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2017 State Health Directors Conference

January 19-20, 2017

Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley, Raleigh, NC

Public Health Success: Growing Leaders - Inside Out

It’s not just for the State Health Director and Local Health Directors!

The 2017 conference will focus on recruiting and developing leaders in state and local public health. These efforts will include:

  • Special program block for new state and local public health staff (0-5 years’ public health experience), including opportunities for networking with experienced public health staff, and for connecting with prospective mentors.
  • Tuition scholarship opportunities (for conference registration only) for new state and local public health staff. Announcement and application to be disseminated week of October 24, 2016.

Scheduled Plenary Sessions & Featured Speakers

Public Health Leadership

Michael Fraser

Executive Director, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)

Generational Management

Syvil Burke

Burke Consulting

Advocacy for Leaders: Crafting Richer Stories for Public Health

Gene Matthews, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Government

Sue Lynn Ledford, Wake County Health Services

Gary Gunderson, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

Scott Burris, Temple University School of Law

Achieving 80% by 2018: Improving Colon Cancer Screening Rates in NC

Richard Wender, MD

Chief Cancer Control Officer, American Cancer Society

What We Know About Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems

Brian King

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Ecological Context of Human Health Issues: From Trees to Bacteria to Human Hearts

Rob Dunn

North Carolina State University

Scheduled Breakout Sessions (More to Comeas Speakers Are Confirmed!)

Special 2-Hour Program Block for State and Local Public Health Staff with 0-5 years’ Public Health Experience

Leadership Styles

Community Power & Relationship Dynamics

Collective Impact – Impact Alamance
Recruiting and Retaining for Diversity in the Public Health Workforce

Bringing Partners to the Table to Produce a Public Health Outcome

Communication & Conflict Styles

Crisis Communication

Communicating with Partners Who Advocate for Public Health

Working with Interns in Public Health

Increasing Access to Naloxone to Combat the Opioid Epidemic – A Public Health Journey

Community Health Assessment & Action Plans

Infant Mortality

Local Health Department Accreditation Update & Changes

Public Health Response to Occupational Lead Exposure

Gun Violence from a Public Health Perspective