2023 Emory Violence Prevention Symposium Agenda

October 30, 2023

 

Miller Ward Alumni House
815 Houston Mill Road, NE
Atlanta, GA

 

AGENDA

 8:30-9:00am:   Networking Breakfast 
 CONFERENCE OPENS
 9:00-9:10am: Emory Welcome – Ravi Thadhani, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Emory University
 9:10-10:00am: Community Panel – Moderated by Rohit Malhotra, Executive Director, Center for Civic Innovation
 10:00-10:10am: Remarks – Greg Fenves, President, Emory University
 10:10-10:30am: Welcome – Michael Thurmond, CEO, DeKalb County
 10:30-10:45am: Networking Break
 10:45-11:30am:

Keynote: CDC Strategies to Prevent Community Violence – Greta Massetti, Principal Deputy Director, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
 11:30-12:20pm (Session 1): Hospital-Based Violence Intervention/Prevention
 
  1. Interrupting Violence with Youth and Young Adults (IVYY) at Grady Program:
    Randi Smith, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Medical Director the IVVY Project at Grady

    Jacquel Clemons Moore, Director, The IVYY Project at Grady

  2. Emory Hillandale’s Hospital-Based Violence Prevention Program:
    Janikqua Cutno, Director, Emory Hillandale Violence Prevention Program

    Victoria L. Green, Associate Chief Medical and Quality Officer for Emory Decatur, Emory Hillandale and Emory Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals
 12:30-1:30pm:

Lunch and Cardiff Model Presentation
Daniel Wu, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine and Chief of Emergency Medicine and Chief Medical Information Officer, Grady Memorial Hospital

Jasmine Foriest, Human-Centered Computing PhD Student, Georgia Institute of Technology

Mia Bottcher, Clinical Research Coordinator III, Emory University School of Medicine
 1:30-2:30pm (Session 2): Lightning Roundtable Sessions
 2:30-3:20pm (Session 3): Student Engagement Initiatives
 
  1. Strategies for Supporting Community Violence Prevention
    Michael Clery, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Grady Memorial Hospital

  2. Supporting African-American Fathers
    Latrice Rollins, Assistant Professor, Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine

  3. Restorative Justice at DeKalb County School District (DCSD)
    Denise Revels, Director of Wrap Around and Student Support and Terrence Smith, Sergeant of Public Safety
 3:20-3:40pm: BREAK
 3:40-4:40pm (Session 3): Supporting Violence Prevention with Training, Policy, and Advocacy
 
  1. Community-engaged Policy Research to Address Violence Inequities
    Briana Woods Jaeger, Associate Professor, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

    Melvin (Doug) Livingston, Associate Professor, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

  2. Preventing Firearm Injury Through Advocacy and Community Outreach
    Sofia Chaudhary, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

    Kiesha Fraser Doh, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

  3. Developing Not-For-Profits Focused on Violence Prevention/Community Violence Prevention Landscape in ATL
    Rohit Malhotra, Executive Director, Center for Civic Innovation
 4:40-5:00pm: Rollins School of Public Health's Support for Community and Community Violence Prevention – Daniele Fallin, Dean, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
 5:00pm: Closing –  Jonathan Rupp, Director, Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory

 

ORGANIZERS

Jonathan D. Rupp, PhD
Director, Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory (IPRCE)

Kendra Price
Emory University’s Office of Government and Community Affairs (OGCA)

 

 

 

Confirmed Community Participants
 Corner of Hope at Lakewood  Pastor Dr. Gary Burke
 Gangstas to Growers  Abiodun “Abbey” Henderson 
 Girassol Wellness  Dr. Jordan Murphy 
 HEY! Helping Empower Youth  KaCey Venning
 Hope Hustlers  Leonard Dungee, Chee'tara Alexander 
 The Hopeful Change Project  Dawn & Derrick Townsend
 Jared’s Heart of Success, Inc.   Sharmaine Brown
 Mothers Against Gang Violence   Tekesia Shields
 SAVE Institute  Atiba Jones 
 Tyme to Thrive Beyond Grief  Aaliyah Strong 
 Wii Care  Ricky “Dip” Usher