Welcome!

TODAY'S SCHEDULE
8:30-9:00 AM - CHECK IN
9:00-9:15 AM - INTRODUCTION, CONTEXT, AND AGENDA

9:15-10:00 AM - KEYNOTE: DR. PATRICK BARON

WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
10:00-10:10 AM - BREAK 1
10:10-11:00 AM - BREAKOUT 1
11:00-12:30 PM - LUNCH & RESOURCE FAIR
11:00-11:45 - PURPLE AT FAIR, BLUE AT LUNCH
11:45-12:30 - BLUE AT FAIR, PURPLE AT LUNCH
12:30-1:20 PM - BREAKOUT 2
1:20-1:30 PM - BREAK 2
1:30-2:20 PM - BREAKOUT 3
2:20-2:30 PM - BREAK 3
2:30-3:00 PM - CLOSING SESSION
PATRICK BARON, PH.D
INTRODUCTION
Dr. Patrick Baron is the Director of the Integrated Health

Science program at Western Carolina University. His work

focuses primarily on social and environmental determinants

of health and disparity. Dr. Baron has spent many years

shaping future leaders of public health!

TODAY'S TOPIC
Public Health for the Future:

The Role of Youth Today

Dr. Baron will examine the current state of the

US health and healthcare systems, and will

discuss the challenges and opportunities in

public health leadership for the next

generation.
CONCURRENT
BREAKOUT SESSIONS

01 02
JUSTICE-

03 04
TEAMWORK
WORK SMARTER
COMMUNICATE
MAKES THE
EQUITY-
NOT HARDER WITH PUBLIC
DREAM WORK DIVERSITY -
HEALTH LEADERS
INCLUSION
Jordan Perry, University
Adrienne Ammerman,

Dr. Lane Perry, Western

(JEDI) of North Carolina -
WNC Health Network
Carolina University
Jacquelyn Hallum,
Asheville
Mountain Area Health

Education Center
 THE CENTER FOR NATIVE HEALTH
MADISON LEATHERWOOD
Madison_leatherwood@centerofnativehealth.org

MISSION
The mission and approach of the Center are

unique in the nation because we are driven first

and foremost by a community agenda and guided

by the advice of community members. University

or other institutional partners must be willing to

accept this agenda and provide the flexibility

necessary to support it. The Center for Native

Health actively moves projects away from the

scenario in which Western research “studies us

[American Indians] to death".

MOUNTAIN AREA HEALTH

EDUCATION CENTER
TRACY ASBY- WANGER
RYAN HAYNES
Tracy.ashby-wagner@mahec.net MISSION
Ryan.haynes@mahec.net
The NC AHEC Program provides and
supports educational activities and
services with a focus on primary care
in rural communities and those with
less access to resources to recruit,
train, and retain the workforce
needed to create a healthy North
Carolina. Located in Asheville, MAHEC
is one of nine centers
in the NC AHEC Program and serves
the western part of our state.
YWCA OF ASHEVILLE
KENDRA COWEN
kendracowan@ywcaofashville.org

MISSION

Eliminating Racism, Empowering

Women and Promoting Peace,

Justice, Freedom and Dignity for all.

WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
BETH OWENBY
meowenby@wcu.edu

PROGRAM
Presentations are communication tools
that can be used as demonstrations.
UNC GILLINGS
SHANEKA HAYNES
shaneka.haynes@mahec.net

PROGRAM
Public Health
The Bachelor of Science in Public Health (BSPH)

provides students with a fundamental grounding

in the basic and applied sciences for advanced

scientific education, professional schools, or

careers in practice in the field of public health.

COLLEGE FOUNDATION
DEVON MCCARTHY
Devon.mccarthy-james@cfi.org

PROGRAM
Public Health
A program that focuses on the application of educational and

communications principles and methods to the promotion of

preventive health measures and the education of targeted

populations on health issues, and prepares individuals to function

as public health educators and health promotion specialists.

Includes instruction in human development, health issues across

the life span, population-specific health issues, principles and

methods of public health education, administration of health

education campaigns and programs, evaluation methods, public

communications, and applications to specific public health

subjects and issues.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH

CAROLINA- ASHEVILLE
SARAH MOHR
Smohr@unca.edu

PROGRAM
Public Health
The Bachelor of Science in Public Health

(BSPH) provides students with a

fundamental grounding in the basic and

applied sciences for advanced scientific

education, professional schools, or

careers in practice in the field of public

health.
MARS HILL UNIVERSITY
KRISTIE VANCE
Kvance@mhu.edu

PROGRAM
Presentations are communication tools
that can be used as demonstrations.
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SUMMIT SURVEY