Public Health in the Rockies 2026

Public Health in the Rockies 2026

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7:00am MDT

Registration Main Lobby

8:30am MDT

Building Policy Power Through Community and Municipal Partnerships Castle Peak 1 & 2Vannesa Cruz • Leslie Levine • Trevor Vaughn Fundamentals of Survey Design Castle Peak 3 & 4Sara Cooper • Theresa Mickiewicz Leadership Is Everyone's Work: Building Healthy Organizational Cultures Crestone 4Ailala Kay • D.J. Whetter Stronger Together Through Story: Data Storytelling for Rural Public Health Crestone 2Heidi Berthoud Motivational Interviewing for Vaccine Uptake & Other Health Behaviors Grays Peak IISarah Waraniak, MPH Finding Your Voice in Public Health Policy Advocacy & Communication Grays Peak IIIEfren Garcia • Alexandra Kellogg • Allison Howe • Amy Pitlik and Lyn Riebel Systems Thinking in Action: A Public Health Teamwork Simulation Grays Peak IReesie Roland • Michelle Colarelli • Kimberly Indovina, MD • Elshimaa Basha • Erika Freitas Turning Community Voice and Local Data into Public Health Action Torreys 1 & 2Nicole Zwick • Shannon Pray Cultivating Equity and Empathy in Public Health Practice Torreys 3 & 4Kate Okojie Colorado Immersion Training: Building Capacity in Community Engagement Crestone 1Kaylee Rivera Gordon • Montelle Tamez Communicating Public Health in Complex and Contested Spaces Crestone 3Halley Pucker

10:00am MDT

Exhibit Hall & Silent Auction Main Lobby

10:15am MDT

Crisis as a Catalyst: How Outbreak Response Shaped Our Culture and Capacity Castle Peak 1 & 2Grace Nelson Denver's CHA: Leveraging Tech & Innovation for Community-Driven Results Castle Peak 3 & 4Paige Andrews • Nathan Keffer The AI Remix Lab: Practical AI Skills for Real Public Health Work Crestone 4Holen Hirsh • Ailala Kay Beyond the Checklist: Building Internal Motivation in Youth Crestone 2Rhonda Jo • Cade Conger Holding the Line: Practice, Care, and Sustainability in Public Health Grays Peak IIKay Emerson Crafting Narratives for Health Policy Change Grays Peak IIIAlison Reidmohr AI in Public Health: Prompting, Verification, and Practice Grays Peak IMolly Gutilla • Shelbi DesJardin • Dannon Cox • Umit Shrestha Science, jargon, and equity: why clear info is critical to public health Torreys 1 & 2Kristy Richardson Embedding Youth as Partners: Building a Roadmap for Youth Engagement Torreys 3 & 4Stephanie De Jesus Ayala • Alyssa Gatto • Stacey Adimou Kpossi • Michael Mattiucci • Vivian Thompson From Self-Care to Co-Care: The Science and Skill of Co-Regulation Crestone 1Kate Follett • Carrie Hankins Just Picture It! An Introduction to a Systems Thinking Tool Crestone 3Sarah Davis

11:30am MDT

Collecting and linking hospitals’ publicly available data to CO APCD Castle Peak 1 & 2Asmita Ghimire Firearm Access Among Rural American Indian/Alaska Native Youth in Colorado Castle Peak 3 & 4AbbyLynn Wilhelm Leveraging Local Partnerships to Enhance Colorado Private Well Stewardship Crestone 4Ian McKinzey Measuring Impact, Not Just Outcomes: A Toolkit for Co-Response Evaluation Crestone 2Stacey McClellan • Jenna Mathews Routine Syphilis, HIV, and HCV Testing in CSH Denver Emergency Departments Grays Peak IIJessica Chavez • Andrew Salter • Makayla Sinness Enhancing Healthcare Disaster Readiness Through Regional PH Partnerships Grays Peak IIICaroline Persson Colorado EnviroScreen Version 3.0: Development and Public Outreach Report Grays Peak IRani Kumar HPV Vaccine Communication for Non-Clinicians in A Primary Care Setting Torreys 1 & 2David Higgins • Elisha Lehrhoff Stronger Together: Building Colorado’s Rural Public Health Workforce Torreys 3 & 4Molly Gutilla • Ned Calonge • Dannon Cox A Social Return on Investment Study of a Perinatal Substance Use Initiative Crestone 1Julia Simhai • Amber Johnson Precision Public Health: Mapping Medicaid Shortages with the V2SFCA Model Crestone 3Laura Thompson

