December 4, 2020 Hello Health Care Advocates, Here at Utah Health Policy Project, preparations are underway for our annual Health Care Solutions for Utahns conference, which will be held virtually on Tuesday, January 12th from 8:30am-2:30pm. We are excited to announce Dr. Julie Morita as our morning keynote speaker. Dr. Morita has decades of experience working in public health and was recently appointed to President-elect Biden’s COVID-19 Task Force. | |
"Julie Morita, MD, is executive vice president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), where she oversees all programming, policy, research and communications activities. Before joining RWJF, Morita helped lead the Chicago Department of Public Health for nearly two decades, first as a medical director, then as chief medical officer. In 2015, she was appointed to the department’s top position, commissioner. In that role, she oversaw the public health needs of 2.7 million residents in the nation’s third largest city." Full Bio from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation here: https://www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwjf/leadership-staff/M/julie-morita.html | |
Registration is $25, with discounts available, especially for students and community members (just message us for the discount code). | |
January 12th Virtual Convening Tentative Agenda: 8:30am-8:45am - Welcome 8:45am-9:30am – Panel: COVID-19 in Utah- Looking Back and Looking Forward 9:30am-10am - Keynote 1: National Update on COVID-19, Dr. Julie Morita 10:00am–10:45am - 2020 Health Policy Index, Stacy Stanford and Courtney Bullard, UHPP 11:00am- 12:00pm - Panel: Racial Health Disparities, COVID-19, and how Medicaid Can Help 12:15pm-1:15pm - Panel: Filling the Gap by Addressing Oral Health Equity 1:30pm –2:00pm - Keynote 2: Federal Health Policy Update, Eliot Fishman, Families USA 2:00-2:30 - Keynote 3: State Health Policy Update, TBD | |
Thank you for your continued advocacy. Stay well, The UHPP Team | |