You are invited to join us on Wednesday, April 3, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Eastern), for a virtual forum at which authors will present their work, engage in discussions, and answer questions on important issues.
Panels include:
Overarching Societal Requisites for Perinatal Mental Health
The Burden of Poor Perinatal Mental Health
Improving Access & Care
Tailoring Solutions
Confirmed speakers are:
Bridgette Blebu, Faculty Investigator, Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Nancy Byatt, Executive Director, Lifeline for Families Center and Lifeline for Moms Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School/UMass Memorial Health Care
Twylla Dillion, Executive Director, HealthConnect One
Karen Tabb Dina, Professor, University of Illinois School of Social Work, Health Affairs Theme Issue Adviser
Emily C. Dossett, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Health Affairs Theme Issue Adviser
Nichole Goodsmith, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; and Psychiatrist and Core Investigator, Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation, & Policy, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Sarah H. Gordon, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health
Connie Guille, Professor, Departments of Psychiatry & Ob/Gyn; Director, Women's Reproductive Behavioral Health Division, Medical University of South Carolina
Sarah C. Haight, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Stephanie V. Hall, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School
Jessica M. Harrison, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Osher Center for Integrative Health, University of California, San Francisco
Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois
Slawa Rokicki, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Behavior, Society, & Policy, Rutgers School of Public Health
Amy Stiffarm, Director of Native American Initiatives, Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies: The Montana Coalition
Alison Stuebe, Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, and Distinguished Scholar in Infant And Young Child Health, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tova Walsh, Associate Professor, Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Kara Zivin, Marcia A. Valenstein, M.D., Collegiate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School
Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Time: 1:00 p.m. Eastern
Place: Online details to be shared with registrants no later than 24 hours before the event
Health Affairs thanks Emily Dossett of UCLA and Karen Tabb Dina of the University of Illinois, who served as theme issue advisers.
We thank Perigee Fund, the California Health Care Foundation, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Cambia Health Foundation, and Con Alma Health Foundation for their financial support of the issue and this briefing.
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If you have accessibility or support requirements in order to participate fully in this event, please contact [email protected] to ensure that we can arrange reasonable accommodations.
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