Start Here: Getting Real About Social Determinants of Health<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Presented by<\/strong> Dr. Donald Berwick<\/strong><\/p>\n Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, FRCP, is president emeritus and senior fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, which he co-founded and led for 18 years. He was appointed by President Obama to serve as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services from July 2010 to December 2011. Trained as a pediatrician, he has served on the faculties of Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, and is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. His numerous awards include the 2007 William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research and the 2007 Heinz Award for Public Policy. In 2005, he was appointed Honourary Knight Commander of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. He has authored or co-authored more than 160 scientific articles and six books.<\/p>\n Thirty Million Words: A Public Health Approach to Early Childhood Education<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Presented by Dr.\u00a0Dana Suskind<\/strong><\/p>\n Dana Suskind, MD, author of\u00a0<\/span>Thirty Million Words: Building A Child\u2019s Brain<\/em><\/a>, is co-director of the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health, professor of surgery at the University of Chicago, director of the Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program, and founder and director of the Thirty Million Words Initiative. Based on scientific research that shows the critical importance of early language exposure on the developing child,\u00a0Thirty Million Words helps parents, caregivers, and practitioners harness the power of their language to build children\u2019s brains and shape their futures. Dr. Suskind\u2019s ultimate goal, and that of her dedicated team, is to close the ever-widening achievement gap and help all children reach their full potential.<\/span><\/p>\n How the Evolution of Sex and Gender-based Research Impacts the Practice of Medicine<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Presented by Dr. Alyson McGregor (MED ’03)<\/strong><\/p>\n Alyson J. McGregor, MD MA FACEP, <\/em>is a women\u2019s health pioneer who has brought the concept of sex and gender differences in the delivery of acute medical care to the national stage. She is an associate professor of emergency medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and the co-founder and director for the Division of Sex and Gender in Emergency Medicine at Brown University\u2019s Department of Emergency Medicine. McGregor is also a co-founder and vice chair for the national organization Sex and Gender Women\u2019s Health Collaborative. McGregor’s research focuses on the effects that sex and gender have on emergent conditions, and she has been an advocate for this model nationally. She received her medical degree at Boston University School of Medicine.<\/p>\n Keeping Children and Adolescents with Down Syndrome Healthy: Medical Updates for Health Care Professionals<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Presented by Dr. Brian G. Skotko and Special Olympics Athlete Melissa Joy Reilly<\/strong><\/p>\n A board-certified medical geneticist and co-director of the\u00a0Down Syndrome Program at Massachusetts General Hospital<\/a>, Dr. Brian G. Skotko has dedicated his career to children with cognitive and development disabilities.<\/p>\n Melissa J. Reilly is a motivational speaker, Special Olympics Athlete and Global Messenger<\/a>, and a member of Special Olympics Massachusetts Board of Directors.<\/p>\n No Brakes: A Journey Toward Physical Activity for All<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Presented by Cheri Blauwet, MD<\/strong><\/p>\n Cheri Blauwet, MD, is an instructor in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School and an attending physician at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and the Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital. She also serves as the disability access and awareness director for Spaulding Rehabilitation Network.\u00a0 She is a graduate of the Stanford University School of Medicine and completed her residency training in PM&R at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital\/Harvard Medical School where she served as chief resident before completing a sports medicine fellowship at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.<\/p>\n My Personal Journey: From the Bedside to the Halls of Congress<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Presented by Karen A. Daley (SPH \u201988), PhD, RN, FAAN<\/strong><\/p>\n Who Says I Can’t<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Presented by Jothy Rosenberg, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n Jonathan \u201cJothy\u201d Rosnberg<\/a> is an entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and the author of Who Says I Can\u2019t<\/i><\/a> which recounts how he used extreme sports to recover from two bouts with cancer, an amputation, and having a lung removed, all as a teenager when he was told he had zero chance of survival. Forty years later, he is still very active in those extreme sports and uses many of them to raise money for important causes.<\/p>\n Defying the Odds: Rehabilitation and Perseverance After Spinal Cord Injury<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Presented by Travis Roy<\/strong><\/p>\n Disability in 21st Century America: Psychological, Social, and Political Meanings<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n2018<\/h2>\n
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