NCIOM's 38th Annual Meeting on October 20, 2021 will provide a deep dive into the behavioral health goals identified by the Healthy NC 2030 initiative.
With a focus on community resilience and equity, the Annual Meeting will feature expert speakers in topics including trauma-informed practices, substance use and overdose, access to behavioral health services, suicide prevention, and adverse childhood experiences.
Registration has closed. We look forward to welcoming you for our 2022 Annual Meeting.
Wizdom Powell, PhD, MPH, MS
Director of the Health Disparities Institute
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
University of Connecticut
LaToya Powell, JD
Deputy General Counsel
NC Department of Public Safety
Betsey Tilson, MD, MPH
State Health Director and Chief Medical Officer
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
David Sousa, JD
Chair, Board of Directors
North Carolina Institute of Medicine
Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel
Curi
Carrie Rosario, DrPH, MPH, CHES
Incoming Chair, NCIOM Board of Directors
Associate Professor
Department of Public Health Education
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Kathryn Dail, PhD, MEd
Director, Community Health Assessment
Director, Healthy NC 2030
Division of Public Health
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Nabarun Dasgupta, PhD, MPH
Senior Scientist
Injury Prevention Research Center Innovation Fellow
Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Jamie Carter, MD, MPH
Primary Care and Addiction Medicine Physician
Lincoln Community Health Center
April Bragg, PhD
Senior Impact Officer
Dogwood Health Trust
Gabriela Livas Stein, PhD
Professor
Psychology Department
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Deepa Avula, MPH
Chief Operating Officer/Deputy Director
North Carolina Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services
Cherene Caraco, CPSS, QMHP, QDDP, CESP
CEO and Chief Global Strategist
Recovery Mental Health Consultant
PROMISE Resource Network Inc
Sally Herndon, MPH
Branch Head
Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch
Chronic Disease and Injury Section
Division of Public Health
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Kurt Ribisl, PhD
Jo Anne Earp Distinguished Professor and Chair
Department of Health Behavior
Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
James Davis, MD
Medical Director, Duke Center for Smoking Cessation
Director, Duke Smoking Cessation Program
Co-Director, Duke-UNC Tobacco Treatment Specialist Credentialing Program
Michael Scott, CHES
Senior Program Manager
Center for Black Health & Equity
Mike Yow, LCAS
President & CEO
Fellowship Hall
Elinor Landess, MA
Director
Chapel Hill Campus & Community Coalition to Reduce the Negative Impacts of High-Risk Drinking
Mina Cook
Project Coordinator
North Carolina Preventing Underage Drinking Initiative
Kurtis Taylor
Executive Director
Alcohol Drug Council of NC
Victor Armstrong, MSW
Chief Health Equity Officer
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Lisa DeCiantis, MA, LCMHC
Adult Mental Health Program Coordinator
Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Ames Simmons, JD
Policy Director
National Center for Transgender Equality
Jason Nieuwsma, PhD
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Duke University
Paul Lanier, MSW, PhD
Wallace Kuralt Distinguished Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Associate Director, Jordan Institute for Families
Research Fellow at the Sheps Center for Health Services Research
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sharon Hirsch
President and CEO
Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina
Jesse Kohler, MEd
Executive Director
Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy & Practice
The NCIOM's 2020 Annual Meeting explored research on the long-term potential impacts of foregone care due to COVID-19 on population health and the health system. Panelists and speakers discussed the factors that drove these impacts, such as changes in insurance coverage, capacity of the health system, changes to models of care and payment models, and drivers of health.
The NCIOM's 2018 Annual Meeting explored how practices and systems across the state are evolving from coordinated care to team-based care models. While coordinated care has been widely embraced and implemented across North Carolina, true team-based care is still an elusive target for many health systems and providers. Team-based care has the potential to improve efficiency, effectiveness, value, outcomes, and patient and provider satisfaction. However, profound changes in culture and organization of care, education and training, financing, the fundamental nature of interactions.
NCIOM’s 2016 Annual Meeting explored opportunities at the intersection of economic development and health care. Topics included:
The NCIOM's 2019 Annual Meeting discussed Medicaid transformation in North Carolina. Discussion topics included the Healthy Opportunities Pilots, the NCCARE360 resource platform, navigating the transition, monitoring, oversight, evaluation, and special populations, as well presentations by representatives from each of the Medicaid Prepaid Health Plans.
The NCIOM's 2017 Annual Meeting focused on how community organizations, health systems, insurers, and others can share responsibility for the health of our communities using an accountable care communities model. Accountable care communities address health from a community perspective, pulling multiple stakeholders together in a coalition that shares responsibility for addressing multiple determinants of health. Accountable care communities use collaborative and integrated strategies to promote health, prevent disease, and ensure access to quality services.
The 2015 Annual Meeting focused on several aspects of food policy, including the intersections between food policy and the environment, economic growth, and nutrition. Our keynote speaker was Kathleen Merrigan, Ph.D., Executive Director of Sustainability at the George Washington University. Morning and afternoon breakout sessions led by experts from North Carolina addressed health system challenges relevant to specific stakeholders in the state. Breakout session topics include food safety, hunger, obesity, regulation, sustainability, and economic development.