Where We've Been!

A sampling of the events that Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen and BCHD staff have attended: 

April 2016

Baltimore in Conversation – Storytelling to reduce stigma in HIV+/LGBTQ community

Interfaith Prayer Service for Healing in Baltimore

George Washington University Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds

B’More for Youth Convening

U.S. House: Congressional Briefing on Naloxone Access w/ NACCHO

LifeBridge Magic of Life Gala

Center for Urban Families, Practitioners Leadership Institute’s 4th Annual Summit Keynote

Planned Parenthood of Maryland's 11th annual Spring Gala

Health Affairs Symposium: Building the Knowledge Base for Health Equity

The Ingenuity Project's 2nd Annual Idea Summit

Annual W. Montague Cobb Lecture on Health Policy

The ASAM Annual Conference: Innovations in Addiction Medicine and Science, session “Transforming Addiction Treatment through Innovative Models of Care: Insights from Maryland” and Awards Luncheon

The National Association of County and City Health Officials Congressional Briefing on Expanding Naloxone access

Washington University School of Medicine: The Business of Medicine

Washington University Internal Medicine Grand Rounds

Washington University Forum for Women in Internal Medicine

2016 Tuerk Conference

National Press Foundation, “Confronting the Opioid Epidemic”

Spark Camp Panel

Association of Health Care Journalists Health Journalism 2016 Conference Spotlight Keynote

Association of Health Care Journalists Health Journalism 2016 Conference Opioid Panel

U.S. Surgeon General Kicks off National Tour in Baltimore

Grand Rounds with U.S. Surgeon General on Health & Addiction at Morgan State University

The Links 8th Annual Women in Leadership Luncheon

March 2016

Light City: Health Innovation Conference, Powering Social Change

National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit with President Obama

Why Women Cry XI

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: AMERICA’S HEROIN AND OPIOID ABUSE EPIDEMIC

Susie's Cause, Susan Cohan Colon Cancer Foundation

Daily Record, Influential Marylanders

AcademyHealth's Sharing Knowledge to Build a Culture of Health

Turnaround Tuesday at Zion Baptist Church

Association of Community Health Improvement National Conference

Safe Streets Appreciation Luncheon at St. Peter Claver

Johns Hopkins Community Conversations

Goucher University Public Health Keynote

Behavioral Health Systems Baltimore Welcome at University of Baltimore

City Council Testimony in Winter Weather Response

BD International Women’s Week Keynote

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/AcademyHealth Plenary Keynote

DuBois Circle Speaker

University of Maryland Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds

Safe Streets Sandtown Launch

NIH Women’s History Month Speaker

Baltimore Day in Annapolis 

February 2016

MedChi Public Health Conference Keynote

Academy of Medicine Keynote

Governing Magazine Panel on Health Leadership

University of Maryland School of Medicine Humanism in Medicine Speaker

Johns Hopkins University Conversations in Medicine

Johns Hopkins University Pediatric Grand Rounds

Red Dress Sunday at St. Bernadine’s Roman Catholic Church

Stoop Storytelling at the Senator 

Press Conference on Fentanyl Overdose Deaths

Women’s Club of Roland Park

Reverse Research Day at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School

Synthetic Drugs Legislation Signing Press Conference

Maryland State Legislature Testimony on Prenatal HIV Screening, Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, and Paid Sick Leave

Press Conference on American Heart Month

January 2016

TEDxBaltimore at Morgan State University

ImpactHub Keynote

National Association of Health Service Executives Awards Dinner

Baltimore Bar Foundation/When Worlds Collide

Greater Baltimore Committee Newsmakers Series

Maryland Health Network Super Health Sunday Press Conference at Perkins Square Baptist Church

