Inaugural VCOM-VDH Symposium

2025 Symposium Schedule

9:00-9:10 AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks

Welcome from VCOM Leadership : Dean Ron Januchowski, DO Celebration of Collaboration: Bernard Kadio, MD, MPH, PhD

9:10-9:20 AM | Remarks from the Virginia Department of Health

Welcome Address: Our NRV Home and Community Impact Noelle Bissell, MD Director, New River Valley Health District

9:20-9:45 AM | Keynote Address

Keynote Introduction : Jess Nicholson, MAT

Keynote Address: Beyond the Clinic Walls: Community and Social Determinants of Maternal Health Michael Kramer PhD, MMSc, MS

Director, Center for Rural Health and Health Disparities Mercer University School of Medicine

Audience Q&A

9:45-10:30 AM | Poster Session Block #1

10:30-10:45 AM | Break / Refreshments / Networking

10:45-11:30 AM | Poster Session Block #2

11:30-11:45 AM | Break / Refreshments / Networking

11:45-12:30 PM | Panel Discussion

From the Front Lines to the Clinic: Applying Community Insights in Medicine Introductions and Moderated Discussion: Jim Mahaney, PhD Audience Q&A

12:30-12:50 PM | Community Partner Awards and Closing Remarks Acknowledgements: Bernard Kadio, MD, PhD, MPH

CORE Mentor of the Year Awards: Bernard Kadio, MD, PhD, MPH Student Poster Award: Bernard Kadio, MD, PhD, MPH Closing Remarks: Bernard Kadio, MD, PhD, MPH

Learn More Community Outreach Research and Education (CORE) Program at VCOM-Virginia is a student-driven research initiative developed in close partnership with community-based organizations (CBOs) and practicing physicians.

Contact Jess Nicholson at jnicholson@vt.vcom.edu or visit www.vcom.edu/core .