Friday Sessions - Archived Stream
Friday AM Part One
Friday AM Part Two
8:40 am MT (7:40 PT)
Opening Keynote: Two Critical Issues, Zero Innovative Solutions, Former U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman
9:00 am
Special Remarks: Earning the Rural West, David M. Kennedy, PhD
9:15 – 10:45 am MT
Opening Panel: What Will Deliver a Healthier Rural West?
- William deBuys, Writer and Conservationist
- Phil Polakoff, MD, Stanford University
- Craig Thomas, PhD, University of Washington
- Moderator: Christopher Muste, PhD, University of Montana
11:00am – 12:00 pm MT
Panel 2: Better Health (Care) for the Rural West
- Sally M. Davis, PhD, University of New Mexico
- Secretary Lynn Gallagher, State of New Mexico Department of Health
- Arthur Kaufman, MD, University of New Mexico
- Moderator: Phil Polakoff, MD, Stanford University
12:00 – 1:00 pm MT
Panel 3: A Healthier Rural Westerner
- Gabriel Garcia, MD, Stanford University
- Chitra Dinakar, MD, Stanford University
- Charles Sorenson, MD, Intermountain Health Leadership Institute
- Moderator: Phil Polakoff, MD, Stanford University
Friday Afternoon - Archived Stream
2:15 – 3:30 pm MT
Panel 4: What’s the Public in Public Lands?
- John Freemuth, Boise State University
- Anthony Rampton, Utah Attorney General’s Office, Public Lands Section
- Jenna Whitlock, retired, Bureau of Land Management
- Moderator: Patrick Shea
3:45 – 5:15 pm MT
Panel 5: Health Equity and Social Disparity
- Michele Barry, MD, FACP, Stanford University
- Denise Herrera, MS, PhD, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Charles N. Martin, Jr., Martin Ventures
- Bret Smoker MD, MPH, Indian Health Service
- Moderator: Bruce Cain
Saturday, March 25 - Archived Stream
9:00 – 10:30 am MT (8:00 – 9:30 am PT)
Panel 6: Environmental Health: Managing Unmanageable Elements
- Bill Armstrong, U.S. Forest Service
- Anne Bradley, The Nature Conservancy
- Rodney Lewis, Akin Gump LLP
- Rita Maguire, Maguire, Pearce & Storey LLC
- Moderator: Felicity Barringer, Stanford University
10:45 – 11:45 am MT
Panel 7: News Deserts in the Rural West
- Alisa Barba, Inside Energy News
- Tazbah McCullah, KSFR Santa Fe Public Radio
- Kate Schimel, High Country News
- Moderator: James Bettinger, Stanford University
11:45 am MT
Concluding remarks, Bruce Cain