Baltimore Researchers Dinner

Part 1: Role of Housing Instability on Health

• Seema D. Iyer, PhD, Associate Director and Research Assistant Professor for the Jacob France Institute in the University of Baltimore's Merrick School of Business
  • Presentation: Neighborhood Implications of Housing Affordability in Baltimore
• Kevin Lindamood, MSW, CEO of Healthcare for the Homeless
  • Presentation: Housing is Health Care
• Daniel McCarthy, MA, Executive Director of the Episcopal Housing Corporation
  • Presentation: Baltimore Housing as a Platform for Health

Part 2: The Role of Housing Instability on Youth Health Outcomes

• Allen Blackwell, III, M. Ed., Homeless Liaison, Baltimore City Public Schools
  • ​Presentation: Students Experiencing Homelessness in City Schools
• Amanda Miller, MSW, Youth Program Director, Youth REACH MD
  • Presentation: Youth REACH MD: Reach out, Engage, Assist, & Count to end Homelessness
• Jasmine Pope, Program Manager, STAR TRACK, University of Maryland School of Medicine
  • Presentation: ​Homelessness and Healthcare Outcomes in Youth Populations

Part 3: Housing Concerns of the Elderly that Impact Health Outcomes

• Daniel Mansour, Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
  • ​Presentation: Housing Concerns of the Elderly that Impact Health Outcomes
• Manka Nkimbeng, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
  • ​Presentation: Addressing Physical Function to Save Money And Improve Health: CAPABLE
• Melanie Reese, Older Women Embracing Life
  • ​Presentation: Presence and Impact of Living with HIV/AIDS in the Older Population

Part 1: Prenatal & Infancy

• Cynthia F. Bearer, MD, PhD, FAAP, Division Head, Pediatric Neonatology; Associate Chair, Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine
  • Presentation: Discovering Who is Exposed to Alcohol In Utero
• Lauren M. Jansson, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Presentation: The Opioid Exposed Dyad and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
• Jennifer H. Kirschner, MSPH, CHES, Program Manager, Preventing Substance-Exposed Pregnancies (PSEP), Baltimore City Health Department
  • Presentation: An Addicted Mom is Better Than No Mom: Exploring the Science and Stigma Around Prenatal Substance Use
• Moderator: Margaret Williams, Executive Director of the Maryland Family Network

Part 2: Problems and Potential During Adolescence

• Latosha Brooks, Prevention Services Coordinator, Behavioral Health System Baltimore
  • Presentation: Effectively Addressing Underage and Binge Drinking Amongst Adolescents in Baltimore City
• