Join the HSDM Initiative to Integrate Oral Health and Medicine for a Global Symposium!

Integrating Health Systems: Polices and Programs that Work

Conference Venue: Joseph B. Martin Conference Center

Room: The Rotunda, Third Floor

March 27 & 28, 2023

**IN PERSON AVAILABILTY SOLD OUT

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*DRAFT* Agenda (Please note schedule and speakers subject to change)

DAY 1: Monday, March 27, 2023

10:00-10:15am

Welcome

William Giannobile, DDS, DMSc, Dean and Professor, Harvard School of Dental Medicine 

10:15-10:30am

Introductory Remarks

Louise Ivers, MB, BCh, MD, MPH, DTM&H, Director, Harvard Global Health Institute; Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health; Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School

10:30-11:30am

Keynote

Lord Nigel Crisp, Former Chief Executive of the National Health Service; Former Permanent Secretary of the UK Department of Health

11:30am- 12:30pm

Integrated Approaches to Tackling Disease Burden

Moderator – Patricia Garcia, MD, MPH, PhD, Professor, Universidad Peruana; Former Minister of Health, Peru

Infectious Diseases, Environment, and Social Factors

Sonia Shin, MD, MPH, Global Tuberculosis Commission, Associate Professor of Medicine and Department of Global Health and Social Medicine Affiliate, Harvard Medical School

Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) - NCDI Poverty Commission

Ana Olga Mocumbi, MD, PhD, Senior Researcher, Head of the Division of Chronic and Non-communicable Diseases at the National Health Institute in Mozambique; Associate Professor of Clinical Cardiology at Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM)

12:30 – 2:00pm

Lunch

2:00 – 3:15pm

Building Integrated Health Systems that are Responsive and Resilient

Moderator: James Taylor, BSc, DMD, MA, Chief Dental Officer of Canada; Chair of the FDI Section of Chief Dental Officers & Dental Public Health

Building a Health System Focused on Prevention and Universal Health

Natifah Che Salleh, BDS, Ministry of Health, Malaysia (KKM)

Building a Resilient and Responsive Health System in Liberia

Bernice Dahn, MD, Vice President, University of Liberia; Former Minister of Health, Liberia

Creating a Health System Based on Equity: Costa Rica’s Caja

María del Rocío Sáenz Madrigal, MD, MPH, Former Executive President, Costa Rican Social Security; Former Minister of Health Costa Rica

3:15 - 4:30pm

Integrated Care for Special Populations:

Moderator – - Peter Mossey, BDS, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean, University Dundee; Director, WHO Collaborating Center

Pregnancy, Diabetes, and Oral Health– Senegal

Professor Maïmouna Ndour Mbaye, MD; Head of the Internal Medicine unit, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar; Director, National Diabetes Centre

Older Adults and Healthy Aging in Hyper Aging Society

Hiroshi Ogawa, DDS, MDSc, PhD, Head and Professor, DepartmenHiroshi Ogawa, DDS, MDSc, PhD, Head and Professor, Department of Oral Health Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences; Director of WHO Collaborating Centre for Translation of Oral Health Sciences

Waranuch Pitiphat, DDS, MS, PhD; Dean and Associate Professor of the Faculty of Dentistry, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

4:30 - 6:00pm

Posters, Networking, and Hors’d’eouvres

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DAY 2: Tuesday, March 28, 2022

9:00-9:15 am

Intro: TBD

9:15-10:15am

Keynote

Agnes Binagwaho, MD, Chancellor, University Global Health Equity, Rwanda; Former Minister of Health, Rwanda

10:15-11:30am

Engaging the at the Community Level for Population Health Improvements

Moderator: Brittany Seymour, DMD, MPH, Associate Professor of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology; Global Health Discipline Director, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Training an Interdisciplinary Workforce – the DHAT experience among Native Alaskan Tribes

Erinne Kennedy DMD, MPH, MMSc, Director of Pre-doctoral Education, Kansas City University

A Village Thrives in Zambia:

Social Determinants and Primary Care Integration in a Zambian Village

John Morgan, DDS, MS, Professor, Public Health and Community Service, Tufts University, School of Dental Medicine 

Felicitas Lubinda, Muchilla, Zambia

11:30am - 12:30pm

Lunch

12:30-1:45pm

Building Coalitions for Universal Health Coverage and Integrated Care

Moderator - Jane Barrow, MS, Executive Director, HSDM Initiative to Integrate Oral Health and Medicine; Director, Global and Community Health, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

European Union Tobacco Directive

Constantine Vardavas, MD, RN, MPH, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic; Lecturer on Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology, Part-Time, Harvard School of Dental Medicine; Laboratory of Toxicology and Forensic Chemistry, University of Crete

NCD Alliance

Grace Dubois, MD, MPH, Acting Head of Policy and Advocacy, NCD Alliance

The Voice of the Consumer:

Taxes on SSBs and a Public Health Campaign in Mexico

Rebecca Berner, BA, Institutional Development Director, El Poder del Consumidor

1:45 - 2:30pm

Measuring Success and Disseminating the Evidence

Moderator: TBD

Gene Bukhman, MD, PhD, Director, Center for Integration Science, Brigham & Women's; Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Habib Benzian, MBBS, WHO Global Oral Health Report and Lancet Commission Oral Health

2:30 – 3:00pm

Closing Call to Action

Vikram Patel, MD, Professor, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; Co-Founder and Member of Managing Committee, Sangath

3:15 - TBD

Learning Collaborative Sessions