May 21-22, 2009
The University of Hawaii at Hilo Baccalaureate Nursing Program is proudly hosting the sixth annual Pulama I Ke Ola Healthcare Conference. This year's conference theme, "Advocacy - 'Unheard Voices' in Healthcare " will include presentations on research and practice related to holistic approaches to health care. Topics will be relevant to all healthcare providers. This year's conference partners are: American Cancer Society, East Hawaii Unit, Hospice of Hilo, Ke Anuenue AHEC, UH Geriatric Education Center, and UH Hilo College of Pharmacy.
The Conference is held on the University of Hawaii at Hilo (UH Hilo) campus. Located just a few miles from the Hilo Airport, UH Hilo is a centrally located and convenient location (see MAPS - Campus and Hilo Maps - Conference starts at UCB (University Classroom Building on the Main Campus)
Highlights
- Navigating and Healthcare Resources - Helping clients navigate through the procedural maze to obtain healthcare
- Access to Care and Communication Issues - Healthcare access and effective client-provider communication
- Advocacy for Disparate Groups - Helping disparate groups with healthcare needs
- Old Problems/ New Solutions - Persistent health problems that are being approached with new solutions or delivery methods
Special Speaker
- Mark Clanton, MD, MPH will be speaking on Viewing Access to Care Through the Cancer Lens. He is the Chief Medical
Officer for the High Plains Division and the Hawaii Pacific Corporation of the American Cancer Society.
Dr. Clanton served as Deputy Director of the United States National Cancer Institute (NCI) from 2004-2006 and his NCI leadership portfolio included NCI’s offices, centers and divisions focused on cancer prevention, cancer control, international cancer control and health services research and cancer health disparities.Dr. Clanton’s international leadership experiences include: leading the United States Delegation to the International Agency for Cancer Research in Lyon, France (IARC) in 2006, and in 2004, the World Health Organization Director General Lee Jong-wook appointed Dr. Clanton to the WHO’s Cancer Technical Group, the body charged with writing the first Global Cancer Control Plan. Dr. Clanton also led the NCI effort to collaborate with the International Atomic Energy Commission Program of Action for Cancer Therapy program.
Dr. Clanton currently serves as the President of the Harvard School of Public Health Alumni Council
PROGRAM/ACTIVITY PLANNERS:
Event Executive Chair: Cecilia Mukai, PhD, APRN, Associate Professor, Baccalaureate Nursing Dept., University of Hawaii at Hilo
Alice Adee, MD, Family Practice; Healthy Skin Clinic; Student Health Services, University of Hawaii at Hilo
Brenda Olcott, MBA, Director of Development & Community Outreach, Hospice of Hilo
Cecily Nago, Community Manager, Health Initiatives; American Cancer Society, East Hawaii Unit
Celeste Keanaaina, BA, Special Events & Education Coordinator, Hospice of Hilo
Edward Fisher, PhD, RPh, Associate Dean, College of Pharmacy, University of Hawaii at Hilo
Nicole Moore, Executive Director; Ke Anuenue Area Health Education Center Hilo
Gail Makuakane-Lunden, Director, Kipuka Native Hwaiian Student Center, University of Hawaii at Hilo
SUPPORT STAFF:
Emress Matsumoto, RN, BSN, Nurse CARE Project Manager, UH Hilo
Laura Rillamas, Nurse CARE Project Support Assistant, UH Hilo
Mary Jo Chong, Fiscal Assistant, EPSCOR, UH Hilo