Foster Youth Health Convening

Clinton Health Matters Initiative Annual Conference

American College of Physicians—Maryland Chapter Annual Conference

December 2015

World AIDS Day Vigil at City Hall

Maryland Nurse Practitioners Conference at the University of Maryland

Dr. Elijah Saunders Memorial with the Greater Baltimore Committee

Baltimore Corps Annual Celebration

Ballard Spahr Leadership Breakfast Keynote

Behavioral Health System Baltimore Legislative Breakfast

Senate HELP Testimony on Opioids

Maryland Association of County Executives Winter Meeting Panel

HIV Planning Council December Meeting at Chase-Brexton

AcademyHealth Dissemination & Implementation Conference

Leadership 18/Weinberg Foundation Opening Keynote

Matthew A Hensen Neighborhood Association December Meeting

Oct-Nov 2015

University of Maryland Law School: Freddie Gray & Disparities Course

Testimony to the State Legislature on Opioids

Breast Cancer Awareness at City Hall

Lead Week Kickoff at Total Health Care

Announcement of Synthetic Drug Legislation at City Hall

Women’s Leadership Council

Maryland State Highway Association Breast Cancer Awareness

Lead Week Awareness at Park West Health System

Announcement of Federal Grant Awards to Baltimore in City Hall

University of Baltimore Divided Baltimore Course

American Public Health Association Closing Plenary Session

Association of American Medical Colleges Annual Conference Panel

Women’s Business Forum

Department of Justice/ White House Faith Initiatives Conference on Youth Violence Prevention

Announcement of Prescription Takeback Permanent Boxes

National Center for Healthcare Leadership

Health & Environmental Funders Network Keynote

Aspen Institute Summit on Inequality

Sept-Oct 2015

Baltimore Broadcasters Coalition

Baltimore Women’s Giving Circle Keynote

SNAP Announcement Press Conference

Baltimore Women’s Forum Keynote

Annie E. Casey Forum on Community Safety, Trauma, and Healing

Prescription Drug Take Back Day Press Event

Maryland National Association of Social Workers Clinical Conference Keynote

Maryland Public Health Association Annual Conference Keynote

CDC HIV Grant Press Conference

Improving Diagnosis Keynote

NACCHO Webinar on Prescription Drug Abuse

Road to Recovery Conference Keynote

Planned Parenthood of Maryland’s National Pink Out Day Rally

Population Health Convening: Behavioral Health Welcome

JHU Class on Public Health, Policy, and Politics: A Primer (Speaker)

Baltimore Jewish Council Panel on the Heroin Epidemic (Panel)

NAMI Metropolitan Baltimore Annual Meeting

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Grand Rounds

NIDA Rounds on Addiction as a Chronic Disease

Hopkins Club Dinner Presentation

Words Not Weapons Press Conference

Standing Orders Press Conference

Singapore Dinner Invited Speaker

B-CAN Provider Presentation

World Bank/Jamaica Delegation Youth Violence Presentation

Unite to Face Addiction Rally

GW Residency Fellowship in Health Policy

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Annual Conference

OneBaltimore Health Equity Symposium at Morgan State University

Mercy Pediatric Grand Rounds

Retired Seniors Volunteer Program (RSVP)

CEASE Conference

New Day Campaign

Healthy Teen Network Annual Conference

George Crawley Fellowship Revival at Zion Baptist Church

B’More For Health Babies 6th Anniversary Celebration

Association of American Medical Colleges Leadership Meeting Keynote

National Physicians Alliance Conference Keynote

PACE Conference Keynote

Aug-Sept 2015

Baltimore Corps Orientation

ABAG Mental Health Affinity Group

Walter Reed National Medical Center Grand Rounds

Immunizations Press Conference

SAMHSA Panel on Addiction

Maryland Lead Poisoning Coalition Meeting

Senior Center Ice Cream Social

Safe Streets, Operation Safe Kids, and Dating Matters Cookout

American Health Information Management Association

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine TIME: Health Care Disparities

Cabinet in the Community

Naloxone/BPD/BCHD press conference

International Overdose Day press conference

OSI Donor Appreciation Keynote

Urban Health/Drexel University Conference on Reimagining Health in Cities

Community Catalyst Keynote

Family Caregivers/Grandparents’ Day

BPD Naloxone Training

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University’s White Coat Ceremony

