Special Events and Receptions

  • 8/22 Public Health Convocation and Reception

                                              Please Join us for our Public Health Convocation and Reception

                                                                            Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 5 pm

                                                                                 UConn Health, Building 195

                                                                             195 Farmington Ave, Farmington

                                                                                           Suite U3071A

     

    We are honored to have Senator Doug McCrory Democratic Deputy President Pro Tempore as our keynote speaker!

    The Senator will address “The Disparities in Mental Health Treatment for Minorities” and “The Importance of Data Collection in Healthcare”.

    Senator Doug McCrory, Democratic Deputy President Pro Tempore, was elected as the State Senator for the 2nd Senate district in a special election in February, 2017 to represent parts of Bloomfield, Hartford and Windsor. He was first elected to the General Assembly in 2004 to represent the 7th House district, where he served for six full terms. Senator McCrory has been committed to strengthening neighborhoods through education, development and civic engagement. He is currently chair of the CT Aging Committee, Vice Chair of the Banking Committee and Committee on Children, and is a member of the Finance, Revenue, and Bonding Committee and the Joint Committee on Judiciary.

    Katherine Kuzmeskas, MPH, a UCONN alumna, will also be a featured speaker.  Katherine is the founder and CEO of SimplyVital Health. SimplyVital Health provides an intentionally simple care coordination platform that uses Blockchain technology to prevent denials and increase reimbursement for value-based programs and MACRA.

    Katherine’s experience also includes strategic planning for the medicine and surgery service lines at Yale New Haven Health and overseeing the design and development of an enterprise-wide care management dashboard at a statewide community health center network.

    Natalie Moore, MD, will serve as our student speaker.  Dr. Moore has provided much needed medical and humanitarian assistance after the devastation caused by Hurricanes Irma and Maria to island residents, while also trying to juggle her MPH class responsibilities. Dr. Moore is the first International Disaster Emergency Medicine Fellow at UCONN.

    We hope you can join us!

     

     

    For more information, contact: Morgan Spencer/Public Health Programs at mhspencer@uchc.edu