Public Health in the Rockies 2026

Public Health in the Rockies 2026

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7:00am MDT

Audiobook Walking Club Meet at RegistrationKathryn Van Iderstine Birding TBAKjestine Woods Nature as Medicine: The Power of Forest Bathing for Wellbeing Promotion Meet at RegistrationDr. Jenn Leiferman, PhD • Dr. Charlotte Farewell, PhD, MPH Running Activity TBAGlen P. Mays

8:00am MDT

Breakfast Buffet Columbine Ballroom Exhibit Hall & Silent Auction Main Lobby Registration Main Lobby

8:45am MDT

Poster Presentation & Judging Red Cloud & Shavano A Student-Led Toy Drive: Program Evaluation and University Belonging Red Cloud & ShavanoMadison Gremillion • Sarah Jackson • Cesar Rosales Cordova • Abigail Lister • Hannah Wilson Accreditation In Action: Exploring PHAB’s Tools, Services, and Impact Red Cloud & ShavanoMeredith Langfritz Alcohol in rural Colorado – Impacts and Possible Interventions Red Cloud & ShavanoWilliam Burman • Ruth Horn • Julia Stulkin • Amy Wineland Awareness of Ordinances to Restrict Sales of Flavored Nicotine Products Red Cloud & ShavanoJill Bednarek • Sara Cooper Beyond Compliance: Building Action-Oriented CHA/CHIP Processes Red Cloud & ShavanoRobyn Odendahl • Caitlin Loyd Building Momentum for Statewide Change: Flavored Tobacco Policies Red Cloud & ShavanoJodi Radke Data Management & Team Engagement within a Natural Disaster Working Group Red Cloud & ShavanoHannah Walters Distance Traveled for Maternal Healthcare and Birth Outcomes in Colorado Red Cloud & ShavanoTatum Lowenberg Epidemiology of Invasive and Noninvasive Carbapenem-Resistant Infections Red Cloud & ShavanoKarlie Hoetzer Evaluating Community-Driven Overdose Prevention Red Cloud & ShavanoErica Clarke Health is Relationships: A Social Networks Study in Diverse Communities Red Cloud & ShavanoPaulina Erices Ocampo Helicobacter Pylori Transmission: Implications for Public Health Red Cloud & ShavanoKathleen Hall • Sean Emmons Key Functional Drivers of Coalition Motivation to Build Resilient Programs Red Cloud & ShavanoMirella Castañeda Launching Ahead: Using CFIR to Fast Track a Needs Assessment Red Cloud & ShavanoBrittany Cangialosi • Tashina Lemons Linkage to Hepatitis C Treatment Red Cloud & ShavanoSarah Miller • Erin Bredenberg Live Training: Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship Red Cloud & ShavanoFrankie Lupercio Malnutrition Among People with Tuberculosis at Urban Public Health Clinic Red Cloud & ShavanoJosiah Tharp Medicare Advantage Use and Spending vs. Traditional Medicare in Colorado Red Cloud & ShavanoKimi Landry No-show Appointments: Identifying Gaps and Opportunities for Intervention Red Cloud & ShavanoAshley Bader Priority groups for public health interventions in Larimer County Red Cloud & ShavanoSami Ullah Khan Bahadur Safety, Sustainability & Savings: One Sharps Container at a Time Red Cloud & ShavanoTalitha Appel • Jessica Gomez The Effect of CAP Laws on Firearm Storage in US Households with Children Red Cloud & ShavanoCiera Causey • Delwin Maben Trust, Engagement, and Health Communication in Digital Health Communities Red Cloud & ShavanoHappy Phatak War and the Pets of Ukraine Red Cloud & ShavanoJon Geller, DVM, DABVP emeritus, MPH

