2021 Speakers
Keynote speakers
Associate Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado
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
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
Past-president, American Public Health Association (APHA)
Director, Co-Principal Investigator, California Bridge
Managing Director for Community Engagement, Public Health Management Corporation
Senior Scientist, Injury Prevention Research Center Innovation Fellow, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Deputy Director, Southeastern Region Office, Director, Harm Reduction Legal Project, Network for Public Health Law
Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Psychiatric Emergency Room, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP)
Interim Director of Emergency Operations, Public Health Division, Oregon Health Authority
Legislative Director, National Association of Attorneys General
Associate Director, Center for Social Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles
Assistant Professor, Yale Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Public Health, Program in Addiction Medicine
Director of Addiction Medicine, San Ysidro Community Health Center
Medical Director, Highland General Hospital SUD Treatment Program, CA Bridge Program
Associate Clinical Professor, University of California San Francisco, Vice Chair of Education, Emergency Medicine, Alameda County
ODMAP Coordinator / Washington Baltimore, High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA)
Drug Intelligence Officer and Demand Reduction Coordinator, Overdose Response Strategy, Northern California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
Epidemiologist and Distinguished Fellow, RTI International
Partner and Co-founder, Our Wellness Collective
Senior Prevention Program Manager, Community Outreach and Prevention Support Section, Drug Enforcement Administration
Bay Area Regional Director, California Bridge Program
Associate Director for San Francisco Programs, National Harm Reduction Coalition
Coach and Preparedness Consultant, California Overdose Prevention Network
Maria Elena Medina-Mora, PhD, MA
General Director, National Institute on Psychiatry de la Fuente Muniz
Yurok Opioid Program Manager, Yurok Tribe, Humboldt and Del Norte Counties, Northern California
Sr. Vice President, Public Health Institute; Director, Center for Health Leadership and Practice and National Overdose Prevention Network
Associate Director of Capacity Building, National Harm Reduction Coalition
CEO, Seven Directions
Utah Attorney General
President, FORE Foundation
Chief, Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Division of Overdose Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Maridee Shogren, DNP, CNM, CLC
Clinical Professor, College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines, University of North Dakota
Co-Principal Investigator, California Bridge
Policy Analyst, Research and Evaluation Group, Public Health Management Corporation
Director, Substance Abuse Prevention and Control, County of Los Angeles, Dept of Public Health
Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of California Davis, Health and Director of Equity & Inclusion
Substance Use Navigator and Supervisor, University of California, Davis Medical Center
Associate Professor and Chief of Administration Section, Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale University, E-QUAL co-Lead
Chief Medical Officer, Point/Click/Care