Health Equity & Racial Trainings
A Four-Week Virtual Training Course and a Call to Action for Population Health Management
Brought to you by the Population Health Alliance and the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
During this 8-hour virtual training, skilled instructors will review common terms and concepts used to promote health and racial equity within public health. Participants will explore social determinants of health, review case scenarios of successful institutional change, and enhance the knowledge and skills needed to apply a health and racial equity lens. Participants will build capacity to support actions that reduce disparities through policies, programs, and practices.
The four trainings will be held over four 2-hour sessions on consecutive Fridays this fall:
- Session #1 – Friday, September 17 from 1pm-3pm EDT
- Session #2 – Friday, September 24 from 1pm-3pm EDT
- Session #3 – Friday, October 1 from 1pm-3pm EDT
- Session #4 – Friday, October 8 from 1pm-3pm EDT
Objectives: Participants will learn the following:
- Define terms and concepts associated with health equity and social determinants of health.
- Identify how social determinants of health impact health outcomes.
- Frame Messages and Identify the Benefits and Burdens of Policy and Programs in order to mitigate unintended consequences
- Apply a health and racial equity lens to decision making.
- Describe how the “isms” and implicit bias affect how people interact.
- Describe the role that policy plays in reducing disparities and promoting equity.
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The Trainers
Robyn Taylor, MBA
Robyn Taylor’s great passion is working to effect change through public service in places people live, learn, work, and play. Robyn is a health equity consultant for the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors’ Health Equity Project, which includes the Member-driven Health Equity Council. Robyn also served as the Chair of NACDD’s Health Equity Council as well as serving on the NACDD Board of Directors while working at the Ohio Department of Health. As Assistant Director of ODH’s Office of Health Equity, Robyn worked across the department and led various projects. Robyn has more than 20 years of public service to Ohio, working in correctional institutions as a social worker for the Magellan Sex Offender Program, Director of the Domestic Violence Education Program for Women, and as a recovery services counselor. While at the North Central Correctional Institution, Robyn established an inmate NAACP chapter that represented various races and ethnicities, with more than 90% of the inmate population with memberships. This allowed a platform for various speakers and resource information to be shared with all inmates. Robyn also served as the Statewide Project Manager for the Parent Leadership Institute for Parents for Public Schools of Greater Cincinnati, Inc. Robyn currently serves as a Board Member of Columbus Area Integrated Health Services, Inc., which was founded in 1965 during Ohio’s first efforts to develop community-based mental health and behavioral services. Along with her colleagues, she works to address health disparities and inequities. Robyn strives to make systematic changes by making sure that all people have the opportunities and resources to be healthy. She holds a Master of Business Administration.
Tiffany Pertillar, MSW, MPH, CHES
Tiffany Pertillar has been a public health consultant at the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors since 2012. During this time, she has served as Project Coordinator for the Diabetes team and worked her way up to NACDD Diabetes Prevention State Team Lead. In her current role as Diabetes Prevention State Team Lead, Tiffany provides leadership and management for NACDD’s efforts in diabetes prevention by working with State Health Departments to raise awareness of prediabetes, along with CDC’s National Diabetes Prevention Program. In collaboration with the current Health Equity consultants, Tiffany developed a health equity training curriculum for State Health Department staff and provides this training upon request. Tiffany’s public health career has spanned more than 15 years. Prior to her diabetes prevention work, Tiffany spent time working at the Society for Public Health Education as the Healthy Communities Project Director and was responsible for leading the training and technical assistance efforts for CDC’s ACHIEVE Initiative. Tiffany also spent three years leading a national train-the-trainer initiative funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration, called The Business Case for Breastfeeding. In that capacity, she trained more than 30 communities on lactation support in the workplace Tiffany received a BA in Human Services from Geneva College in 2003 and master’s degree in Social Work and Public Health from the University of Maryland, Baltimore in 2008. She also is a Certified Health Education Specialist, a Fitness Instructor, a Body Builder, and a Certified Health Coach. Tiffany originally is from Harrisburg, Penn., but currently resides outside of Washington, D.C., in Upper Marlboro, Md., with her seven-year-old malti-poo named Riesling.
Ms. Polak is a senior director based in Washington, D.C. In her role, she provides policy counsel and analysis to clients with matters involving regu-lations, legislation, and business implications. Anne Marie’s experience includes developing strategic messages and policy positions for Capitol Hill, administration, trade associations, and corporate audiences. Prior to joining Leavitt Partners, Anne Marie was a vice president for Faegre BD Consulting in the firm’s health and biosciences group. She also spent five years with the Podesta Group in Washington, D.C., while completing her law degree in the evenings at the George Mason University School of Law, graduating cum laude in 2010. Anne Marie also worked in the government and legal affairs office of Novo Nordisk in Washington, D.C., and as a congressional aide to Rep. Michael Ferguson of New Jersey.
