2021 Speakers

Keynote speakers

 

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Joshua A. Barocas, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado

 
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H. Westley Clark, MD, JD, MPH

Dean’s Executive Professor of Public Health, Santa Clara University; Board of Directors, Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts

Rebecca Haffajee, JD, PhD, MPH

Acting Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

 
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Regina LaBelle, JD

Director, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University

PRESENTERS & MODERATORS

 

Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD

Professor of Internal Medicine, Director of the Center for Reducing Health Disparities

 

Sarah Ali, MPH

Overdose Response Strategy Program Coordinator and ODMAP Liaison, CDC Foundation

Michael Bird, MSW, MPH

Past-president, American Public Health Association (APHA)

 
 

Julie Burns

President & CEO, RIZE Massachusetts

 

Arianna Campbell, PA-C

Director, Co-Principal Investigator, California Bridge

 

Laurie A. Corbin, MSS, MLSP

Managing Director for Community Engagement, Public Health Management Corporation

Nabarun Dasgupta, PhD, MPH

Senior Scientist, Injury Prevention Research Center Innovation Fellow, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 
 

Corey Davis, JD, MSPH

Deputy Director, Southeastern Region Office, Director, Harm Reduction Legal Project, Network for Public Health Law

 

Brian Fuehrlein, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Psychiatric Emergency Room, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP)

Eric Gebbie, DrPH, MVA

Interim Director of Emergency Operations, Public Health Division, Oregon Health Authority

 
 

Ryan Greenstein

Legislative Director, National Association of Attorneys General

 

Helena Hansen, MD, PhD

Associate Director, Center for Social Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles

Kathryn Hawk, MD

Assistant Professor, Yale Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Public Health, Program in Addiction Medicine

 

Charles Hawthorne, MPH

Equity and Harm Reduction Project Manager, California Bridge

 

Aleka Heinrici, MD

Director of Addiction Medicine, San Ysidro Community Health Center

 

Andrew Herring, MD

Medical Director, Highland General Hospital SUD Treatment Program, CA Bridge Program

Gene Hern, MD, EMS

Associate Clinical Professor, University of California San Francisco, Vice Chair of Education, Emergency Medicine, Alameda County

 
 

Marquis Johnson

ODMAP Coordinator / Washington Baltimore, High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA)

 

Mark Anthony Karandang

Drug Intelligence Officer and Demand Reduction Coordinator, Overdose Response Strategy, Northern California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

Alex H. Kral, PhD, MS

Epidemiologist and Distinguished Fellow, RTI International

 
 

Cortney Lovell

Partner and Co-founder, Our Wellness Collective

 

Richard Lucey

Senior Prevention Program Manager, Community Outreach and Prevention Support Section, Drug Enforcement Administration

Josh Luftig, PA-C

Bay Area Regional Director, California Bridge Program

 
 

Kristen Marshall

Associate Director for San Francisco Programs, National Harm Reduction Coalition

 

Mary Maddux-Gonzalez, MD, MPH

Coach and Preparedness Consultant, California Overdose Prevention Network

Maria Elena Medina-Mora, PhD, MA

General Director, National Institute on Psychiatry de la Fuente Muniz

 
 

Lori Nesbitt

Yurok Opioid Program Manager, Yurok Tribe, Humboldt and Del Norte Counties, Northern California

 

Carmen R. Nevarez, MD, MPH

Sr. Vice President, Public Health Institute; Director, Center for Health Leadership and Practice and National Overdose Prevention Network

Savannah O’Neill, MSW

Associate Director of Capacity Building, National Harm Reduction Coalition

 

Tyler Norris, MDiv

Chief Executive, Well Being Trust

 

Myra Parker, JD, MPH, PhD

CEO, Seven Directions

 

Mary Pittman, DrPH

President and CEO, Public Health Institute

The Honorable Sean D. Reyes

Utah Attorney General

 
 

Karen Scott, MD, MPH

President, FORE Foundation

 

Puja Seth, PhD

Chief, Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Division of Overdose Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Josh Sharfstein, MD

Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

 

Ken Shatzkes, PhD

Senior Program Officer, FORE Foundation

 

Maridee Shogren, DNP, CNM, CLC

Clinical Professor, College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines, University of North Dakota

 

Jessica Smith, MA

Capacity Building Manager, National Harm Reduction Coalition

Hannah Snyder, MD

Co-Principal Investigator, California Bridge

 
 

Kelly Thompson, JD

Policy Analyst, Research and Evaluation Group, Public Health Management Corporation

 

Gary Tsai, MD

Director, Substance Abuse Prevention and Control, County of Los Angeles, Dept of Public Health

Kara Toles, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of California Davis, Health and Director of Equity & Inclusion

 
 

Tommie Trevino

Substance Use Navigator and Supervisor, University of California, Davis Medical Center

 

Arjun Venkatesh MD, MBA, MHS

Associate Professor and Chief of Administration Section, Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale University, E-QUAL co-Lead

Ben Zaniello, MD, MPH

Chief Medical Officer, Point/Click/Care