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Monday, March 9, 2026
6:30am - 7:30am ET
Yoga w/ AMCHP CEO

6:30am - 7:30am ET

Yoga w/ AMCHP CEO

Location: Meeting Room 10/11

8:00am - 8:30am ET
Coffee Break with Exhibitors

8:00am - 8:30am ET

Coffee Break with Exhibitors

Location: Rock Creek Ballroom

8:00am - 5:00pm ET
Caregiver and Lactation Room

8:00am - 5:00pm ET

Caregiver and Lactation Room

8:00am - 5:00pm ET
The Recording Womb

8:00am - 5:00pm ET

The Recording Womb

Location: Meeting Room 7

8:00am - 5:30pm ET
Registration Open

8:00am - 5:30pm ET

Registration Open

8:00am - 6:00pm ET
Meditate & Appreciate – Conference Quiet Space and Art Gallery

8:00am - 6:00pm ET

Meditate & Appreciate – Conference Quiet Space and Art Gallery

Location: Rock Creek Foyer

8:30am - 10:00am ET
Plenary Session: PL2 - The Power of Connection: Navigating the MCH Policy Landscape Together

8:30am - 10:00am ET

Plenary Session: PL2 - The Power of Connection: Navigating the MCH Policy Landscape Together

Location: Potomac Ballroom

Keynote Speaker: Sherie Lou Santos, MPH, MCHES (she/her/hers) – Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs

Keynote Speaker: Brittani Collins, MPH

Keynote Speaker: Michael Warren, MD MPH FAAP

Keynote Speaker: Tobi Adeyeye Amosun, MD

Keynote Speaker: Dawn Bailey – Arizona Dept. of Health Services; Office of Children’s Health/CYSHCN Program

Lightning Speaker: Dana Yarbrough, M.A., M.S. – Center for Family Involvement @ VCU

Lightning Speaker: Chrissy Hood

Lightning Speaker: Alexandra Fields

Lightning Speaker: Dr. Mona Hanna, MD, MPH

Lightning Speaker: Marcia O'Malley

Sponsored By

10:30am - 11:30am ET
From Vision to Infrastructure: Designing Workforce Systems for Healthy Births and Thriving Families

10:30am - 11:30am ET

From Vision to Infrastructure: Designing Workforce Systems for Healthy Births and Thriving Families

Location: Meeting Room 6

Primary Presenter: Aza Nedhari, DHS, CPM, LPC (she/her/hers) – Mamatoto Village

Sponsored By

10:30am - 11:30am ET
Poster Group G

10:30am - 11:30am ET

Poster Group G

Location: Meeting Room 5

10:30am - 11:30am ET
Workshop Group "D"

10:30am - 11:30am ET

D1 - Indigenous Epidemiology: Strengthening Maternal Health Data to Improve Health and Wellbeing in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

Location: Meeting Room 2

Submitter Only: Madelynn R. Giola, MPH

Primary Presenter: Lannesse Baker, MPH (she/her/hers) – Urban Indian Health Institute

c. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluationd. Indigeneity & Health

10:30am - 11:30am ET

D2 - Partnering for Prevention: Bridging Public Health and Community Voices to Support Families in Infant Safe Sleep and Breastfeeding

Location: Meeting Room 3

Primary Presenter: Alison Jacobson, Bachelors of Communication (she/her/hers) – First Candle

h. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

10:30am - 11:30am ET

D3 - Elevating Stillbirth Prevention: Turning Awareness into Action for Equitable Outcomes

Location: Meeting Room 4

Primary Presenter: Elizabeth O'Donnell, MEd, MPH (c) (she/her/hers) – Push for Empowered Pregnancy

Presenter/Moderator: Samantha Banerjee (she/her/hers) – PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy

Presenter: Marjorie Vail, MA, MS, MSEd, MHC-LP, Doctoral Candidate (she/her/hers) – Push for Empowered Pregnancy

f. Workforce Development & Leadershiph. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

10:30am - 11:30am ET

D4 - Building the MCH Workforce: The Pacific Public Health Fellowship Program

Location: Meeting Room 8/9

Primary Presenter: Soulmaz Rostami, MPH – PIHOA - Pacific Island Health Officers Association