TEDxMidatlantic

American Association of Rhodes Scholars Bon Voyage Weekend Keynote

July-Aug 2015

Safe Streets Press Conference

Black Mental Health Alliance, Inc.: Baltimore Rising: Summoning the Village

Shepherd's Clinic

Hopkins School of Public Health

AARP/Zeta Center 50th Anniversary Celebration of Medicare/Medicaid

World Breastfeeding Week

HIV Health Services Planning Council

Restaurant Inspection Legislation Press Conference

Announcement of Eastern Health Clinic Move

Johns Hopkins University SOURCE Presentation

City Council One Baltimore/Youth Presentation

Wellness and school Health Leadership Institute

Announcement of Tobacco/311

June-July 2015

City Council Luncheon Presentation

Stewards of Change Institute Symposium

Children’s Summer Heat Safety Press Conference

Aspen Institute Spotlight Health (3 presentations)

Drug Treatment Court Naloxone Training

National Stuttering Association Keynote

NACCHO Annual Conference: Police and Community Relations Plenary Session

University of Maryland Family Medicine Grand Rounds

Mondawmin Festival

Faith Workshop Kickoff at New Shiloh Baptist Church

City Council Hearing on Conflict Resolution and Trauma Counseling

May-June 2015

Tobacco Forum Remarks

Caregiver Project

Baltimore Food Justice Forum

PATCH Conference Opening Keynote

Springtime Fresh Harvest

Maryland Hospital Association Annual Conference Keynote

Cherry Hill Safe Streets Celebration

Big Brothers Big Sisters Mentoring ZING

Go Red For Women Keynote

Promising New Directions in Alzheimer’s Research

Baltimore Food Deserts Map Release

Nurse Family Partnership Celebration

Baltimore Business Journal Keynote

45th District Town Hall

Nonconforming Liquor Outlets Press Conference

Ribbons in the Sky: Sickle Cell Memorial Celebration

Youth Sexual Health Conference

Greater Baltimore Committee Leadership Remarks

April-May 2015

Bladder Cancer Awareness Day

Mayor’s Heroin Task Force Community Meeting

Coppin State University Nurses Appreciation

Mosaic Integrated Care Opening

Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health Post-Unrest Debriefing

Department of Justice National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention

Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers (Substance Abuse)

CIR/SEIU Keynote

NAMI Metro Baltimore Walk

MedChi/ACA Outreach Event

Code Red Multiagency Press Conference

Sugary Drinks City Council Testimony

Mar-April 2015

Fulbright Scholars Annual Meeting

Baltimorphosis Changemakers Awards

Gaudenzia Center Opening Reception

University of Maryland American Medical Student Association

March of Dimes Press Conference

Colgate Bright Smiles Dental Van Conference

Mayor’s Heroin Task Force Community Meeting

Light It Up Blue (World Autism Awareness Day)

Why Women Cry Annual Conference

Johns Hopkins University “Beyond the Wire”

University of Maryland BHWise Symposium

Baltimore City Fire Department Leadership Speaker

Lieutenant Governor Opioid Prevention & Treatment Taskforce

Open Society Institute Leadership Conference

American Board of Medical Specialties Annual Meeting

Urban Finance Services Keynote

Johns Hopkins University Healing Together/Trauma-Informed Care Conference

Feb-Mar 2015

Teen Birth Rate Press Conference

Youth Violence Prevention Press Conference

Cold Weather and How to Stay Health Press Conference

American Medical Student Association Women in Leadership Conference

Delegate McCray Legislative Update

Circle K Service and Learning Keynote Address

Caregivers’ Corner at Enoch Pratt Library

Rhodes Trust Social Mission and Public Health

Healthy Aging and Northwest Neighbors Connecting

National Listening Forum

National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Robert Wood Johnson Transparency Summit

Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers Reception

Kick Butts event at Reginald E. Lewis High School

Johns Hopkins University Preventive Medicine Residency Grand Rounds

Maryland American College of Emergency Physicians Annual Conference

Colon Cancer Awareness Day at Mondawmin mall

Jan-Feb 2015

Get Fit Challenge with Councilman Mosby

Aging/CARE Commission

CareFirst reception to honor B’More Healthy Babies

DreamIT Health to encourage health entrepreneurs

HCAM event with Adam Jones to increase health coverage

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Red Dress Sunday/St Agnes

American Heart Association Press Conference

Hopkins Measles Symposium on local public health response and to announce Baltimore Statement on Childhood Vaccinations

Schweitzer Fellowship for service and leadership at the University of Maryland