Public Health in the Rockies 2026

Public Health in the Rockies 2026

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11:15am MDT

Disconnect to Re-connect?!?! Outdoors - TBDJo Burns