9:00am MDT

Poster & Exhibitor Showcase Red Cloud & Shavano

9:30am MDT

Advancing Youth Vaping Prevention and Cessation Interventions Castle Peak 1 & 2Sedona Allen Moreno • Becky Bloedow • Josh Cockroft Creating Clean Air Schools through Youth Participatory Action Research Crestone 4Lexi Nutkiewicz Randomized Care Navigation Intervention for Latent Tuberculosis Infection Grays Peak IIKate Kurlandsky Beyond Frequency: Cannabis Exposure Frameworks for Colorado Grays Peak IIIMargie Day Hidden in Plain Sight: Lead Exposure Sources in Colorado Homes Grays Peak IAmelia Sanchez Evaluating MSU Denver's Inclusive Peer Health Ed Program in Denver Schools Torreys 1 & 2Erin Seedorf • Victoria Small Following Up on Food Insecurity: what happens after screening and referral? Torreys 3 & 4ELIZABETH BELL • ANDREA Nederveld One Health Mobile Outreach: An Innovative Model for Community Health Crestone 2Jon Geller, DVM, DABVP emeritus, MPH STEP in Colorado: Developing a Statewide Fall Prevention Initiative Crestone 1Christie Hartman • Rachel Lockwood Creation of a Public Health Curriculum for the APP Learner: Crestone 3Julianne Randlemon • Eleanor Walker

10:15am MDT

Sharing Power for Better Data & Relationships: CDPHE's Baby & You Program Castle Peak 1 & 2Chelsea Walker-Mao Using Cumulative Impact Analysis to Advance Environmental Justice Crestone 4Meghan Guevara Building Regional Networks to Address Public Health Concerns Crestone 2Robyn Hacker • Derek Noland Test Yourself Colorado: Addressing STIs through at-home self-testing Grays Peak IITennessee Salcedo Hernandez Dental Cost and Utilization in Colorado: Insights from the CO APCD Grays Peak IIIClare Leather • Lucía Sanders BREATHE: Advancing Equity in Pediatric Environmental Asthma Care Grays Peak IClare Burchenal Assessing Sexual and Reproductive Health Education Content Delivered in K-12 Public Schools in Colorado Torreys 1 & 2Rose Grose • Umit Shrestha • Kelly DeBie The Wellbeing of Place: Results from Colorado's Rural Health Equity Report Torreys 3 & 4Beck Furniss • Meredith Davis, M.S. Colorado SEOW 2026 Regional Profiles: Local Data for Community Action Crestone 1Angela Castillo • Lauren Gant Together Change the Narrative: A Rural Colorado Stigma Reduction Initiative Crestone 3Claudia Amura • Kim Gonzales

11:00am MDT

Preparing the Dental Workforce for HPV Vaccination: Student Perspectives Grays Peak IIKelsey Straw Urban Heat, Ozone, and Asthma Disparities in NYC: A Multiscale Analysis Grays Peak IIHuanchun Huang Examining Stigmatizing Language in K-12 State Sex Education Laws in CO & AL Grays Peak IIIKJ Walker For The Youth, By The… Adults?: Youth-Driven Substance Use Programming Grays Peak IIIAllison Hine • Rowan Addressing Psychological Birth Trauma: A Call to Action Grays Peak IChelsea Walker-Mao Bridging the Gap: Education and Resource Access to Address Period Poverty Grays Peak IKylie Turner Enhancing HRQOL & Patient Activation: A Health Promotion Program Evaluation Torreys 1 & 2Jessica Campion From Crisis to Connection: Building a medical clinic in a navigation center Torreys 1 & 2shawn marzan Stronger Together: Engaging French-Speaking African Communities Torreys 1 & 2Adeyemi OKE A Multi-Sector Communication Strategy for Functional Neurological Disorder Torreys 3 & 4Janelle Posey All in This Together: Strengthening Local Data Through Partner Support Torreys 3 & 4Maya Swanson Data Outputs Inform. Humans Decide: Decision Intelligence in Public Health Torreys 3 & 4Lucy Funk

12:00pm MDT

Lunch Buffet Columbine Ballroom

12:15pm MDT

Panel Speakers: Stronger Together - Community Voices in Public Health Columbine BallroomDaniel Oxendine • Dawn Owens Robinson, MD • Kimberly Chambers • Selina Lujan de Albers

