The Schedule

Cancer Health and Mental Wellness

YOU, Family, Community

Day One

Thursday, Sept. 22nd, 2022

11AM - 1:30PM CST

Please note: Information will be provided in English, Spanish, Cantonese, and American Sign Language.

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

[15 minutes]

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Speakers:

Masahito Jimbo, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAFP, MPI, Chicago Cancer Health Equity Collaborative, and Professor and Department Head, Family and Community Medicine, UIC College of Medicine

Rev. Dr. Kirsten Peachey , Vice President, Faith Outreach, & Co-Director, The Center for Faith and Community Health Transformation, Advocate Aurora Health

Karina Ayala-Bermejo, President & CEO, Instituto del Progreso Latino

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

[60 minutes]

Don’t Count Me Out!

Cancer Caregiver Panel

Facilitator:

Joanne Glenn, MBA, RN, ChicagoCHEC Community Steering Committee (CSC) Co-Chair (2016-2022) & Founder, Women on Top of their Game (W.O.T.) Foundation, Inc.

Community Panelists:

Evan Blaney

Eric Briggs

Emmanuel Briggs

Henry Mason

12:15 PM - 12:25 PM

[10 minutes]

Break

Optional: Mindfulness Activity

Speaker:

Maigenete Mengesha, PhD, Director of Programs at Wellness House & ChicagoCHEC Community Steering Committee (CSC) Co-Chair Elect

12:25 PM - 1:15 PM

[50 minutes]

Neighborhood Violence and Lung Cancer

Speaker:

Sage Kim, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Illinois Chicago, School of Public Health, Division of Health Policy & Administration

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM

[15 minutes]

Closing Remarks


Speaker:

Rani Morrison, MS, MSW, LCSW, FACHE, Chief Diversity and Community Health Equity Officer, UI Health

Day Two

Friday, Sept. 23rd, 2022

11AM - 1:30PM CST

Please note: Information will be provided in English, Spanish, Cantonese, and American Sign Language.

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

[15 minutes]

Welcoming & Opening Remarks

Speakers:

Henrietta Barcelo, BA, ChicagoCHEC Community Steering Committee (CSC) Co-Chair (2016-2022) & Healthcare Liaison, Instituto del Progreso Latino

Joanne Glenn, MBA, RN, ChicagoCHEC Community Steering Committee (CSC) Co-Chair (2016-2022) & Founder, Women on Top of their Game (W.O.T.) Foundation, Inc.

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

[60 minutes]

Testimonios de sobrevivientes de cancer: escuche sus historias informativas y motivadoras

Cancer Survivor Panel - Held in Spanish with English and Cantonese interpretation provided

Facilitators:

Judy Guitelman, Executive Director/Founder, ALAS-Wings

Jeanette Santana González, Senior Research Specialist, University of Illinois Cancer Center

Community Panelists:

Liliana Glasgow (Breast Cancer Survivor)

Oralia Martinez (Breast Cancer Survivor)

Bertha Mariscal (Breast Cancer Survivor)

Sashai Álvarez Jasper (Cervical Cancer Survivor)

Petra Cisneros (Breast Cancer Survivor)

12:15 PM - 12:25 PM

[10 minutes]

Break

Optional: Mindfulness Activity

Speaker:

Maigenete Mengesha, PhD, Director of Programs at Wellness House & ChicagoCHEC Community Steering Committee (CSC) Co-Chair Elect

12:25 AM - 1:15 PM

[50 minutes]

The Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Screening: A Community Led Collaboration with ChicagoCHEC

Speakers:

Keith B Naylor, MD Assistant Professor, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Gastroenterologist, UI Health

Fred D. Rachman, MD Chief Executive Officer, Alliance Chicago

Carmen Velasquez, Founder of Alivio Medical Center

Karriem Watson, DHSc, MS, MPH Chief Engagement Officer, NIH All of Us Research Program

Masahito Jimbo, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAFP, MPI, Chicago Cancer Health Equity Collaborative, and Professor and Department Head, Family and Community Medicine, UIC College of Medicine

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM

[15 minutes]

Closing Remarks

Speaker:

Robert A. Winn, MD Director and Lipman Chair in Oncology, VCU Massey Cancer Center,Senior associate dean for cancer innovation and professor of pulmonary disease and critical care medicine, VCU School of Medicine