9:00 a.m. — 10:00 a.m.
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Registration (Day 1)
Welcome, Special Remarks, and Introduction
10:00 a.m. — 10:20 a.m.
Kody Kinsley, MPP — Deputy Secretary for Behavioral Health & IDD, N.C. Department of Health and Human Services
Morning Keynotes
10:20 a.m. — 12:00 p.m.
Secretary Mandy Cohen, MD — North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS)
N.C. Governor Roy Cooper
Stopping the Epidemic Together: A Comprehensive Response to the Opioid Epidemic
ADM. James “Sandy” Winnefeld, Jr., USN (Ret.)
Retired U.S. Navy admiral James “Sandy” Winnefeld, Jr. speaks about the impact of the opioid crisis on his family after the loss of his 19-year-old son Jonathan to an overdose, and how that tragedy motivated them to fight the epidemic. Whether it was seeking treatment, getting answers, or understanding the nature of the disease – Mary and Sandy Winnefeld knew there needed to be a different solution to help other families facing the same journey with substance use disorder. SAFE Project connects with communities, campuses, law enforcement, medical groups, treatment programs, and others to advance best ways to fight the opioid crisis. He explains how SAFE Project created programs such as SAFE Campuses and SAFE Communities, and leads efforts that are unifying, non-partisan and evidence-based.
Luncheon Keynote + Networking
Networking Lunch Commences
12:00 p.m. — 12:30 p.m.
Luncheon Keynote: Legislative Action to Combat the Opioid Epidemic (Featuring Senator Jim Davis and Senator Gladys A. Robinson)
12:30 p.m. — 1:00 p.m.
Senator Jim Davis
Senator Jim Davis has represented NC Senate District 50 since 2011. He serves on a range of committees including: Chairman Joint Legislative Committee Transportation Appropriations; Chairman Senate Transportation Policy Committee; Member Senate Finance, Health Care, and Judiciary Committees; Chairman Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on General Government; Chairman Joint Legislative Committee on Local Government; Member Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations; Member Municipal Incorporations Subcommittee of the Joint Legislative Committee on Local Government. He received his BA in biology from Southern Adventist University, DDS from Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, and MS in Orthodontics from the Loma Linda University Graduate School. He is currently serving as the National Conference of State Legislatures Opioid Policy Fellow for 2019.
Senator Gladys A. Robinson, Ph.D
Senator Gladys Ashe Robinson, Deputy Minority Leader of the North Carolina Senate, has been elected to her fifth term in the Senate. She is Chair of the Guilford County Delegation and is a dedicated advocate for the people of North Carolina, specifically Guilford County. Senator Robinson serves on the following Legislative Committees: Appropriations/Base Budget, Education/Higher Education, Commerce and Insurance, Health Care and Select Committee on Nominations. Non-Standing Committees: Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services, Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid and NC Health Choice and Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services. Senator Robinson also serves as the North Carolina/South Carolina Co-Chair of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators Region V and the Governors State Health Coordinating Council.
Networking Break
1:00 p.m. — 1:15 p.m.
Film Screening & Discussion
1:00 p.m.
Resilience: The Biology of Stress & the Science of Hope
Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope is a one-hour documentary that delves into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the birth of a new movement to treat and prevent toxic stress. Experts now believe that toxic stress is one of the leading causes of everything from heart disease and cancer to substance abuse and depression. These extremely stressful experiences in childhood can alter brain development and have lifelong effects on health and behavior. Resilience chronicles this new approach among pediatricians, therapists, educators and communities who are using cutting-edge science to disrupt cycles of violence, addiction and disease.
Resilience centers around groundbreaking research findings from the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE Study) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Permanente that looked at how 10 types of childhood traumatic life events affect long-term health. They include: physical, emotional and sexual abuse; physical and emotional neglect; living with a family member who is addicted to alcohol or other substances, or who is depressed or has other mental illnesses; experiencing parental divorce or separation; having a family member who is incarcerated, and witnessing domestic violence.
Breakout Sessions I
1:15 p.m. — 2:15 p.m.
Networking Break
2:15 p.m. — 2:30 p.m.
Film Screening & Discussion
2:30 p.m.
Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope
Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope is a one-hour documentary that delves into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the birth of a new movement to treat and prevent toxic stress. Experts now believe that toxic stress is one of the leading causes of everything from heart disease and cancer to substance abuse and depression. These extremely stressful experiences in childhood can alter brain development and have lifelong effects on health and behavior. Resilience chronicles this new approach among pediatricians, therapists, educators and communities who are using cutting-edge science to disrupt cycles of violence, addiction and disease.
Resilience centers around groundbreaking research findings from the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE Study) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Permanente that looked at how 10 types of childhood traumatic life events affect long-term health. They include: physical, emotional and sexual abuse; physical and emotional neglect; living with a family member who is addicted to alcohol or other substances, or who is depressed or has other mental illnesses; experiencing parental divorce or separation; having a family member who is incarcerated, and witnessing domestic violence.
Breakout Sessions II
2:30 p.m. — 3:30 p.m.
Session A: Healthy Opportunities and Early Childhood Action Plan
- Erika Ferguson
- Rebecca Planchard, MPP
Session B: Cultural Humility and Positive Engagement with People Who Use Drugs (Panel)
Un-Truncated Title: “Meet Us Where We’re At” — Cultural Humility and Positive Engagement with People Who Use Drugs
Networking Break
3:30 p.m. — 4:00 p.m.
Breakout Sessions III
4:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m.
Session A: Building Community Resiliency: North Carolina Examples (Panel)
- Catherine Joyner, MSW (Moderator)
- Vernisha Crawford — CEO of Bringing You Excellence (BYE), LLC; and Director for the Charlotte Resilience Project
- Ennis Baker, MSW, LCSW — Orange RESILIENCE Initiative
- Melea Rose-Waters, MSW
Networking Reception & Group Activity
5:15 p.m. — 6:45 p.m.
Naloxone Saves: Kit Making & Harm Reduction Networking Reception
Sponsored By:
NC Harm Reduction Coalition (NCHRC)
Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine
HepConnect Initiative
Grant Support from The Duke Endowment
Registration (Day 2)
8:00 a.m. — 9:00 a.m.
Morning Plenary Session I
9:00 a.m. — 10:10 a.m.
Mark Benton — DHHS Deputy Secretary for Health Services
Josh Stein, MPA, JD, NC Attorney General
Bertha Madras, Professor of Psychobiology and Drug Abuse Expert
Introduction By: Dr. Carrie Brown
The Opioid Crisis: Made in America…Fade in America
The opioid crisis is a uniquely American challenge. Many factors catalyzed this national nightmare and others continue to fuel it. This presentation will delve into some of the major contributors, offer recommendations for reducing this deadly public health problem, and describe challenges for implementation. How the United States stumbled into a series of imprudent decisions is instructive for two reasons: it is feasible to “reverse-engineer” past mistakes and it’s important to be aware of the lessons learned a cautionary tale for other drug classes. The initial stimulus, over-prescribing of pain-killers can be reversed, albeit with thoughtful actions. Responses cannot remain stagnant, however, as emerging threats continue to challenge old premises. Illicit fentanyl and heroin now are the two leading contributors to overdose deaths. Supply solutions clearly would differ from those involving prescription opioids. But universal principles of alternatives for pain management, evidence-based treatment, rescue, and long term recovery support can be applied to those with an opioid use disorder regardless of opioid categories. Nonetheless, challenges to implementation abound, ranging from resistance to change, scalability, effective transitions for patients, and reluctance to engage, either in providing or seeking treatment.
Networking Break
10:10 a.m. — 10:25 a.m.
Morning Plenary Session II
10:25 a.m. — 11:15 a.m.
Monique Tula — Harm Reduction Coalition
Introduction By: Virgil Hayes — Harm Reduction Coalition
Conditions of Possibility: Harm Reduction as a Pathway to Responsibility
A national overview of the current state of opioid addiction in the US that will highlight the stigma and barriers to care experienced by people who use drugs and discuss potential solutions.
Networking Break
11:15 a.m. — 11:30 a.m.
Breakout Sessions IV
11:30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m.
Session E: Opioid Dashboard and How to Communicate the Data
- Mary Beth Cox, MPH
- Mike Dolan Fliss, MSW
Networking Lunch
12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m.
Breakout Sessions V
1:45 p.m. — 2:45 p.m.
Session C: How Payers are Responding to the Opioid Epidemic
- Anna Stein, JD, MPH (Moderator)
- Elyse Powell, PhD
- John C. Stancil, Jr., R.Ph. — Director of Pharmacy North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Benefits
- Anuradha Rao-Patel, MD — Lead Medical Director-Government Programs; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
- NOTE — This Session is Classified Under Multiple Tracks:
Networking Break and Transition
2:45 p.m. — 2:50 p.m.
Closing Plenaries, Announcements, and Updates
2:50 p.m. — 3:30 p.m.
Facilitated By: Alan J. Dellapenna, Jr. RS, MPH
Branch Head of the Injury and Violence Prevention Branch (IVPB), North Carolina Division of Public Health
- Tuesday, June 11th
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Registration (Day 1)
9:00 a.m. — 10:00 a.m.
Welcome, Special Remarks, and Introduction
10:00 a.m. — 10:20 a.m.
Kody Kinsley, MPP — Deputy Secretary for Behavioral Health & IDD, N.C. Department of Health and Human Services
Morning Keynotes
10:20 a.m. — 12:00 p.m.
Secretary Mandy Cohen, MD — North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS)
N.C. Governor Roy Cooper
Stopping the Epidemic Together: A Comprehensive Response to the Opioid Epidemic
ADM. James “Sandy” Winnefeld, Jr., USN (Ret.)
Retired U.S. Navy admiral James “Sandy” Winnefeld, Jr. speaks about the impact of the opioid crisis on his family after the loss of his 19-year-old son Jonathan to an overdose, and how that tragedy motivated them to fight the epidemic. Whether it was seeking treatment, getting answers, or understanding the nature of the disease – Mary and Sandy Winnefeld knew there needed to be a different solution to help other families facing the same journey with substance use disorder. SAFE Project connects with communities, campuses, law enforcement, medical groups, treatment programs, and others to advance best ways to fight the opioid crisis. He explains how SAFE Project created programs such as SAFE Campuses and SAFE Communities, and leads efforts that are unifying, non-partisan and evidence-based.
Luncheon Keynote + Networking
Networking Lunch Commences
12:00 p.m. — 12:30 p.m.
Luncheon Keynote: Legislative Action to Combat the Opioid Epidemic (Featuring Senator Jim Davis and Senator Gladys A. Robinson)
12:30 p.m. — 1:00 p.m.
Senator Jim Davis
Senator Jim Davis has represented NC Senate District 50 since 2011. He serves on a range of committees including: Chairman Joint Legislative Committee Transportation Appropriations; Chairman Senate Transportation Policy Committee; Member Senate Finance, Health Care, and Judiciary Committees; Chairman Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on General Government; Chairman Joint Legislative Committee on Local Government; Member Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations; Member Municipal Incorporations Subcommittee of the Joint Legislative Committee on Local Government. He received his BA in biology from Southern Adventist University, DDS from Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, and MS in Orthodontics from the Loma Linda University Graduate School. He is currently serving as the National Conference of State Legislatures Opioid Policy Fellow for 2019.
Senator Gladys A. Robinson, Ph.D
Senator Gladys Ashe Robinson, Deputy Minority Leader of the North Carolina Senate, has been elected to her fifth term in the Senate. She is Chair of the Guilford County Delegation and is a dedicated advocate for the people of North Carolina, specifically Guilford County. Senator Robinson serves on the following Legislative Committees: Appropriations/Base Budget, Education/Higher Education, Commerce and Insurance, Health Care and Select Committee on Nominations. Non-Standing Committees: Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services, Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid and NC Health Choice and Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services. Senator Robinson also serves as the North Carolina/South Carolina Co-Chair of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators Region V and the Governors State Health Coordinating Council.
Networking Break
1:00 p.m. — 1:15 p.m.
Film Screening & Discussion
1:00 p.m.
Resilience: The Biology of Stress & the Science of Hope
Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope is a one-hour documentary that delves into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the birth of a new movement to treat and prevent toxic stress. Experts now believe that toxic stress is one of the leading causes of everything from heart disease and cancer to substance abuse and depression. These extremely stressful experiences in childhood can alter brain development and have lifelong effects on health and behavior. Resilience chronicles this new approach among pediatricians, therapists, educators and communities who are using cutting-edge science to disrupt cycles of violence, addiction and disease.
Resilience centers around groundbreaking research findings from the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE Study) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Permanente that looked at how 10 types of childhood traumatic life events affect long-term health. They include: physical, emotional and sexual abuse; physical and emotional neglect; living with a family member who is addicted to alcohol or other substances, or who is depressed or has other mental illnesses; experiencing parental divorce or separation; having a family member who is incarcerated, and witnessing domestic violence.
Breakout Sessions I
1:15 p.m. — 2:15 p.m.
Networking Break
2:15 p.m. — 2:30 p.m.
Film Screening & Discussion
2:30 p.m.
Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope
Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope is a one-hour documentary that delves into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the birth of a new movement to treat and prevent toxic stress. Experts now believe that toxic stress is one of the leading causes of everything from heart disease and cancer to substance abuse and depression. These extremely stressful experiences in childhood can alter brain development and have lifelong effects on health and behavior. Resilience chronicles this new approach among pediatricians, therapists, educators and communities who are using cutting-edge science to disrupt cycles of violence, addiction and disease.
Resilience centers around groundbreaking research findings from the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE Study) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Permanente that looked at how 10 types of childhood traumatic life events affect long-term health. They include: physical, emotional and sexual abuse; physical and emotional neglect; living with a family member who is addicted to alcohol or other substances, or who is depressed or has other mental illnesses; experiencing parental divorce or separation; having a family member who is incarcerated, and witnessing domestic violence.
Breakout Sessions II
2:30 p.m. — 3:30 p.m.
Session A: Healthy Opportunities and Early Childhood Action Plan
- Erika Ferguson
- Rebecca Planchard, MPP
Session B: Cultural Humility and Positive Engagement with People Who Use Drugs (Panel)
Un-Truncated Title: “Meet Us Where We’re At” — Cultural Humility and Positive Engagement with People Who Use Drugs
Networking Break
3:30 p.m. — 4:00 p.m.
Breakout Sessions III
4:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m.
Session A: Building Community Resiliency: North Carolina Examples (Panel)
- Catherine Joyner, MSW (Moderator)
- Vernisha Crawford — CEO of Bringing You Excellence (BYE), LLC; and Director for the Charlotte Resilience Project
- Ennis Baker, MSW, LCSW — Orange RESILIENCE Initiative
- Melea Rose-Waters, MSW
Networking Reception & Group Activity
5:15 p.m. — 6:45 p.m.
Naloxone Saves: Kit Making & Harm Reduction Networking Reception
Sponsored By:
NC Harm Reduction Coalition (NCHRC)
Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine
HepConnect Initiative
Grant Support from The Duke Endowment - Wednesday, June 12th
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Registration (Day 2)
8:00 a.m. — 9:00 a.m.
Morning Plenary Session I
9:00 a.m. — 10:10 a.m.
Mark Benton — DHHS Deputy Secretary for Health Services
Josh Stein, MPA, JD, NC Attorney General
Bertha Madras, Professor of Psychobiology and Drug Abuse Expert
Introduction By: Dr. Carrie Brown
The Opioid Crisis: Made in America…Fade in America
The opioid crisis is a uniquely American challenge. Many factors catalyzed this national nightmare and others continue to fuel it. This presentation will delve into some of the major contributors, offer recommendations for reducing this deadly public health problem, and describe challenges for implementation. How the United States stumbled into a series of imprudent decisions is instructive for two reasons: it is feasible to “reverse-engineer” past mistakes and it’s important to be aware of the lessons learned a cautionary tale for other drug classes. The initial stimulus, over-prescribing of pain-killers can be reversed, albeit with thoughtful actions. Responses cannot remain stagnant, however, as emerging threats continue to challenge old premises. Illicit fentanyl and heroin now are the two leading contributors to overdose deaths. Supply solutions clearly would differ from those involving prescription opioids. But universal principles of alternatives for pain management, evidence-based treatment, rescue, and long term recovery support can be applied to those with an opioid use disorder regardless of opioid categories. Nonetheless, challenges to implementation abound, ranging from resistance to change, scalability, effective transitions for patients, and reluctance to engage, either in providing or seeking treatment.
Networking Break
10:10 a.m. — 10:25 a.m.
Morning Plenary Session II
10:25 a.m. — 11:15 a.m.
Monique Tula — Harm Reduction Coalition
Introduction By: Virgil Hayes — Harm Reduction Coalition
Conditions of Possibility: Harm Reduction as a Pathway to Responsibility
A national overview of the current state of opioid addiction in the US that will highlight the stigma and barriers to care experienced by people who use drugs and discuss potential solutions.
Networking Break
11:15 a.m. — 11:30 a.m.
Breakout Sessions IV
11:30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m.
Session E: Opioid Dashboard and How to Communicate the Data
- Mary Beth Cox, MPH
- Mike Dolan Fliss, MSW
Networking Lunch
12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m.
Breakout Sessions V
1:45 p.m. — 2:45 p.m.
Session C: How Payers are Responding to the Opioid Epidemic
- Anna Stein, JD, MPH (Moderator)
- Elyse Powell, PhD
- John C. Stancil, Jr., R.Ph. — Director of Pharmacy North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Benefits
- Anuradha Rao-Patel, MD — Lead Medical Director-Government Programs; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
- NOTE — This Session is Classified Under Multiple Tracks:
Networking Break and Transition
2:45 p.m. — 2:50 p.m.
Closing Plenaries, Announcements, and Updates
2:50 p.m. — 3:30 p.m.
Facilitated By: Alan J. Dellapenna, Jr. RS, MPH
Branch Head of the Injury and Violence Prevention Branch (IVPB), North Carolina Division of Public Health