Presenter: Jade Chennaux

Presenter: Anthea Ngirchokebai

Presenter: Mahina Mori

Presenter: Casierra Cruz, MPH – PIHOA - Pacific Island Health Officers Association

f. Workforce Development & Leadership

10:30am - 11:30am ET

D5 - Pivoting Back to Community: Lessons in Strengthening Statewide Youth Engagement

Location: Meeting Room 10/11

Primary Presenter: Amy Olejniczak, MS, MPH (she/her/hers) – Providers and Teens Communicating for Health (PATCH) Program

Co-Presenter: Ava Ciaramita, NA – Providers and Teens Communicating for Health (PATCH) Program

Co-Presenter: Finn Howell

h. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

10:30am - 11:30am ET

D6 - The Black Solidarity Model: A Community-Led Approach to Perinatal Health in Central Texas

Location: Anacostia E

Primary Presenter: Ragini Khullar (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at Austin

Co-Presenter: Darline Turner, MHS, PA, Certified Doula

Co-Author: Liana Petruzzi, PhD, MSW

Co-Author: Kelenne Blake, MEd (she/her/hers) – Black Mamas Community Collective (dba Black Mamas ATX)

Co-Author: Erin Backus

Co-Author: Tiffany Furr

c. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluation

10:30am - 11:30am ET

D7 - Power in Partnership: Strengthening Connections between Pediatricians and State-Level Organizations to Promote Trauma-Informed Health Care Systems

Location: Anacostia F

Primary Presenter: Alyse Plattos, MPH – American Academy of Pediatrics

Presenter: Dena K. Hubbard, MD (she/her/hers) – Kansas Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics

Presenter: Kourtney Bettinger, MD, MPH, FAAP – Kansas Department of Health and Environment Division of Health Care Finance

Presenter: Mallory Laur, MPA (she/her/hers) – Kansas Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics

Co-Author: Lauren E. Geary, MPH – American Academy of Pediatrics

Co-Author: Denise R. Cyzman, MS, RD

b. Mental and Behavioral Healthc. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluatione. Policy & Impacth. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

10:30am - 11:30am ET

D8 - The Power of Connection: Building Community-Rooted Doula Training Through Evidence-Informed Practice and Ancestral Wisdom

Location: Anacostia D

Primary Presenter: Martyne Farris, MA (she/her/hers) – Oklahoma Birth Equity Initiative

Presenter: Ashlee Wilson, Lead Editor Blossoming Birth Community Based Doula Training (she/her/hers) – Oklahoma Birth Equity Initiative

Presenter: Alli Cuentos, BFA – SisterWeb

Presenter: Marlee-I Mystic, BA, Doula, Sound Practitioner (she/her/queen/sis) – SisterWeb

f. Workforce Development & Leadership

11:40am - 12:40pm ET
Poster Group I & J

11:40am - 12:40pm ET

Poster Group I & J

11:40am - 12:40pm ET
Workshop Group "E"

11:40am - 12:40pm ET

E1 - Supporting Caregivers and Children Affected by Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: IMPACT WV’s Family-Centered Approach

Location: Meeting Room 8/9

Co-Author: Sue Workman, BS, CCRP – IMPACT WV

Primary Presenter: Vicki Johnson, MSOL (she/her/hers) – IMPACT WV- Center of Excellence in Disabilities

Presenter: Lesley A. Cottrell, PhD – West Virginia University

Presenter: Melina Danko, MS – WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities

Submitter Only: Olivia Villeneuve, MA

c. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluationg. Housing, Nutrition, and other Social Determinants of Healthh. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

11:40am - 12:40pm ET

E2 - Protect•Prevent•Nurture: Connecting Environmental Health and Birth Equity

Location: Meeting Room 4

Primary Presenter: Lauryn Tilghman, M.A , CHES (she/her/hers) – The Cooperative and Family Health Initiatives

Presenter: Eric Bind, MPP – New Jersey Department of Health

Presenter: Elyse Pivnick

Co-Author: Cathy Butler-Witt, MA, BSW, NCTTP

Co-Author: Helen Hannigan, MGA – Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative, Family Health Initiatives

e. Policy & Impact

11:40am - 12:40pm ET

E3 - Family Relationship Building Alongside System Connection to Support Integrated Maternal Health & Early Childhood System Transformation

Location: Meeting Room 2

Primary Presenter: Ka`iulani Galon, n/a

Presenter: Librada Estrada, MPH, CHES, CPCC, PCC, TICC

Presenter: Kalehua K. Kukahiko, n/a

e. Policy & Impactf. Workforce Development & Leadershiph. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

