COURSE DIRECTORS
* Michele Erikson, BA, Executive Director, Wisconsin Health Literacy
* Stan Hudson, MA, Health Literacy Director, Wisconsin Health Literacy
* Kari LaScala, JD, Associate Director, Wisconsin Health Literacy
* Caitlyn Mowatt, BS, Health Communications Specialist, Wisconsin Health Literacy
PRESENTERS, MODERATORS & PLANNERS
Mary Ann Abrams, MD, MPH, Clinical Assistant Professor, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Laura Apfelbeck, MA, County Coordinator for UW-Extension FoodWIse
Jeni Appleby, Health Insurance Literacy Specialist, Covering Wisconsin
Seng Lat Aung, Community Health Worker, International Institute of Wisconsin
Ginger Baier, Transgender Health Advocate, Outreach
Bud Bartel, RN, Marinette Oconto Counties Literacy Council Board Member
Chuck Bornhoeft, Literacy Volunteers - Marquette County Board Member
Noelle Braun, Executive Director, Casa Guadalupe Education Center
Michelle Burda, MLS, Education and Health Literacy Coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region, Health Sciences Library System
* Alix Carlson, MSed, OTR, System Patient Education Coordinator, Aurora Health Care
Susan Cosgrove, MPA, CPHQ, Director of Health Literacy, Health Care Improvement Foundation
JennaRose Dahl, Digital Literacy and Distance Learning Instructor, Minnesota Literacy Council
Jennifer A. Dillaha, MD, Medical Director, Immunizations, Medical Advisor, Health Literacy, Arkansas Department of Health
Michael Evans, Executive Director. Kalamazoo Literacy Council
Sara Finesilver, English as a Second Language Faculty, Madison College
Cori Gibson, MSN, RN, CNL, Patient Safety Specialist and Co-Lead Children’s Hospital of WI Health Literacy Task Force; Children’s Hospital of WI
Diana Gonzalez, MPH, CHES, Health Education Specialist, Institute for Healthcare Advancement (IHA)
Annie Griffiths, Award-winning National Geographic Photojournalist; Founder and Executive Director, Ripple Effects Images
Yen-Ming Huang, MS, BPharm, Graduate student, Social and Administrative Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy
Perri Klass, MD, Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics, New York University, Reach Out and Read – National Medical Director
Matthew W. Kreuter, PhD, MPH, Kahn Family Professor of Public Health, The Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis
KaZoua Kue
Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi, MEd, Assistant Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine and Director of the Health Literacy Leadership Institute, Tufts University School of Medicine
Lourdes M. Martinez, PhD, Health Communication Specialist; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Martha Maurer, PhD, MPH, MSSW, Health Policy Research Scientist, University of Wisconsin, School of Pharmacy, Sonderegger Research Center (SRC)
* Linda McCart, JD, Chief, Policy and Research, WI Department of Health Services
Olga Molina, Peer Health Promoter, Institute for Healthcare Advancement (IHA)
Sarah Morris, Internal Communications Coordinator, Health Literacy Coordinator, Office of Health Communications
Andrea Morrison, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin
* Dave Mott, PhD, FAPhA, PharmD, Social and Administrative Division Chair, Professor, UW–Madison School of Pharmacy
Melissa Ngo, PharmD, BCACP, UW Health Pharmacy Services
* Melinda Orebaugh, MLS, Director, Library & Patient Ed Services, Interactive Patient Care Champion – GetWellNetwork, Gundersen Health System
Helen Osborne, President, Health Literacy Consulting; Founder, Health Literacy Month; Producer/Host, podcast series Health Literacy Out Loud
Michael Paasche-Orlow, MD, MA, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; Founding Editor of the journal, Health Literacy Research and Practice
Aaron Perry, CEO/Founder Rebalanced-Life and Wellness Association
Tara Pray, Member Engagement & Communications Lead, Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds
Doris Ravotas, PhD, Coordinator of Interdisciplinary Health Service, Western Michigan University
* Carrie Redo, RN, Public Health Nurse, Manitowoc County Department of Health and Human Services (Public Health)
Susan Reid, MA, Director, Health Literacy NZ Limited
Audrey Riffenburgh, PhD, President, Plain Language Works
Ryan Roling, English as a Second Language, Madison College
Mitch Ross, Policy Officer, Milwaukee, WI
Laura Salcido, Bilingual Health Navigator, Casa Guadalupe Education Center
Maricel G. Santos, EdD, Professor of English, San Francisco State University
Kenneth G. Schellhase, MD, MPH, Family & Community Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
Dean Schillinger, MD, Professor of Medicine in Residence, University of California San Francisco Professor (UCSF); Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital; Founder UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations
* Sheryl Scott, DNP, RN, CNE, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Chair, School of Nursing, Wisconsin Lutheran College School of Nursing
Stephanie Severs, MA, Health Insurance Literacy Lead, Covering Wisconsin
Linda Shepard, MSN, RN, Community Outreach Coordinator
Olayinka Shiyanbola, PhD, BPharm, Assistant Professor, Social and Administrative Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy
Greg Smith, Executive Director, Florida Literacy Coalition
* Paul Smith, MD, Medical Advisor, Wisconsin Health Litearcy
Dimmy Sokhal, PharmD, Chief Clinical Officer, Hayat Pharmacy
Steve Sparks, MS, Wisconsin Health Literacy
Heather Hepler Surrency, MPH, Health and Financial Literacy Coordinator, Florida Literacy Coalition
Kari Trapskin, PharmD, Vice President of Healthcare Quality Initiatives, Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin
Savitri J. Tsering, MSSW, Refugee Health Coordinator, Community and healthcare Infection Prevention (CHIP) Unit, Wisconsin Division of Public Health
Tomi Vandergriff, Health Liaison, International Institute of Wisconsin
Nenglee Vang, Refugee Family Strengthening Program Coordinator, Catholic Charities
Erika Villafuerte, Multicultural Community Outreach and Engagement, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan – Wisconsin
H. Shonna Yin, MD, MSc, General Pediatrician, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Population Health, NYU School of Medicine
* Cynthia Zarazúa, BA, International Learning Program Manager, Neighborhood House International Learning Center
*Planning Committee Member
Breakout Session Speaker Bios
It is the policy of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP) that the faculty, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence content of this CE activity disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial interests* in order to allow CE staff to identify and resolve any potential conflicts of interest. Faculty must also disclose any planned discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation(s).
* The ACCME defines a commercial interest as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests.