at WashU Annual Conference
Monday, October 21, 5:30 p.m.-8 p.m. | Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall, Danforth Campus
Tuesday, October 22, 8:45 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. | Eric P. Newman Education Center, Medical Campus
How can we ensure that the latest technological innovations in health care are equitable and accessible to all? How do we develop a public health workforce that reflects the population it serves and addresses needs in an equitable way?
Join us on October 21-22, as WashU Public Health faculty, students and community partners explore these questions and others at the 2024 Public Health at WashU Annual Conference, The Next Era of Public Health: Equity-informed approaches to innovative technologies & workforce development.
The 2024 Public Health at WashU annual conference is a collaboration between WashU’s strategic plan, Here and Next and the Institute for Public Health.
Monday, October 21
Join us in the Clark-Fox Forum for a keynote presentation from Deven McGraw, chief regulatory and privacy officer at Citizen Health, and a discussion on technology and public health including how accessibility is key to advancing community public health. Additionally, attendees will hear about the St. Louis Confluence Collaborative from the inaugural St. Louis Confluence Collaborative Faculty Director, Bettina Drake, PhD, MPH. Housed within the Office of the Provost, the collaborative will serve as an organizing platform and convening unit for community-engaged research, teaching and practice across WashU, with St. Louis needs at the forefront.
Public health in the age of digital data: Can we overcome persistent challenges to leverage new opportunities?
Deven McGraw is the Chief Regulatory and Privacy Officer for Citizen Health, a platform for patients to gather, manage, and share their complete health histories (previously known as Ciitizen and recently divested from Invitae).
She currently serves on the federal Health Information Technology Advisory Committee, the California Data Sharing Agreement Policies and Procedures Subcommittee, and the Data and Surveillance Workgroup of the CDC’s Advisory Committee to the Director on CDC’s Data Modernization Initiative. She also is on the board of Manifest MedEx, the largest health information exchange in California.
From 2015-2017, she directed U.S. health privacy and security as Deputy Director, Health Information Privacy at the HHS Office for Civil Rights and Chief Privacy Officer (Acting) of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. Widely recognized for her expertise in health privacy, she directed the Health Privacy Project at the Center for Democracy & Technology for six years, testifying before Congress on health privacy issues on multiple occasions.
She previously was the Chief Operating Officer of the National Partnership for Women and Families and, before joining federal government service, advised health industry clients on HIPAA compliance and data governance while a partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP. Deven graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center and has a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.
Times are tentative and subject to change
| 5:00 p.m. | Check-in opens |
| 5:30 p.m. | Opening remarks Mary Mckay, PhD, Executive Vice Provost of Interdisciplinary Initiatives |
| 5:45 p.m. | Overview of the St. Louis Confluence Collaborative Bettina Drake, PhD, Faculty Director of the St. Louis Confluence Collaborative |
| 6:00 p.m. | Keynote presentation Deven McGraw, JD, Chief Regulatory and Privacy Officer for Citizen Health Presentation and Q&A |
| 6:45 p.m. | Discussion on equity-informed approaches to innovative technologies Chenyang Lu, PhD, MS, Hilary Reno, MD, PhD, FIDSA Deven McGraw, JD, MPH, LLM Moderated by Philip Payne, PhD, Director of Institute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics (I2DB) |
| 7:15 p.m. | Networking reception Light fare provided |
| 8:00 p.m. | Event Close |
The Clark-Fox Forum is located in Hillman Hall, part of the WashU Brown School.
The Brown School is located in the southeast corner of WashU’s Danforth Campus.
Visitors are encouraged to park in the East End Garage. Validation will be provided for non-WashU attendees.
Tuesday October 22
Join us in the Eric P. Newman Education Center (EPNEC) auditorium for day two of the conference, which will feature well-known public health speakers and experts, including the newly-appointed inaugural Margaret C. Ryan Dean of WashU’s planned School of Public Health (effective Jan. 1), Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH. Dean Designate Galea will offer a preliminary look at his vision for building on WashU’s existing public health strengths and expanding its commitment to the field by shaping WashU’s first new school in 100 years.
Day two will also include a keynote presentation from Jonathan Samet, MD, professor, former dean, and interim department chair of the Colorado School of Public Health, and a panel discussion on educating and developing a public health workforce that aligns with community needs. A poster session plus light fare will round out the conference.
Preparing for public health in the future: Do we know where we want to go?
Jonathan Samet, a pulmonary physician and epidemiologist, is the former dean of the Colorado School of Public Health and professor in epidemiology and environmental and occupational health.
Samet’s research has focused on health risks of inhaled pollutants in outdoor air and also indoor pollutants including secondhand smoke and radon. He has investigated the epidemiology of cancer and respiratory diseases, emphasizing the risks of active and passive smoking. He led the Colorado COVID-19 Modeling Group, which modeled the epidemic in Colorado for public health purposes and directs the Colorado Cannabis Research & Policy Project. He has served on and chaired numerous committees of the National Academies. He chaired the EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee and the FDA’s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee.
Jonathan Samet has been editor and author for the Surgeon Generals’ Reports on Smoking and Health since 1984, receiving the Surgeon General’s Medallion in 1990 and 2006. Samet received the 2004 Prince Mahidol Award for Global Health awarded by the King of Thailand, the Edward Livingston Trudeau Medal from the American Thoracic Society/American Lung Association, the American Cancer Society’s Luther Terry Award for Distinguished Career, and the Fries Prize for Health. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 1997.
Times are tentative and subject to change
| 8:00 a.m. | Check-in opens Visit with our exhibitors |
| 8:45 a.m. | Opening remarks William G. Powderly, MD, Larry J. Shapiro Director, Institute for Public Health |
| 9:00 a.m. | Preparing for public health in the future: Do we know where we want to go? Jonathan Samet, MD Presentation and Q&A |
| 9:55 a.m. | Break |
| 10:10 a.m. | Panel discussion: Challenges and Strategies for Building the Public Health Workforce of the Future Victoria Anwuri, MPH, City of St. Louis Department of Health Aimee James, PhD, MPH, MA, WashU School of Medicine Rachel Tabak, PhD, RD, WashU Brown School Ciearra Walker, MPH, Integrated Health Network Moderated by Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, Co-Director, Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research |
| 11:30 a.m. | Why health? New directions for population health science and the foundations of a new school of public health Sandro Galea, MD, Margaret C. Ryan Dean Designate of the planned WashU School of Public Health Presentation and Q&A |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch and poster session Light fare provided |
| 1:30 p.m. | Event close |
The Eric P. Newman Education Center (EPNEC) is located at 320 S Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO.
Those utilizing public transportation can access EPNEC from the Central West End Metrolink station or transit center (by bus). Use the Metro Trip Planner.
Upon arriving, please utilize levels 6-7 of the Metro Parking Garage located at the corner of Taylor Avenue and Nash Way [formerly Children’s Place]. The garage address is 4560 Nash Way [formerly Children’s Place], St. Louis, MO 63110. Go to level 3 to enter into the pedestrian walkway. Press handicap button to open the door. Turn left into the walkway. Make the first right (past Kaldi’s Coffee). Walk a short distance, and you will enter EPNEC at the 2nd level.
Parking validations for the Metro Parking Garage will be provided for non-WashU and non-BJC attendees only.
A note about accessibility
If you have any accessibility needs, please contact Emily Hickner at ehickner@wustl.edu. We need to be notified at least five business days prior to the event to guarantee accommodation for interpretation and CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) services.