2:00pm MDT

Community-Based Organizations in Public Health and Supportive Partnerships Crestone 4Gabriel Mansfield • Benjamin Robb Riders on the Storm: Co-evaluating Health Equity Programming with Grantees Castle Peak 1 & 2Dr. Anne Hill • Dr. Cyril Bennouna Expanding Access: On-Site GC/CT Testing in Rural Public Health Crestone 2Hannah Wynd • Eliza Buyers Examining the Association Between Long COVID and Medical Gaslighting Grays Peak IIKate Schinkel Building the Table Before You Need It: Lessons in Cross-Sector Partnership Grays Peak IIIEmily Bash • Emma Kett • Anjali Prasertong Heavy Metals in Groundwater: Predicting Risk to Prioritize Well Sampling Grays Peak IAlan Costello • Aki Suzuki The Lead on Lead: Educating Providers, Improving Competence Torreys 1 & 2Amanda Otamendi Political Stress and Health Care Access Among Spanish-Speaking Immigrants Torreys 3 & 4Gerardo Silva-Padron Colorado Alcohol Impacts Coalition Crestone 1JK Costello • Bill Burman What Profits the People? Applying Business Strategy to Increase Utilization Crestone 3Lucy Funk

2:45pm MDT

AI in Public Health: Ethics, Bias, and Community Trust Crestone 4Kate Okojie The Human–Animal Bond in SDoH: Determinant & Moderator Castle Peak 1 & 2Anna Stout Advancing LGBTQ+ Data: The Journey and the Partnerships that Make it Happen Crestone 2Sara Torres • Lindsey Whittington • Ash Neufeldt Quantifying the ROI of Multisector Partnerships: Networks & Econometrics Grays Peak IIGlen Mays From Shade to Policy: A Cross-Sector Skin Cancer Prevention Model Grays Peak IIISara Tabatabaie • Tori Bloom • Elisha Lehrhoff Strengthening Evidence Synthesis Through Hybrid AI-Assisted Workflows Grays Peak IMelanie Luu Stronger Together Through Shared Risk and Protective Factors Torreys 1 & 2Samantha Decker • Madison Soukup Community-Based Suicide Prevention in Colorado Torreys 3 & 4Dymond Ruybal • Tate Steidley • Katherine Harvey Quantifying connection: Meeting needs for data on isolation and loneliness Crestone 1Raissa Huntley • Maya Swanson • Carter Vogel The Barriers Add Up: Affordability Findings from a Community Health Survey Crestone 1Raissa Huntley • Maya Swanson • Carter Vogel Connected Care Coordination for Workforce and Community Access Crestone 3Cathy Junda

4:00pm MDT

Advancing Community Psychiatry via a Consultation-Training Feedback Loop Crestone 4Rachel Kollin • Benjamin Clark, MS • Thida Thant, MD • Will Payne, MHS Polling: A Strategic Tool for Public Health Policy Change Castle Peak 1 & 2Jodi Radke • Chris Keating • Spencer Keating Healthy Kids Colorado Survey and AI/AN Oversample Project Crestone 2Emily Newman • Michael Sam • Fran Taffer Measles and more: Denver’s local response and perspective Grays Peak IIJillian Crews Breastfeeding Support via Community-Trained Telephone Specialists Grays Peak IIILupe Zarate Power of Partnership: Evaluating outreach to support private well users Grays Peak IErin Looney • Aki Suzuki Bridging the Gap: Leveraging Partners & Centralized Systems to Address SDoH Torreys 1 & 2Laura Shek Pathways to Equity: Addressing SDOH in Rural Colorado Torreys 3 & 4James Kuemmerle Demonstrating a New Dashboard of Motor Vehicle Crashes in Colorado Crestone 1Julia Stullken • Mandi Burcl Food Insecurity Experiences and Beliefs Among Colorado Healthcare Workers Crestone 3Elena Broaddus

4:30pm MDT

Incline & Power Hair Trail Hike Meet at RegistrationChristine Demont The Well of Being: Yoga, Meditation, & Art Meet at RegistrationLilly Scheibelhut