Schedule
2022 Science for Patient Engagement Symposium Agenda (PDF)
2022 Science for Patient Engagement Symposium
From Research to Action: Health Equity for All
October 19-20, 2022
Hybrid Event
Wednesday, October 19
(An in-person strategic planning meeting with NHC Research and Programs Committee and invited Chief Medical/Science Officers)
2:00 – 2:15 p.m. Welcome Remarks
Remarks by:
Randy Rutta, MA, Chief Executive Officer, National Health Council
Omar A. Escontrías, DrPH, MPH, Vice President of Research, Education & Programs, National Health Council
Eric Racine, PharmD, MBA, Vice President & Head, Public Affairs & Patient Advocacy, Sanofi
2:15 – 3:00 p.m. Keynote Address
Keynote Speaker:
Darrell M. Gray, II, MD, MPH, Chief Health Equity Officer, Elevance Health, Inc.
3:00 – 3:45 p.m. Research Strategic Dialogue Panel:
Meaningful Patient Engagement: Gender Equity and the Crossroads of Infectious Disease
Moderator:
Cynthia Bens, Senior Vice President, Public Policy, Personalized Medicine Coalition
Panelists:
Irene O. Aninye, PhD, is the Chief Science Officer at the Society for Women’s
Health Research (SWHR)
Shanina Knighton, PhD, RN, CIC, Executive Director for Research Practice and
Innovation, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
Gail Graham, Patient Consultant, University of Maryland PATIENTS Program
Marissa Robinson, DrPH, MPH, RPCV, Management Analyst, Office of Infectious
Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
4:30 – 6:30 p.m. Open House, Reception and Hors d’oeuvres at NHC Headquarters
(Reception is also open to NHC Member Sponsors)
Remarks and sponsors recognition
Thursday, October 20
(A virtual event that is open to all NHC members and nonmembers working on patient centered and engagement activities)
10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Welcome & Introductions
Remarks by:
Randy Rutta, MA, Chief Executive Officer, National Health Council
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Keynote Speaker
Introduction:
Omar A. Escontrías, DrPH, MPH, Vice President of Research, Education and & Programs, National Health Council
Keynote Speaker:
Kristin Carman, PhD, MA, Director of Public and Patient Engagement, PCORI
11:00 – 11:15 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Patient Science and the Social Determinants of Health Policy
Moderator:
Cynthia Bens, Senior Vice President, Public Policy, Personalized Medicine Coalition
12:15 – 12:45 p.m. Meal Break
12:45 – 1:30 p.m. Mental Health and Patient Science: How COVID-19 reframed our research, outreach, and clinical-community
linkages
Moderator:
Jill Yersak, PhD, Medical Science Liaison, Biogen
Speaker:
Regina James, MD, Chief, Division of Diversity and Health Equity, American Psychiatric Association
1:30 – 1:45 p.m. Break
1:45 – 2:30 p.m. Global Health Equity and Patient Engagement
Moderator:
Julie Fiol, MSW, BSN, RN, MSCN, Associate Vice President, Health Care Access, National MS Society
Speaker:
Nicholas Brooke, Executive Director, The Synergist
2:30 – 2:45 p.m. Break
2:45 – 3:30 p.m. Dismantling health disparities by building trust and patient centricity in life science
Moderator:
Omar A. Escontrías, DrPH, MPH, Vice President of Research, Education and & Programs, National Health Council
Speaker:
Jennifer Miller, PhD, Associate Professor, Yale University School of Medicine
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Lessons learned from the 2020 Clinical Trials Treatment Act. Increasing access to clinical trials in Medicaid and
diverse patients
Moderator:
Eric Gascho, Senior Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs, National Health Council
Panelists:
Ricki Fairley, Chief Executive Officer, TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance
Ruben A. Mesa, MD, FACP, Executive Director, Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson, Mays
Family Foundation Distinguished University Presidential Chair, Professor of Medicine
Alycia Shilton-Lloyd PhD, VP Medical Affairs, Imago BioSciences, Inc
Alexis Reisin Miller, Executive Director, Global Regulatory Policy (US Lead) at Merck
4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks and Symposium Concludes
Omar A. Escontrías, DrPH, MPH, Vice President of Research, Education and & Programs, National Health Council