11:40am - 12:40pm ET

E4 - Demystifying Black Fatherhood: Misconceptions, Systemic Barriers, and Resilience

Location: Anacostia E

Presenter: Nwando Egbuche Ofokansi, MA (she/her/hers) – Health Equity Zone

Primary Presenter: Nadine Depina Tavares, B.S (she/her/hers) – Rhode Island Department of Health Health Equity Zone Initiative

Presenter: Haita Ndimbalan, MPH (she/her/hers) – Rhode Island Department of Health

Presenter: Kinzel Thomas, MSW, LCSW, LCDP

h. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

11:40am - 12:40pm ET

E5 - FIRST (Families in Recovery SupporT) Steps Together: growing parenting recovery capital through connected relationships

Location: Anacostia F

Primary Presenter: Debra Bercuvitz – MA Dept. of Public Health

Presenter: Alvina M. Duffy, CARC, Full Spectrum Doula – FIRST Steps Together TTA Team, Jewish Family & Children’s Service (JF&CS)

b. Mental and Behavioral Health

11:40am - 12:40pm ET

E6 - Meeting Recent Graduates Where They Are: MCH Career Perspectives of National Title V MCH Internship Program Alumni

Location: Anacostia D

Co-Author: Leslie A. deRosset, MSPH, MPH – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Primary Presenter: Christine T. Bozlak, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University at Albany College of Integrated Health Sciences

Co-Author: Arden Handler, DrPH – UIC School of Public Health, Center of Excellence in MCH

Co-Author: Dorothy Cilenti, DrPH, MPH, MSW

Co-Author: Gabriella Masini, MSW

Co-Author: Cindy San Miguel, MPH

Presenter: Rebecca L. Greenleaf, MPH (she/her/hers) – National Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development Center

Co-Author: Chantelle J. Dowsett, PhD – National Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health

c. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluationf. Workforce Development & Leadership

11:40am - 12:40pm ET

E7 - Building Bridges: Indiana’s Collaborative Approach to Family and Community Health

Location: Meeting Room 10/11

Primary Presenter: Melanie Roberts, CHES – Indiana Department of Health

Presenter: Mary Ellen Potts, MPH (she/her/hers) – Indiana Department of Health

a. Title V Administrationh. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

11:40am - 12:40pm ET

E8 - Implementing Integrated Team-Based Care and Co-creation with Families to Reimagine Pediatric Primary Care and Improve Maternal Child Health and Family Well-Being

Location: Meeting Room 3

Submitter Only: Sarah S. MacLaughlin, LSW – ZERO TO THREE

Primary Presenter: Rachel L. Lettieri, MS in Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health (she/her/hers) – Pediatrics Northwest

Presenter: Mary Ann Woodruff, MD FAAP

Presenter: Monique Holguin, PhD, LCSW (she/her/hers) – Harbor-UCLA Medical Center; David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Presenter: Adam Schickedanz, MD, PhD – UCLA

Moderator: Kimberly Bradley, MPH, MNM (she/her/hers) – ZERO TO THREE

b. Mental and Behavioral Healthh. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

12:30pm - 2:00pm ET
Go-Go Groove Lunchtime Dance Party

12:40pm - 2:00pm ET

Go-Go Groove Lunchtime Dance Party

Location: Potomac Ballroom

12:30pm - 2:00pm ET
Lunch on Your Own/Exhibit Hall Open

12:40pm - 2:00pm ET

Lunch on Your Own/Exhibit Hall Open

12:45pm - 2:00pm ET
Student & Early Career Roundtable

12:45pm - 2:00pm ET

SRT1 - Are We Left Out? Virtual Prenatal Care in Maternity Care Deserts

Location: Anacostia F

Facilitator: Unique J. Laylor, CRNA – Lala Pacalis Anesthesia, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

c. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluatione. Policy & Impact

12:45pm - 2:00pm ET

SRT2 - Bridging Reproductive Health Research and MCH Programming in the Gulf South

Location: Anacostia F

Facilitator: Suzanna R. Larkin, MPH (she/her/hers) – Tulane University

e. Policy & Impact

12:45pm - 2:00pm ET

SRT3 - Clinic Perspectives on Screening to Solutions: Addressing Social Needs in Maternal Health

Location: Anacostia F

Facilitator: Melissa L. Newsome – University of South Florida

g. Housing, Nutrition, and other Social Determinants of Health

12:45pm - 2:00pm ET

SRT4 - Examining Alternative Methods for Getting Toothpaste and Toothbrushes into the Hands of Every Child.

