The Vanderburgh County Health Department will be holding the first ever local Infant Mortality Summit on February 17th, at the Old National Events Plaza. This day long event will be a community call to action to work to improve our fetal, infant, and maternal health outcomes. The keynote speaker will be former Indiana State Health Commissioners and former U. S. Surgeon General, Dr. Jerome Adams. Other distinguished speakers include Lt. Governor, Suzanne Crouch, City of Evansville Mayor, Lloyd Winnecke, and Board of Commissioner’s President Cheryl Musgrave.
The Vanderburgh County Health Department has prepared a full day of speakers and panelists that will highlight the issues of infant mortality, especially with in our African American population. The event will start at 9am and conclude at 2:30pm CST. We hope to bring awareness to this issue and potentially find new and varied resources that our local health care organizations can utilize, improving the health of the most vulnerable in our communities. This summit would not be possible without help from our two largest sponsors, Deaconess’ Perinatal Center of Southern Indiana and Ascension St. Vincent’s Evansville.
Infant Mortality Summit
Agenda
8:00 – RegistrationÂ
9:00 – Welcome by Dr. Spear
9:05 – City of Evansville, Mayor Lloyd Winnecke
9:10 – State of Indiana, Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch
9:20 – Indiana State Health Commissioner, Dr. Kris Box (video)
9:40 – VCHD Director of Clinic and Outreach, Lynn Herr
10:10 – Morning Break
10:25 – Director of Perinatal Levels of Care for State of Indiana, Ashley Rainey
11:15 – Lunch
12:15 – Vanderburgh County Commission President, Cheryl Musgrave
12:20 – Panel lead by Joe Gries
1:20 – BreakÂ
1:30 – Keynote speaker, former U. S. Surgeon General, Dr. Jerome Adams with Dr. Ken Spear.
2:30 – Closing
