7:00

Registration Opens  

12:00

Networking Lunch & Student Poster Session

Featuring: Student Scholarship Winners & Article of the Year Award Winner

12:30

Welcome

Moderator: L. Michele Issel, Ph.D., R.N., M.N., 2007-2008 PHSR IG Advisory Committee Chair

•  PHSR: Turning Interest Into Action

Kate Papa, M.P.H., AcademyHealth

•  RWJF Priorities for the Field

•  Presentation of PHSR Article of the Year Award to James Studnicki, Sc.D.,M.P.H., M.B.A.

Debra Pérez, Ph.D., M.P.A., M.A., Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

12:45-1:45

Call for Panels Session: Public Health Workforce

Moderator: Betty Bekemeier, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N.

•  Competency Assessment for Population-Focused Public Health Practice
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout

Susan Zahner, Dr.P.H., R.N., University of Wisconsin, Madison

•  Race and Ethnicity of Local Health Department Employees
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout

Carolyn Leep, M.P.H., M.S., National Association of County and City Health Officials

•  Building Capacity for Environmental Change through Partnership
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout

Marjorie Sawicki, M.S., R.D., Saint Louis University

1:45-2:45

Call for Panels Session: Current Issues

Moderator: Mark Edgar, Ph.D., M.P.H.

•  A Study of Day-to-Day Ethical Issues in Public Health Practice in Michigan
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout

Sarah Gollust, University of Michigan

•  The Creation of State Legislation to Protect Electronic Transmission of Patient Health Information
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout

Shelley Carter, R.N., M.P.H., M.C.R.P., Lovelace Clinic Foundation

•  Are Local Health Department Expenditures Related to Racial Disparities in Mortality?
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout

David Grembowski, Ph.D., University of Washington

2:45- 3:30

Public Health Data Panel

Moderator: F. Douglas Scutchfield, M.D.
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout

•  Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout

Jim Pearsol, M.Ed.

•  National Association of City and County Health Officials
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout

Barbara Laymon, M.P.H.

•  National Association of Local Boards of Health
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout

Charles Moon, Ph.D.

3:30-3:45

Break

3:45-4:45

Call for Panels Session: Research Topics & Methods

Moderator: Kristine M. Gebbie, Dr.P.H., R.N.

•  New Data, Same Story? A Replication of Studies Using National Public Health Performance Data
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout

Michelyn Bhandari, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., University of Kentucky

•  Formula-Based Funding Allocations in Public Health: Describing the Impact of Alternate Formula Design Options
PDF Handout

James Buehler, M.D., Emory University

Patrick Bernet, Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University

•  Early Findings from a Comparative Network Analysis of Local Public Health Organizations
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout

Jacqueline Merrill, D.N.Sc., R.N., M.P.H., Columbia University

4:45-5:30

Sharing a Vision for a Path Ahead

Moderator: Sharon B. Arnold, Ph.D.

•  Call to Action for Public Health Systems Researchers

Glen P. Mays, Ph.D., M.P.H.

•  Making the Case for Evidence-Based Practice

Paul Halverson, Dr.P.H., M.H.S.A.

•  CDC's Interest in PHSSR

Tim Van Wave, Dr.P.H., M.P.H.

5:45

Reception & Poster Presentation

7:00

Adjourn