2022 Ohio Rural Health Conference Agenda

"Growing the Future of Rural Health"

Agenda is subject to change
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Day 1

8:00 - Exhibitor Tables Open

9 AM – Conference Welcome 

• State Office of Rural Health Update: Shane Ford, Director, State Office of Rural Health 
• ORHA Update: Sharon Casapulla, EdD, MPH, President, Ohio Rural Health Association
• HRSA Update: Amanda Waldrup, MS, CHES

10 AM – Concurrent Sessions

• Access to Healthcare in Rural Communities: Jess Ames, B.S.
• Addressing Health Equity in Rural Ohio: A Change Package to Advance Your Efforts: Christine Bailey, MSN, RN, CSSGB
• Leveraging School-Based Healthcare to Address Unmet Rural Health Needs - Mary Kay Irwin, EdD, Theresa Hatton, BA

11 AM – Concurrent Sessions

• Empathy: Your Service Superpower: John D. Hanson
• Let's Talk about Caregivers and Mental Health: Bridget Britton
• EHR-based Public Health Reporting Options for 2022 and Beyond: Scott Mash, MSLIT, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, Cathy Costello, JD, CPHIMS

12 PM – Lunch and Exhibitor Tables 

12:30 PM - Keynote Address - Brian Alexander

1:30 PM - Book Signing and Exhibitor Tables

2 PM – Concurrent Sessions

• NRHA Leadership Solutions: Are They Making a Difference?: Bill Auxier, Ph.D., Sidney Grant, MHA
• We're Building a Rural Residency. Should You Too?: Lori Martensen, M.S., Sherry Adkins, MD, MPH
• Health Care as a Metaphor for Moral Leadership of Schools during the Opioid Epidemic: Mike Hess, PhD, Charles Lowery, PhD
• Asking the Right Questions and Finding the Right Resources for Rural Caregivers: Laura Akgerman, MA, CRC

3 PM – Concurrent Sessions

• Tai Chi for Arthritis, Fighting Falls, Pain, and Inflammation through Gentle Movement: Roseanne Scammahorn, Ph.D, NCC, Lorissa Dunfee, M.S., Ken Stewart, B.A., Misty Harmon, M.Ed
• Social Media & Rural Medicine: Mike Sevilla, MD
• Making Change Visible: Ruth Dudding, Melissa Thomas, PhD, MSPH, MSA, MCHES, C-CHW

4 PM – Concurrent Sessions

• Medical Misinformation and Disinformation Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Karen L Kier, BSPh, MSc, PhD, BCPS, BCACP, CTTS, FASHP, FCCP 
• Project JOY: Bringing Back the Fun to Healthcare! Julie Grow
• Price Transparency: Using the Data: Bob Paskowski, Jason Hardin, Kathy Reep

Day 2

7 AM – Breakfast and Exhibitor Tables

8:30 AM – Plenary: National Rural Health Policy Update

• Josh Jorgensen, Government Affairs and Policy Director, National Rural Health Association

9 AM – State of Rural

• Troy Brown, Chartis Health

10 AM-12 PM – Critical Access Hospital Meeting 

10 AM – Concurrent Sessions

• When the Community Is the Classroom: Student-driven Community-based Projects in a Rural Health Training Program: Michelle Musser, PharmD, BCPS, NCTTP
• Telehealth for Today's Challenges in Ohio: Jessica Devine
• Who Is ALICE? A Discussion of "The Line" in Ohio: Shivangi Patel, MS, Sharon Casapulla, EdD, MPH

11 AM – Concurrent Sessions

• POSTER presentations
• Sun Exposure Risk-Factors and Sun Protective Behaviors Practiced by a Sample of Rural Ohio Farmers: Patricia Brinkman, M.A., B.S., Jill Kilanowski, PhD, RN, CPNP, FAAN, Dee Jepsen, PhD, Emilee Drerup, MPH, CHES

   

12 PM – Lunch and Exhibitor Tables

1-4 PM – Rural Health Clinic Meeting

1 PM – Concurrent Sessions

• OSU Extension Public Health AmeriCorps (E-HPAC): Pat Bebo, MS, RDN, Erik Erik Porfeli, PhD
• Shortage Designations and Loan Repayment: Ryan Kline, Reseacher
• How Much Do You Know about Health In Your County? Exploring Publicly Available Health Outcomes Data to Address Social Determinants of Health: Kayla Alvis, MS, BCBA, Sharon Casapulla, EdD, MPH

2 PM – Concurrent Sessions

• Improving Access to Rural Health through ONU HealthWise Services: Michael J. Rush, PharmD, MBA, BCACP, CDE/CDCES, NCTTP
• Physical Education & Health Education in Ohio's Schools: Kevin Lorson, PhD