Dr. Fabius has recently returned to his start up. HealthNEXT, a company dedicated to the development of organizational cultures of health — after serving as Chief Medical Officer of Truven Health Analytics (formerly the healthcare business of Thomson Reuters), the world’s leading source of intelligent information for business and professionals. In this capacity he is charged with developing and deepening relationships with customers, advising on product development, and providing counsel to the leadership on business strategy and medical issues. Formerly, Dr. Fabius served as strategic advisor to the President of Walgreens Health & Wellness Division. This organization will coordinate over 1,000 workplace health centers and 10,000 pharmacies, many with retail clinics, into a seamless primary care network across the country within the next five years. In the not too distant future, it will be possible to offer large employers medical and fitness services on-site as well as episodic illness care, health coaching and disease management monitoring at the employee’s nearest Walgreens pharmacy.
Mr. Buettner is an explorer, National Geographic Fellow, award-winning journalist and producer, and a New York Timesbestselling author. He discovered the five places in the world—dubbed Blue Zones—where people live the longest, healthiest lives. His articles about these places in The New York Times Magazine and National Geographic are two of the most popular for both publications.
Ms. Cooney provides strategic direction for the Centers three Pillars of Population Health – Clinical to Community Connections, Health Equity and the Social Determinants of Health, and Public Health Data Analytics and Informatics. Mary Ann previously worked for 14 years at the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services where she was Deputy Commissioner for the Department and Director of Public Health.
Mr. Scully is a General Partner in the Healthcare Group, having joined WCAS in 2004. Before joining WCAS, he was the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for three years and the President and CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals for six years. He also served as the Deputy Assistant to the President and as the Associate Director of OMB under President GHW Bush from 1989 to 1993, and has practiced law at Alston and Bird; Patton Boggs; and Akin, Gump, Strauss Hauer and Feld. He is a Principal at the Lincoln Policy Group.
Dr. Don Wright has served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health and Director of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) since January 2012. In this capacity, he leads coordination and policy development for public health and prevention activities within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He is also currently the acting Executive Director of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition.
Dr. Sidorov is a board-certified in general internal medicine physician with more than 25 years of experience in primary care, inpatient care, medical education and evidence-based practice. Jaan believes physician leadership throughout the continuum of care is the bedrock of value-based care delivery. He received his medical degree from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, and completed his internship and residency at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Hanover, New Hampshire. Jaan also served as a Chief Resident at Reading Hospital in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Ostrovsky is a practicing physician, social entrepreneur, and health policy expert who specializes in human-centered design, lean manage-ment, quality improvement, population health, and digital health. Dr. Ostrovsky was most recently the Chief Medical Officer for the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS), the nation’s largest insurer covering over 74 million people, annually.
Dr. Choice is vice president and medical director for physical medicine services at American Specialty Health (ASH). Dr. Choice oversees the Rehabilitation Services Clinical Quality Evaluation program and leads the content development, training and clinical quality processes for ASH’s musculoskeletal health and pain management products.
Ms. Forte is responsible for leading Tufts Health Public Plans expansion efforts. Prior to her current position, she was vice president of care management for all Public Plans members.
As Director of Strategic Initiatives, Ms. Bowman oversees new social needs intervention initiatives among our clinical partners — including program design, resource database build-outs, and integration of Health Leads’ signature technology, Reach. Elise brings 10 years of direct service experience to her role, having previously served as a Health Leads program manager, a case manager for adults struggling with mental illness and homelessness, and in developing parent engagement initiatives in public education settings.
Mr. Johnson leads the Sage Consulting’s work for a number of public sector, corporate, non-profit and multi-employer clients. David brings particular expertise in evidence-based workplace wellness programs and leveraging Behavioral Economics principles in Human Resources Management. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology at Towson University.
Dr. Wadhwa is a leader in building population health programs for vulnerable populations. He serves as the senior vice president of market innovation and is the chief health officer for Solera Health where he is focused on scaling the Diabetes Prevention Program as well as health-related, social support interventions. Previously, Sandeep held population health leadership positions with 3M and McKesson. He also served as the State Medicaid Director for Colorado under its former Governor. While there, he oversaw a $4 billion program and led the effort to implement an accountable care collaborative. Sandeep also serves on the board of Reinvestment Fund, a $1 billion non-profit, financial institute devoted to revitalizing low-income neighborhoods. Sandeep continues to see patients at the Seniors Clinic at the University of Colorado Hospital where he serves as associate clinical professor in the division of Geriatric Medicine.
Focused on the intersection of information technology, informatics, clinical medicine and innovation, Dr. Jain is VP and Chief Health Informatics Officer at IBM Watson Health. He was Co-Founder, Senior VP and Chief Medical Officer of Explorys, Inc. formed in 2009 based on innovations that he developed while at the Cleveland Clinic. In April 2015, Explorys was acquired by IBM as an integral component of the newly formed Watson Health business unit. In 2017, he was appointed by Congress to the Federal Health IT Advisory Committee established by the 21st Century Cures Act.
Ms. Maljanian is an accomplished senior executive with more than 25 years of experience in the health care industry. Rose’s leadership experience
John Haughton MD, MS