Location: Anacostia F

Facilitator: Lauren Mann, MPA (she/her/hers) – American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

e. Policy & Impactg. Housing, Nutrition, and other Social Determinants of Health

12:45pm - 2:00pm ET

SRT5 - Global Insights, Domestic Impact: Advancing U.S. Black Maternal and Infant Health Policy

Location: Anacostia F

Facilitator: Michaela Minnis, BA (she/her/hers) – The Century Foundation

e. Policy & Impact

12:45pm - 2:00pm ET

SRT6 - Strengthening Remote Patient Monitoring Implementation in Hospital-Based Maternity Care

Location: Anacostia F

Facilitator: Anumita Alur, B.S. (she/her/hers) – Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

e. Policy & Impactf. Workforce Development & Leadership

12:45pm - 2:00pm ET

SRT7 - Using Community-Engaged Assessment Methods for the Michigan Maternal Health Survey Initiative (MMHSI)

Location: Anacostia F

Facilitator: Jennie Scheerer, MPH, MPP (she/her/hers) – Center for Health and Research Transformation

Co-Author: Holly Teague, MPH

Co-author: Melissa Riba

c. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluatione. Policy & Impacth. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

12:45pm - 2:00pm ET

SRT8 - Antidepressant Discontinuation During Pregnancy and Postpartum Mental Health

Location: Anacostia F

Facilitator: Julia C. Eddelbuettel, BS (she/her/hers) – Harvard University

Co-author: Laura Garabedian

Co-author: Margaret McConnell

b. Mental and Behavioral Healthc. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluation

12:45pm - 2:00pm ET

SRT9 - Leveraging community partnership in a meaningful way: a discussion of key considerations when conducting system-level public health initiatives

Location: Anacostia F

Facilitator: Caroline Frisch, BA (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

c. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluatione. Policy & Impactf. Workforce Development & Leadershiph. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

12:45pm - 2:00pm ET
Tending to our Partnerships: Who is in your MCH Ecosystem?

12:45pm - 2:00pm ET

Tending to our Partnerships: Who is in your MCH Ecosystem?

Location: Anacostia D

Facilitator: Stacey G. Tuck, MS – Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP)

Facilitator: Ashleigh Sutphen, MPH

Facilitator: Kenn Harris (he/him/his) – The League of Voices for Mothers, Babies, Fathers and Families

Facilitator: Roselia Ramirez

1:00pm - 2:00pm ET
Innovation Hub 101

1:00pm - 2:00pm ET

Innovation Hub 101

Location: Meeting Room 8/9

1:00pm - 4:00pm ET
Resume Review Workshop - Registration Required

1:00pm - 4:00pm ET

Resume Review Workshop - Registration Required

Location: Meeting Room 5

2:15pm - 3:15pm ET
Poster Group K

2:15pm - 3:15pm ET

Poster Group K

Location: Meeting Room 6

2:15pm - 3:15pm ET
Workshop Group "F"

2:15pm - 3:15pm ET

F1 - A Connected Approach: Building Stronger Community Systems for Healthier Families

Location: Meeting Room 3

Primary Presenter: Sara Gorman, MSN, RN (she/her/hers) – Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

Presenter: Benjamen Pringer, BS (he/him/his) – Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

2:15pm - 3:15pm ET

F2 - Hospital-to-Home Systems Change : Connecting Families with Perinatal Mental Health Care from NICU to Home

Location: Anacostia F

Primary Presenter: Sara C. Circelli, MA, PMH-C, IMH-E (she/her/hers) – Northwest Center

Presenter: Kayla Khan, BA, BS, MS, CCC-SLP (she/her/hers) – Northwest Center Kids

b. Mental and Behavioral Healthd. Indigeneity & Healthe. Policy & Impactf. Workforce Development & Leadershiph. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

2:15pm - 3:15pm ET

F3 - Florida’s CYSHCN Program: Connecting Quality Improvement, Health Care Transition, and Pediatric Specialty Clinics to Impact Critical Care Outcomes for Youth with Special Health Care Needs

