Special Events and Receptions

  • 8/22 Public Health Convocation and Reception

    2018 Public Health Convocation on August 22nd at 5 pm.  Reception Immediately to Follow.

    Location: UConn Health, Building 195, 195 Farmington Avenue, Suite U3071A

    Please join us in welcoming our incoming public health students at our Public Health Convocation and Reception on Wednesday, August 22nd beginning at 5 pm. The event will be held at UConn Health, Building 195, Suite U3071A, 195 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT. We are honored to have State Senator Doug McCrory, Democratic Deputy President Pro Tempore. Senator Doug McCrory was elected with the continued promise of continuedaccountability and accessibility 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, which he served for six full terms. Even before his service as a legislator, 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.

    Prior to founding SimplyVital Health, Katherine was the Program Manager of the Center for Musculoskeletal Care for Yale New Haven Health where she managed, designed, and analyzed the joint replacement and spine bundles and gainsharing programs. 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 current student speaker. Dr. Moore provided much needed medical and humanitarian assistance after the devastation caused by Hurricane 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.

    PLEASE JOIN US!!

     Please RSVP to publichealth@uchc.edu on or before August 20, 2018.


     

    For more information, contact: Morgan Spencer/Public Health Program at 860-679-5489/mhspencer@uchc.edu