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AGENDA

Monday, April 26 
8:00 AM – Noon Coordinating Board Meeting
 
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM PLENARY SESSION I
 

Creating the Will for a Heart Healthy and Stroke Free Society

Dr. Tom Pearson, Chair-Elect, National Forum

Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, Chairman of the Senate HELP Committee (Invited)

Dr. Jeff Levi, Trust for America's Health

Jessica Donze Black, National Healthy Schools Program Director, Alliance for A Healthier Generation

 
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM Break - Networking Opportunity
 
2:30 PM – 3:45 PM PLENARY SESSION II
  Institute of Medicine Reports on Hypertension and Sodium:
 

Findings, Recommendations, and Next Steps

Dr. Jane Henney, Chair, IOM Committee on Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake

Dr. David Fleming, Chair, IOM Committee on Public Health Priorities to Reduce Sodium Intake

Misty Jimerson, Chair, Cardiovascular Health Council, National Association of Chronic Disease Directors

 
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM Break - Networking Opportunity
 
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS
 

I: Policy, Environment, and Systems Change: Challenges,
   Opportunities, and Recommendations for Evaluation

    Dr. Alice Ammerman, Director, Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, UNC   

    Dr. Semra Aytur, Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire

    Dr. Wayne Rosamond, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, UNC at Chapel Hill

    Dr. Albert Tsai, Principal Epidemiologist, Minnesota Department of Health 

 

II: Health Economics of Cardiovascular Disease: Defining the Research Agenda

    Dr. Keith Ferdinand, Chief Science Officer, Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc.

    Dr. Viola Vaccarino, Professor and Chair, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

    Dr. Yuling Hong, CDC

    Dr. Justin G. Trogdon, RTI International 

 

III: Sleep Apnea, Atrial Fibrillation and Their Contribution to Heart Disease and Stroke

    Dr. Brian Bilchik, Director, ProCor

    Michelle Baker, A F Stat, Chandler Chico

    Ed Grandi, Executive Director, American Sleep Apnea Association 

 

IV: Preventing Stroke and Heart Disease: Connecting Traditional
     and Emerging Communication Approaches to Change Behavior

     Marian Emr, National Institute of Health

     Dr. Robert Gould, Partnership for Prevention

     Susannah Fox, Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project

     Dr. Jay Bernhardt, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention           

 
6:00 PM -  6:30 PM New Member Orientation (Coordinating Board and New Members)
 
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM American Heart Association Networking Reception
 
Tuesday, April 27 
8:30 AM – 10:45 AM IMPLEMENTATION GROUP MEETINGS
  Action Priorities
Communications
Monitoring and Evaluation
Organizational Capacity
Public Health Leadership and Partnership
Policy Research
Regional and Global Collaboration
 
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM Break - Networking Opportunity
 
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM LUNCHEON PLENARY III
 

American Heart Association's Life's Simple Seven - Definition of Cardiovascular Health

Dr. Don Lloyd Jones, Northwestern University; Chair, American Heart Association Statisics Committee

Annual Business Meeting
Recognition of Outgoing Leaders and Awards Ceremony

 
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM Break - Networking Opportunity
 
1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS
 

V: Making the Case: Cardiovascular Disease Surveillance System in the U.S.
     Dr. David Goff, Wakeforest University

     Dr. Steve Sidney, Kaiser Permanente

     Dr. Sara Huston, Cardiovascular Health Council Delegate - North Carolina

     Dr. Rob Merritt, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Jill Birnbaum, American Heart Association

 

VI: Organizing Global Initiatives to Improve Education & Training in CVD Prevention

       Dr. Brian Bilchik, Director, ProCor

       Dr. Arun Chockalingam, Professor and Director of Global Health, Simon Fraser University

       Dr. Tom Pearson, Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Research, University of  Rochester

 

 

VII: Using PRISM (Prevention Impacts Simulation Model) for Cardiovascular Health Planning and Evaluation

       Kristina Wile, Sustainability Institute

       Dr. Diane Orenstein, Behavioral Scientist, CDC 

 

VIII: Heart Attack Signs and Symptoms for Women – Nationwide Awareness Campaign 

      Dr. Suzanne Haynes, DHHS, Office of Women's Health

      Dr. Ann Taubenheim, DHHS, Office of Women's Health 

      Dr. Brian Fontes, NENA: The 9-1-1 Association 

 
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM Break - Networking Opportunity
 
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM PLENARY SESSION IV
 

Developing the Will in the Private Sector to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke

Bill Bruning, President and CEO, Mid America Coalition on Health Care

Dr. Karyn Wills, Aetna Medical Director, Mid-Atlantic Region

 
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CLOSING PLENARY SESSION V
 

The Future "Will" for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention

Dr. Keith Ferdinand, Association of Black Cardiologist, Chair-Elect, National Forum

Rear Admiral Penelope Slade-Sawyer, HHS, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion 

Dr. Ursula Bauer, Director, CDC, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Dr. Peter Briss, Co-Chair, National Quality Forum, National Priorities Partnership,
Population Health Workgroup
 

 
 
 

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Member Organizations

Alaska Native Health Center
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
American Heart Association
American Sleep Apnea Association
American Stroke Association
Association of Black Cardiologists
Association of State & Territorial Health Officials
British Heart Foundation
Bureau of Primary Health Care
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Cardiovascular Health Council
CDCFoundation
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Consort. for Southeastern Hypertension Control
Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists
Danya International Inc.
Delta Health Alliance
Delta States Stroke Network
Department of Health and Human Services
Directors of Health Promotion and Education
Emory Program (EPICORE)
Great Lakes Regional Stroke Network
Health Power for Minorities, LLC
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia
Heart Institute of the Carribean
Heart Rhythm Society
Heartfile
Indian Health Service
InterAmerican Heart Foundation
International Stroke Society 
Kaiser Permanente
Kaunus University of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
McGill University
Medicine and Public Health Initiative
Morehouse School of Medicine
Nat. Association for Sport & Physical Education
Nat. Association of Chronic Disease Directors
Nat. Association of County & City Health Officials
National Business Group on Health
National Conference of State Legislators
National Governors Association
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
National Human Genome Research Institute
Nat. Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
National Medical Association
National Stroke Association
Outcomes Res. & Educ., U of KansasMC
Pan American Health Organization
Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association
Preventive Health Partnerships
ProCOR
Public Health Agency of Canada
Public Health Seattle King County
Simon Fraser University
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association
The Mended Hearts, Inc.
U of AL/Birmingham School of Public Health
University of Alberta
University of Arizona
University Of Minnesota
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Pittsburgh
University of Rochester Medical Center
University of Wisconsin Medical School
US Public Health Service, Region V
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Women In Government
World Health Organization
World Stroke Organization
Yale University School of Medicine
YMCA of the USA

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