Location: Meeting Room 8/9

Primary Presenter: Linda H. Starnes, B.S. – Florida Department of Health

Presenter/Moderator: Joni R. Hollis, MSN, RN, CNL (she/her/hers) – Children’s Medical Services Florida Department of Health

Presenter: Sandra Widland, BS, MPH (she/her/hers) – National Institute of Children's Health Quality (NICHQ)

Presenter: Ofelia Alvarez, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Miami

a. Title V Administrationf. Workforce Development & Leadershiph. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

2:15pm - 3:15pm ET

F4 - Connected for Change: Advancing Maternal Health Innovation Through Community Partnerships in Tennessee

Location: Meeting Room 10/11

Primary Presenter: Lauren S. Heller, BA, MPH (she/her/hers) – Tennessee Department of Health

Presenter: Rachel Hanson, MS, CLC, IMH-E (she/her/hers) – Centerstone

Presenter: Bethany L. McMurray, LMSW

Presenter: Carianna Johnson, RN, CPS l – Nurses for Newborns

a. Title V Administrationc. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluatione. Policy & Impacth. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

2:15pm - 3:15pm ET

F5 - PlayReadVIP as a Tool for Supporting MCH, Caregiver-Child Connection, and Early Relational Health for Lasting Impacts: Scaling and Sustaining through Pediatric Healthcare

Location: Anacostia D

Primary Presenter: Anne Seery, PhD – PlayReadVIP National Center at NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Presenter: Aida Custode, M.A. (she/her/hers) – NYU Langone Health

Co-Author: Xochitl Arechiga

Co-Author: Alan Mendelsohn, MD, MPH

b. Mental and Behavioral Healthe. Policy & Impact

2:15pm - 3:15pm ET

F6 - Guaranteed Income to Improve Maternal and Child Health: Building the Evidence Base for Perinatal Unconditional Cash Interventions

Location: Anacostia E

Primary Presenter: Anu M. Gomez (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley

Presenter: Vanessa Dor, MD,MMSC,DrPH candidate – The Bridge Project

Presenter: Sarah Benatar, PhD – Urban Institute

c. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluation

2:15pm - 3:15pm ET

F7 - Opportunities for Humanistic Systems Change: An Urgent Action Framework to Benefit Children with Medical Complexity, their Families, and Professionals

Location: Meeting Room 4

Primary Presenter: Bethlyn V. Houlihan, MSW/MPH – Ctr for Innov in Soc Wrk & Health, BU SSW

Presenter: Allison Gray, M.A. (she/her/hers) – Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health

Presenter: Madhavi Kuthanur (she/her/hers) – Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health

Co-Author: Meg Comeau, MHA (she/her/hers) – Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health, Boston University School of Social Work

Co-Author: Jeffrey S. Schiff, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – AcademyHealth

e. Policy & Impactf. Workforce Development & Leadershiph. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

2:15pm - 3:15pm ET

F8 - Connected Support, Healthier Starts: Delaware First Health's Doula and Postpartum Food Initiatives

Location: Meeting Room 2

Primary Presenter: Emily Luft, MSW – Centene

Presenter: Dara Hall, PhD(c), RN – Delaware First Health (Centene)

e. Policy & Impactf. Workforce Development & Leadershipg. Housing, Nutrition, and other Social Determinants of Health

3:15pm - 4:15pm ET
Dessert Networking Reception w/ Exhibitors

3:15pm - 4:15pm ET

Dessert Networking Reception w/ Exhibitors

Location: Rock Creek Ballroom

3:30pm - 4:20pm ET
CEO Townhall: A National MCH Strategy for This Moment

3:30pm - 4:20pm ET

CEO Townhall: A National MCH Strategy for This Moment

Location: Anacostia E

Primary Presenter: Terrance Moore, MA – AMCHP

4:30pm - 6:00pm ET
Plenary Session: PL3 Rejuvenate and Restore: Nourishing Connection through Self and Community Care

4:30pm - 6:00pm ET

Plenary Session: PL3 Rejuvenate and Restore: Nourishing Connection through Self and Community Care

Location: Potomac Ballroom

Keynote Speaker: Jasmine Johnson

Keynote Speaker: Juliana McMillan-Whilhoit

Keynote Speaker: Kendra Blackett-Dibinga

Keynote Speaker: Sheng Lee Yang