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Inaugural Pacific Northwest Diabetes Health Summit Notice:


Continental breakfast, lunch and refreshments will be served. To RSVP via e-mail, please contact Jodi Larsen at larsenj@ohsu.edu or call Jodi at 503-494-7924.


Join our distinguished visiting and local speakers, presenters and moderators:

§ Ann Albright, PhD, RD, Director, Division of Diabetes Translation and President, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

§ Francine R. Kaufman , MD Head, Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Communications, University of Southern California

§ Brian Gibbs, PhD, MPA, OTR/L, Senior Research Scientist and Director, Program to Eliminate Health Disparities, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health

§ Andrew J. Ahmann, MD, Director, Harold Schnitzer Diabetes Health Center and Associate Professor of Medicine, OHSU

§ Bruce Boston, MD, Medical Director, Pediatric Diabetes, Harold Schnitzer Diabetes Health Center

§ Darlene Cain, 2007 National Chair of the Board, American Diabetes Association

§ Lynn L. DeBar, PhD, MPH, Senior Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research

§ Chris Dudley, CEO and Founder,The Dudley Foundation

§ Honorable Elizabeth Furse, Director, Institute for Tribal Government, PSU, and former member of the United States Congress

§ Bruce Goldberg, MD, Director of the Oregon Department of Human Services

§ Mike Greene, 1999 National Chair of the Board, American Diabetes Association

§ Michael A. Harris, PhD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Director of Psychology, CDRC, OHSU

§ Yves Lefranc, MD, Adventist Health System, and member of the Health Equities Committee of the Oregon Health Fund Board

§ Corliss McKeever, MSW President and Chief Executive Officer, African American Health Coalition and Asst. Professor, School of Nursing, OHSU and Member of the Board of Trustees, Legacy Health System

§ Sally Norby, Executive Director, Oregon and Washington Office of American Diabetes Association

§ Joe Robertson, Jr., MD, MBA, President, Oregon Health & Science University

§ Roy Sampsel, Director, Institute for Tribal Government, PSU

§ Harold Schnitzer, President and CEO, Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation

§ Sharon Stanphill, Dr. PH, RD, Director, Cow Creek Health & Wellness Center, Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians


Pacific Northwest Diabetes Health Summit

November 7, 2008



Ambridge Event Center

300 NE Multnomah Street

7:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 am Welcoming Remarks

8:45 am “How States Can Respond to the Pandemic” –

Ann Albright, PhD, RD

9:30 am Panel “Let’s Change the Status Quo on Public Policy”

Ann Albright, PhD, RD, Honorable Elizabeth Furse, Francine Kaufman, MD, and Bruce Goldberg, MD

11:15 am “Is There a Psychologist in the House? Treating Youth with Diabetes” - Michael A. Harris, PhD

Noon Lunch Address “Facing a Lifetime of Diabetes: An Impassioned Call to Action”
Francine R. Kaufman, MD – introduced by Andrew J. Ahmann, MD and Harold Schnitzer

1:15 pm “Why One Size Does Not Fit All in Special Populations” Brian Gibbs, PhD, MPA, OTR/L

Panel - “What’s Working and What’s Not: Three Case Studies in Cultural Competency and Diabetes Health”
Corliss McKeever, MSW, Yves LeFranc, MD, Sharon Stanphill, PhD, RD

3:00 pm Panel - “Healthier Futures for Children”
Sally Norby, Chris Dudley, Lynn L. DeBar, PhD, MPH

4:00 pm Conclusion



Please RSPV as soon as possible as seating is limited. Thank you in advance for your support of our mission of reversing the diabetes epidemic in our region.


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