12:00pm MDT

Opening Keynote & Lunch Buffet Columbine BallroomDr. David Rojas-Rueda PhD

1:45pm MDT

Beyond the Press Release: Building Trust Through Public Health Podcasting Castle Peak 1 & 2Kenzie Hardy • Joanna Rojewski • Kori Solt • Jennifer Wolfe-Kimbell The Power of Purposeful Partnerships Crestone 4Kelly Caldwell • Laura Larson Using Family Voice to Strengthen Coordinated Public Health Approaches Castle Peak 3 & 4Aurora Ramirez • Felicia Cain Answering the Call: 988 Colorado Data, Trends, and Insights Crestone 2Lauren Gant • Jeff Proctor • Chloe Rekow Prevalence of Critical Congenital Heart Defects in CO Compared to the U.S. Grays Peak IIAshley Juhl TRAC Dashboard: Maximizing Tobacco Data Availability to Inform Local Change Grays Peak IIILaura Thompson • Scott Schulle Community Resilience and Public Health Lessons 5 years post-Marshall Fire Grays Peak IKatherine Dickinson • Hannah Walters Katherine • Jacqueline Laundon • Colleen Reid Skip the Hit: Youth as Public Health Partners in Media Campaign Development Torreys 1 & 2Susan Westhof • Lisa Long • Rebecca Ludwigsen More Than Words: Advancing Language Justice in Public Health Systems Torreys 3 & 4Marina Canavoso • Lubna Ahmed • Tonya Johnson • Cristabel Rojo Participatory Mapping as a Tool for Strengthening Food Systems Evaluation Crestone 1Young Mi Cho • Alice Douglas • Lindsay Senter Reclaiming Purpose: A Reflective Ritual for Public Health Leaders Crestone 3Kate Okojie

3:00pm MDT

Addressing the Unmet Need of People with IDD From The Colorado DD Council Crestone 4Yadiel Tesfaye Building Community Health Capacity Through Long Term Engagement Partnership Castle Peak 1 & 2Mary Fisher • Kaylee Rivera Gordon • Donald Nease • Montelle Tamez Generating Shared Insights from HealthSpace with Power BI Reporting Castle Peak 3 & 4Poorva Reddy Vanga Improving CO Birth Outcomes: Physiologic Labor and Trauma-Informed Training Crestone 2Sydney Comstock Strengthening Public Health Measurement through Factor Analytic Methods Grays Peak IIJessy Jiao • Erica Clarke Reconnecting with CDPHE's Open Data website: Maps, Local Data and More! Grays Peak IIIVishnu Panicker • Devon Williford Nothing About Us Without Us: Why Youth Voices Matter in Tobacco Education Torreys 1 & 2Destini Hall • Maria Macias Colorado County Profiles: Local Data for Community Health Planning Torreys 3 & 4Sarah Ford Healthy Kids, Stronger Futures: Transforming Substance Use Prevention Crestone 1Caroline DeWitt • Haley Witt • Leah Raffa • Haley Figueroa Strengthening Local Data Capacity: Shared Tools & Technical Assistance Crestone 3Samie Stephens • Shelbi DesJardin

3:45pm MDT

Collaboration That WORKS: A New Health Systems & Public Health Partnership Castle Peak 1 & 2Sarah Mauch • Monica Rivera-Rojas Design Your Own Flourishing Fest: A Practical Framework Crestone 4Kristen Daly • Krista Fruehauf Policy and Communication Reponses to Changes in Immunization Policy Castle Peak 3 & 4Ned Calonge • Neeloofar Soleimanpour Men’s Mental Health: Education and Policy to Address a Public Health Crisis Crestone 2Jason Vitello • Greg Bushmann • Steven Rissman Identifying Gaps in Measles Immunity Using a Clinical Decision Support Tool Grays Peak IICydney Jardine PM Exposure at School Athletic Fields and Childcare Centers in Utah Grays Peak IIITristalee Mangin Building Community Resilience: A Feasibility Study of Low-Cost Air Cleaners Grays Peak INaomi Perlman Beyond Delivery: Improving Postpartum Care in Medicaid Through Partnership Torreys 1 & 2Mikayla Branz • Alondra Munoz Empowering Access: Transforming Mobile Healthcare Delivery in Colorado Torreys 3 & 4Lauren Brown Syringe Access Program Point-in Time (PiT) Survey Crestone 1Tinuke Laguda Primary Care Readiness for Long COVID Care in Colorado Crestone 3Elena Broaddus

4:15pm MDT

Opening Reception: Sunset Socializing, Sips, & Snacks Red Cloud & Shavano