Expanding Your Boundaries:
Health Equity inPublic Health Nutrition
Association of State Public Health Nutritionists
June 10 – 12, 2018
Hotel Valencia Riverwalk
San Antonio, TX
Saturday, June 9
4:00 – 8:30 PMRegistration– in lobby beside the hotel check in desk
3:00 – 5:00 PMPresidents’ Meeting –by invitation only(Board room)
5:30 – 7:30 PMASPHN Leadership Annual Dinner– by invitation
7:30 – 8:30 PMMeet the Leadership – (Rotunda) an informal gathering, please wear your nametag
Sunday, June 10
6:00 - 7:00 AMExercise opportunity – meet in the lobby for a walk
A continental style breakfast is offered by the hotel included in the sleeping room rate for those guests staying at the hotel. Complimentary coffee available at 6:30 AM.
8:00 -11:10 AMASPHN Board of Directors’ Work Session (Valencia Room)
11:10 – 11:30 AMASPHN Board of Directors’ Meeting (Valencia Room) – all members welcome to attend
12:00 - 1:00 PMLunch on your own
11:00 - 1:00 PMRegistration(outside Verona I/II)
1:00 - 1:15 PMWelcome to the 2018ASPHN Annual Meeting(Verona I/II)
Robin Stanton, MA, RD, LD (OR)–ASPHN President-elect
1:15 –1:30 PMGet to Know Your Colleagues in the room
1:30 – 3:00 PMDeconstructing Equity
Nita Mosby Tyler, MA, PhD, The Equity Project, Denver, CO
3:00 – 3:30 PMActivity/Stretch Break
3:30 - 4:30PM Federal Update: USDA
Donna Johnson-Bailey, MPH, RD, Senior Nutrition Advisor, FNS, USDA, Alexandria, VA
4:30 – 5:00 PMAnnual ASPHN Update
Takako Tagami, MS, MBA, RD, LD, President, ASPHN
5:30PMOptional dinner groups – all are welcome to join a group
Information and sign-up will be at the registration table.
Groups will include:
MCH Nutrition Council – at Acenar, 146 E Houston Street (meet in lobby)
Monday, June 11
6:00-7:00 AMExercise Opportunity – meet in the lobby for a walk
A continental style breakfast is offered by the hotel included in the sleeping room rate for those guests staying at the hotel. Complimentary coffee available at 6:30 AM.
Members of the Fruit and Vegetable Nutrition Council are invited to gather at Dorrego’s for breakfast (this is a self-pay event).
8:00 – 8:15 AMWelcome and housekeeping
8:15 – 9:15 AMFederal Updates: NIH and the HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Angela K. McGowan, JD, MPH, Project Director, CDC Assignee to the Office of Disease Prevention & Health Promotion, DHHS, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
Alison Vaux-Bjerke, MPH, Senior ORISE Prevention Science Fellow, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, DHHS, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD,Nutrition Advisor, Division of Prevention Science, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, DHHS, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
April Oh, PhD, MPH,Program Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences,National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
9:15 – 10:30 AMCoffee break and view posters
Be sure to view posters (authors will be available)
10:45 – 11:15 AMASPHN Award Presentations
11:15 – 12:30 PMLanguage as Code: Using the Right Words for Your Audience
Christine Grillo,MA, Contributing Writer, Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
12:30 – 1:30 PMCelebrating our 65thYear Luncheon – Celebration to network with your peers over lunch
1:45 – 2:45 PMFederal Update: MCHB
Laura Kavanagh, MPP, Acting Associate Administrator, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resource and Services Administration
2:45 – 3:15 PMActivity/Stretch Break
3:15 – 4:15 PMFederal Update: CDC-DNPAO
Ruth Petersen, MD, MPH, Director, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity,National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
4:15 – 5:15 PMThe Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration Projects: Implementing evidence- based interventions to support healthy children in low income families
Carrie Dooyema, MPH, MSN, RN, Behavioral Scientist, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity,National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
5:30 PMMonday Evening Excursion–San Antonio Food Tour- (meet in lobby)
Tuesday, June 12
6:00 - 7:00 AMExercise Opportunity – meet in the lobby for a walk
A continental style breakfast is offered by the hotel included in the sleeping room rate for those guests staying at the hotel. Complimentary coffee available at 6:30 AM.
8:00 AMWelcome
8:05 – 9:05AMState Sharing–(TX, TN, OR)
Claire Heiser, MS, RD, Public Health Advisor, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity,National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Christopher Bueno, Gem Valley Farm Manager, Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley, Inc. Pharr, TX
Betsy Anderson Steeves, PhD, RD, Assistant Professor, Associate Director, MCH Training Program, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Jennifer Young, MPH, RD, School Wellness Policy Coordinator, Oregon Department of Education
9:05 – 10:30 AMCoffee break and posters
View posters -Authors will be available
Final opportunity to vote on student submissions
10:30 – 11:30 AMState Sharing (Continued)
11:30 – 1:00 PMLunch on your own
1:00 – 2:30 PMLeveraging Strengths and Assets to Improve Rural Health Equity
Michael Meit, MA, MPH, Senior Public Health Systems Researcher, NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, Bethesda, MD
2:30 – 2:45 PMStudent poster award winners and AGPPHN travel scholarships winners announced
Wrap up and send off
Robin Stanton, MA, RD, LD (OR), President-elect
Funding for this ASPHN annual meeting was made possible, in part, with a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (NU38OT000137-04). The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.