Public Health in the Rockies 2026

Public Health in the Rockies 2026

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8:00am MDT

Silent Auction Main Lobby Breakfast Buffet & Awards Columbine Ballroom Registration Main Lobby

9:15am MDT

Stronger Together: Assessment as a Catalyst for Community Engagement Crestone 2Heidi Berthoud Suicide in Colorado: An Overview Torreys 3 & 4Jon Geller, DVM, DABVP emeritus, MPH Beyond Modernization: Connecting Data, Programs, and Communities Grays Peak IIGabriela Reyes EMS Readiness and Financial Sustainability: Challenges and Innovations Grays Peak IIIAmy Downs • Christine Buttorff Resilient but Unequal: Sex, Race, Household Coverage Gaps in U.S. 2019–2023 Torreys 1 & 2Mina Ghobadi Smokeless: Tobacco/Nicotine Use from the 2025 Weld Community Health Survey Crestone 1Maya Swanson • Giovanna Castro Public Health Nurse Leadership Skill Builder Crestone 3Rebecca Miles

10:30am MDT

Geographic Expansion of a Medically Tailored Meal Delivery Program Crestone 2Kate Johnston No-Code AI Forecasting for Influenza in Local Public Health Grays Peak IIDr. Todd Hall Using AI to Understand Community Engagement Data Grays Peak IIIJeff Corn Associations between Influenza Subtype and Warmer Temperatures in Colorado Grays Peak IKelly Bergstrom • Carter McCabe • Mackenzie Owen Delivering Diabetes Prevention & Management Programming through Telehealth Torreys 1 & 2Lisa Bentley • Monica Thompson Evaluating Health Disparities Among African American Populations Across Colorado Torreys 3 & 4Alan Harmon • Kimi Landry Nicotine Use in the Mountain West: The Impact of Regional Context Crestone 1Humphrey Costello Expanding Reproductive Access in Rural Areas Crestone 3Angie Fellers LeMire

11:15am MDT

Disconnect to Re-connect?!?! Outdoors - TBDJo Burns The Public Health Paradox: Why Change Feels So Hard Crestone 2Molly Gutilla • Sarah Lampe Beyond Tables: A User-Centered Dashboard for Newborn Hearing Screening Grays Peak IIAmandeep Bhardwaj • Steven Bromby Impact of Continuous Medicaid and CHP+ Enrollment on Children in Colorado Grays Peak IIIMegha Jha • Leah Caputo Reviewing Colorado air toxics rules through the lens of human health Grays Peak ITara Webster • Amanda Damweber Advancing High‑Quality Asthma Care Through Statewide School Partnerships Torreys 1 & 2Melanie Gleason Leveraging digital messengers to reach teens in a public health campaign Torreys 3 & 4Ann Collier • James Corbett • Daphna Rubin • Elizabeth Sexton Stronger Together: Co-Designing Tobacco Cessation in Healthcare Crestone 1 The Syndemic Gap in Federally-Funded Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Crestone 3Hridith Sudev

12:00pm MDT

Designing Connected and Equitable Health Systems Through Visioning Crestone 2Cathy Junda The first year of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Surveillance in Colorado Grays Peak IIJacqueline Denning • Briana Sprague Trusted Messengers, Better Outcomes: A Community Ambassador Model Grays Peak IIILaura-Elena Porras-Holguin Well Water Use, Safety and Stewardship in Northern Colorado Grays Peak IKelly DeBie • Ian McKinzey Partners in Prevention: DoL and CDE Support Vaping Prevention and Education Torreys 1 & 2Sara Diedrich • Amanda Jacobs Emerging Products and Differential Policy: Rural Tobacco at a Crossroads Torreys 3 & 4Derek Noland • James Pavlik Cultivating Calm: Mindfulness for Community and Workforce Wellbeing Crestone 3Michelle Colarelli

12:30pm MDT

Lunch Buffet Columbine Ballroom