11:30 - 12:00 p.m. - Registration

12:00 – 12:15 p.m. - Welcome Remarks and Keynote Introduction

• Carlos Smith, DDS, MDiv, Associate Dean, Ethics and Community Engagement, School of Dentistry
• Catherine Ingrassia, PhD, Dean, College of Humanities & Sciences
• Lisa Kaplowitz, MD, MSHA
• Tashima Lambert-Giles, MD, Assistant Professor, School of Medicine 

12:15 - 1:30 p.m. - Luncheon and Kaplowitz/Garland Lectureship in Health Equity: 
"Moving Beyond 'Disparities' to Improve Childbearing Health Care: Community-Driven, Data-Informed Change"

Keynote Speaker: Michelle Debbink, MD, PhD, Faculty in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of Utah's Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine.

Moderator: Carlos Smith, DDS, MDiv

1:30 - 1:40 p.m. - Break

1:40 - 2:35 p.m. - Maternal Health in Rural Areas

Moderator: Beth O'Connor, M.Ed., Executive Director of the Virginia Rural Health Association

• Makunda Abdul-Mbacke MD, MPH, Piedmont Preferred Women's Healthcare
• Paulina Guerrero, PhD, Assistant Professor, Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies
• Kathryn Haines, Health Equity Manager, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy
• Mecealia Johnson, patient and mother

2:35 - 2:40 p.m. - Transition to next panel

2:40 - 3:40 p.m. - Maternal Health and Community Resources

Moderator: Susan Bodnar-Deren, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of Community Engaged Research, VCU Institute for Women’s Health

• Danielle Avula, MD, Associate Medical Director, CrossOver Healthcare Ministry
• Zipporah Baa’ith, BA, State - Certified Community Doula, Certified Nutrition Educator and Administrative Director, Healthy Hearts Plus II
• Breanna Jones, Sister Circle mom, Healthy Hearts Plus II
• Stephanie Spencer, BSN, RN, Founder and CEO, Urban Baby Beginnings
• Tiffany Williams, DDS, MSD, Associate Professor and Director, Advanced Education Program in Pediatric Dentistry

3:40 - 3:50 p.m. - Break

3:50 - 4:50 p.m. - Policy and Legislative Panel Discussion

Moderator: Carlos Smith, DDS, MDiv

• Kenda Denia, Founder and Executive Director of Birth In Color
• Cheryl Roberts, JD, Director, Department of Medical Assistance Services
• Vanessa Walker Harris, MD, Director of Family Health Services, Virginia Department of Health

4:50 - 5:00 p.m. - Closing Remarks

• Chris Cynn, PhD, Associate Professor, Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies and Director, Health Humanities Lab
• Sheryl Garland, MHA, FACHE, Chief of Health Impact, VCU Health System and Executive Director, VCU Office of Health Initiatives