Conference Presentations:

• Opening Presentation
  • David Willoughby, MA, CEO, ClearWay MN & Donna Warner, MA, MBA, Managing Partner, Multi-State Collaborative


• Keynote Speech
  • Ursula Bauer, PhD, MPH, Director, CDC/National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
  • Rosemarie Henson, MPH, Senior Advisor, US/DHHS, Office of Assistant Secretary for Health


• Impact of Cessation Policy and Health Systems Change on Prevalence and Health Outcomes
  • Sarah Moody-Thomas, PhD, School of Public Health, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
  • Thad Schilling, MD, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
  • Thomas Land, PhD, Director, Surveillance and Evaluation, Massachusetts Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program
  • Lois Keithly, PhD, Director, Massachusetts Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program


• Roles and Perspectives on Improving Access to Cessation Treatments
  • Cathy Backinger, PhD, MPH, Chief, Tobacco Control Research Branch, National Cancer Institute


• Tobacco Cessation and Emerging Trends in Health Plans
  • Dennis White, Sr. Vice President, Value-Based Purchasing, National Business Coalition on Health
  • Suzanne Swadener, RN,MHA, Medical Support Services Management, Group Health of Puget Sound


• Integrating Tobacco Interventions in Healthcare/QI
  • Sarah Moody-Thomas, PhD, School of Public Health, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
  • Kim Hamlett-Berry, PhD, Director, Office of Public Health Policy and Prevention, US Department of Veterans Affairs


• Electronic Medical Records: Taking a ÒMeaningfulÓ Approach to Tobacco Interventions through Technology
  • Gillian Schauer, MPH, Manager, Training and Outreach Unit, Clinical and Behavioral Sciences Dept., Free & Clear
  • Dominic Mack, MD, MBA, Georgia Regional Extension Center
  • Jason Mitchell, MD, Assistant Division Director, American Academy of Family Physicians


• Design, Implement and Evaluate Cessation Benefits
  • Patrick Hutton, MA, Manager, Cessation Systems Initiative, Oklahoma Division of Insurance
  • Deb Osborne, MPH, Director, Health Systems and Cessation Initiatives, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
  • Jonathan Foley, MPA, Senior Advisor to the Director, Federal Office of Personnel Management & Maggie Martel, JD, Senior Policy Analyst, Health Policy Office, Federal Office of Personnel Management
  • Linda Bailey, JD, MPH, President/CEO, North American Quitline Consortium


• What Drives Change--Provider Perspectives
  • Theodore Marcy, MD, MPH, University of Vermont, College of Medicine
  • Sarah Shih, MPH, New York City Primary Care Information Project
  • Nathaniel Cobb, MD, Chief, Chronic Disease Branch, Indian Health Service LCDR Megan Wohr, RPh, Tobacco Control Specialist, Indian Health Service


• What Drives Change--National and State Perspectives
  • Annie Beigel, MFA, Manager of Cessation Programs, New York State Department of Health, Tobacco Control Program
  • David Zauche, Senior Program Officer, Partnership for Prevention


• What Drives Change--Building and Using Practice-Based Evidence
  • Russ Glasgow, PhD, Deputy Director of Dissemination and Implementation Science, NCI, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
  • David Abrams, PhD, Executive Director, Steven A. Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies/Legacy; Professor, Department of Health, Behavior and Society, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Nancy Rigotti, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director, Tobacco Research and Treatment Center, Mass General Hospital


• Systems Integration: Simulation Modeling to Inform Making an Impact on Population Prevalence
  • David Abrams, PhD, Executive Director, Steven A. Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies/Legacy; Professor, Department of Health, Behavior and Society, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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