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Hear Me Now: Innovative Storytelling in Uncertain Times
We’re excited to invite you to the next event in our new *virtual* Innovation Summit series, “Hear Me Now: Innovative Storytelling in Uncertain Times” on Thursday, May 22nd.
Through conversations, panels, and stories, we will explore issues and topics, such as how we can make language powerful and honest in today’s world, making stories work in the media, politics, and policy and how stories can help ensure health and well-being for all.
Woven throughout the summit we will feature short video stories reflecting various perspectives and lived experiences.
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For the full agenda, please click here.
Speakers
Keynote: Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH
Health Strategist & President/CEO
Novellawells, LLC
Mariah C. Barber, MPH, CHES, RPC
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Invisible Strengths
Elizabeth Cope, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Chief Programs and Science Officer
AcademyHealth
Gwen Darien
Executive Vice President, Patient Advocacy, Engagement and Education
Patient Advocate Foundation
Rachel Grob, MA, PhD
Director, Qualitative and Health Experiences Research Lab
Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Rachel H. Kowalsky, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.E.P., F.A.A.P.
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine & Pediatrics
New York – Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medicine
Debbie Walsh
Director
Rutgers University Center for American Women and Politics
Robert A. Winn, MD
Director and Lipman Chair in Oncology
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
With Stories By:
Beverly Rogers
CEO and Founder
From Momma’s House
J Brown
Founder Director & Co-Founder
Alliance for Research with Chicagoland Communities, Northwestern University
LaShyra “Lash” Nolen, MD, MPP
Founding Executive Director
We Got Us
Internal Medicine Resident PGY-1
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Allysa Dittmar, MHS
Vice President
DeafHealth
Juanita Arroyo
Community Health Worker & Breast Cancer Survivor
The Resurrection Project
Carolina Bujanda
Research Associate
Latinas Lideres en Salud (LaLiSa) at the University of Illinois Cancer Center
Araceli Lucio
Founder, Community Health Advocate Coordinator, & Breast Cancer Survivor
En La Lucha A Sobrevivir (ELLAS)
Paola Torres, MPH
Vice President Senior Research Specialist
University of Illinois Cancer Center