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Delaware Cancer Consortium 2017 Annual Retreat

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Dover Downs

Welcome

Rich Killingsworth, Chief of Health Promotion and Prevention at the Delaware Division of Public Health, welcomes attendees and sets the stage for a day of learning.

Opening Remarks

Kara Odom Walker, MD

Delaware Health and Social Services

Content and Support for the Issue

I-Min Lee, MD, MPH, Sc.D.

Professor in the Department of Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health

Keynote — Role of Sport and Physical Activity in the Lives of Children

Tom Farrey

Executive Director
Aspen Institute

Special Comments

The Honorable Bethany Hall-Long

Lieutenant Governor
State of Delaware

The Important Role of Physical Education and Physical Activity in Healthier Children: Achieving the National Standards in Delaware

Irene Cucina

Past-President
SHAPE America

Remarks

The Honorable John C. Carney

Governor
State of Delaware

Best Practices in Physical Education and Physical Activity

Mary Puckett, PhD

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Facilitated Panel Discussion — What Are We Doing in DE?

Richard Killingsworth

Chief of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at the Delaware Division of Public Health

Deborah Bagatta Bowles

President and CEO at YMCA of Delaware

Madeleine Bayard

Vice President at Rodel Foundation of Delaware

Deb Buenaga

Executive Director at Preston’s March for Energy

Jennifer Robbins, MD

General Academic Pediatric Fellow of Division of Weight Management at Nemours A.I. duPont Hospital for Children

Call to Action

Karyl T. Rattay, MD, MS

Division of Public Health
Delaware Health and Social Services

Closing Remarks

Rich Killingsworth

Chief of Health Promotion and Prevention
Delaware Division of Public Health

General Cancer Screening Campaign

North Dover Elementary School

YMCA Healthy Weight and Your Child Program