11 th Annual Diabetes and Obesity Conference Strengthening Community Links to Address Diabetes and Obesity Sunday, April 22, 2012 Helen Jones, MS, LD, 4:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Registration/Exhibits Set Up 5:30 p.m. 5:45 p.m. Conference Opening Session and Reception Welcome Gary Lemme, PhD Director, 5:45 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Mind, Body and Soul Richard Griffin, Pastor Antioch Baptist Church Mt. Meigs, AL Evelyn Crayton, EdD, LD, RD Assistant Director, Family and Consumer Sciences 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Update: Metabolic Syndrome and Risk Reduction John Jernigan, MD Internal Medicine Mulberry Medical Associates, P.C.
Monday, April 23, 2012 Morning LaMont Pack, P.A., M.P.A. Director, Diabetes Prevention and Control Program Alabama Department of Public Health 8:30 a.m. 8:45 a.m. Welcome Celvia Stovall, PhD Associate Director Urban Affairs and New Non-Traditional Programs Alabama A & M University 8:45 a.m. 9:45 a.m. Dairy: It s More Than Calcium Mary Martin Nordness, MA, RD, LD, CHES Manager of Nutrition Affairs Southeast United Dairy Industry Association, Inc. Hampton Cover, AL Arlene Murrell, MS, RD, LD, CLE Nutrition Affairs Program Manager Southeast United Dairy Industry Association, Inc. Atlanta, GA Kristin Woods, Ed.S. Food Safety, Preparation and Preservation 9:45 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Diabetes and the Eye Mark Swanson, OD, Professor Director of Ocular Disease and Low Vision Service University of Alabama, Birmingham 10:30 a.m. 11:15 a.m. Dental Implications of Diabetes and Obesity Maria (Mia) L. Geisinger, DDS, MS Assistant Professor, Pre-doctoral Periodontal Program Director Department of Periodontology University of Alabama at Birmingham 11:15 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Diabetes and Childhood Obesity Dana Herazo, M.Ed., RD, CSG, LD, CDE Senior Nutritionist Mobile County Health Department Mobile, AL
Afternoon Kathleen Tajeu, PhD, CHES, Specialist 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Lunch and Keynote Speaker Increasing Your Cultural Competence and Proficiency Judith C. Rodriguez, PhD, RD, LD/N, FADA 2010-2011 Past President of American Dietetic Association (Now the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics) Chairperson and Professor Department of Nutrition and Dietetics Brooks College of Health- Jacksonville, FL 1:00 p.m. 1:45 p.m. Hispanic/Latino Health and Culture Judith C. Rodriguez, PhD, RD, LD/N, FADA 2010-2011 Past President of American Dietetic Association (Now the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics) Chairperson and Professor Department of Nutrition and Dietetics Brooks College of Health- Jacksonville, FL Marchale E. Burton, MEd Urban Human Nutrition, Diet & Health 1:45 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Saving the Diabetic Foot Ace Anglin, MS, DPM Mulberry Foot Care, LLD Montgomery, AL 2:30 p.m. 3:15 p.m. The Psychosocial and Socio-ecological Variables that Influence Obesity in America Sandra Harris, PhD Kajuandra Harris, PhD 3:15 p.m. 4:15 p.m. Addressing Health Disparities in Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes/ Metabolic Syndrome Errol D. Crook, MD Department of Internal Medicine University of South Alabama Mobile, AL
Sylvia G. Oakes, MEd Urban 4:15 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Carbohydrate Counting Jennifer Dutton, MS, RD, LD, Ed.S. Video The Biggest Generation: Obesity Moderator Sharon Haynes, MS Tuesday, April 24, 2012 Jill Stapleton, Student in Dietetics Auburn University 8:30 a.m. 8:45 a.m. Welcome Paul W. Brown, PhD Associate Director, Rural & Traditional Programs 8:45 a.m. 9:15a.m. Health Crisis in Alabama Thomas M. Miller, MD, MPH Deputy Director for Medical Affairs Alabama Department of Public Health Montgomery, AL 9:15 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Medicinal Plants and Herbs in the Management of Diabetes Suresh Thomas Mathews, PhD Associate Professor Nutrition, Dietetics and Hospitality Management Auburn University
Margaret B. Odom, Ed.S. 10:00 a.m. 10:45 p.m. Diabetes in Alabama Schools and the Challenges of the School Nurse Sherry Marbury. DNP, RN, CCRD State School Nurse Consultant Alabama Department of Education, Montgomery 10:45 a.m. 12:00 Keynote Speaker: Health Equity and Chronic Diseases Vetta L. Sanders Thompson, PhD Associate Professor, Psychology Washington University in St. Louis, MO 12:00 1:00 p.m. Lunch continue with Dr. Thompson 1:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Wrap-up and Smart Response Evaluations Kristin Woods, Ed.S. Food Safety, Preparation and Preservation Latresha Brady-Pinkston, MBA Specialist, Information Technology Synithia W. Flowers, M.ED, EEC Donna Shanklin, MPH, MS Thank you for attending!