Thursday, February 29, 2024
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9:00 am: Welcome 

• Elizabeth Garner, MD, MPH – President, American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA)

9:05 am:  Opening remarks

• Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D, IL-02)
  

9:15 am: Cardiometabolic Health and Obesity in Women: Why Does It Matter? (Keynote Panel) 

• Moderator – Elizabeth Garner, MD, MPH – President, AMWA
• Janine Clayton, MD, FARVO – Director, Office of Research on Women’s Health, NIH 
• Monica Webb Hooper, PhD, Deputy Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Walter J. Koroshetz MD – Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Aditi Mallick, MD – Acting Director, Office of Minority Health (OMH), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) – INVITED
• Kaveeta Vasisht, MD, PharmD – Associate Commissioner for Women’s Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 

10:15 am: Obesity Management in Women’s Health Across the Lifespan  

• Moderator – Connie Newman, MD – Adjunct Professor of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine; Past President, AMWA

• Beth Battaglino, RN – CEO, HealthyWomen
• Tiffany Powell-Wiley, MD, MPH – Stadtman Investigator, Social Determinants of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), NIH 
• Kathryn Schubert – President and CEO, Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR)
• Constance J. Bohon, MD – Fellow and Legislative Committee Co-Chair, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)

11:15 am: A Patient’s Perspective 

• Moderator – Nancy Glick, Director of Food and Nutrition Policy, National Consumers League (NCL)
• Patty Nece – Immediate Past Chair, Obesity Action Coalition (OAC)

Stigma, Bias and Discrimination 

• Moderator – Nancy Glick, Director of Food and Nutrition Policy, National Consumers League (NCL)
• Michele Tedder – Senior Program Manager, Black Women’s Health Imperative (BWHI)

11:15 am: Congressional Insights 

• Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks, MD (R, IA-01)

11:25 am: The Current Landscape of Obesity Policy 

• Catherine Ferguson, MA – Vice President of Federal Advocacy, American Diabetes Association (ADA)

11:35 am: Advancing Opportunities to More Effectively Address Obesity 

• Moderator –  Christine Gallagher, MPAff – Research Project Director, STOP Obesity Alliance, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University

• Jeanne Blankenship, MS – Vice President, Policy Initiatives and Advocacy, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics  
• Richele Corrado, DO, MPH – Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
• Millicent Gorham, PhD (Hon), MBA, CEO, Alliance for Women’s Health and Prevention (AWHP)

12:20 pm: Closing the Gap in Obesity Care – Envisioning the Way Forward 

12:30 pm  End