Watch Live Today as President Bill Clinton Hosts Opioid Summit at Johns Hopkins University
The panels will be livestreamed here. Join the conversation by using #OpioidSummit.
Featured participants include President Bill Clinton; Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD-7th); Ellen MacKenzie, dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Michael Botticelli, former director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; Carol Forster, Physician Director of Pharmacy & Therapeutics and Medication Safety, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group; Tom Geddes, CEO, Plank Industries; Jim Hood, co-Founder and CEO, Facing Addiction; Tom Synan, chief of police, Newtown, Ohio; Randi Weingarten, president, American Federation of Teachers; and Leana Wen, health commissioner, City of Baltimore; who will discuss policies and recommendations to reverse the deepening epidemic
Baltimore, MD – Today, leaders from across the public health, business, labor, law enforcement, government and employment sectors are convening at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, MD, for a one-day summit: “The Opioid Epidemic: From Evidence to Impact.” This summit, focusing on what has become the worst drug epidemic in U.S. history, is co-sponsored by the Clinton Health Matters Initiative, an initiative of the Clinton Foundation, and the Bloomberg School’s Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness and the Center for Injury Research and Policy.
Watch the event live starting at 10:00 AM Eastern here.
The summit coincides with the release of a new report, also titled “The Opioid Epidemic: From Evidence to Impact,” that provides comprehensive, evidence-based recommendations aimed at reversing the deepening crisis. The report includes an introduction by President Clinton, and was edited by Bloomberg School faculty G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS, Shannon Frattaroli, PhD, MPH, and Andrea Gielen, ScD.
WHAT:
“The Opioid Epidemic: From Evidence to Impact” Summit
WHEN:
Monday, Oct. 30, 2017, 10 AM – 12:30 PM ET
WHERE:
Sommer Hall – Room E2014
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
615 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21205
Opening Remarks:
President Bill Clinton, founder of the Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States
Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD-7th)
Ellen MacKenzie, PhD, Dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Panel One:
Moderator: President Clinton
Participants:
Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD-7th)
Tom Geddes, CEO, Plank Industries
Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers
Leana Wen, MD, MSc, FAAEM, Health Commissioner, City of Baltimore
Panel Two:
Moderator: Michael Botticelli, MEd, Executive Director, Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center; Distinguished Policy Scholar, the Bloomberg School; former Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy in the Obama administration
Participants:
Jim Hood, Co-Founder and CEO, Facing Addiction
Carol Forster, MD, Physician Director, Pharmacy & Therapeutics/Medication Safety, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group
Eric Poellot, MDiv, MSW, Senior Community Minister & Shaping Sanctuary, Project Director, Judson Memorial Church
Tom Synan, Chief of Police, Newtown, Ohio
Closing Remarks:
G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS, Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness
Andrea Gielen, ScD, Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy
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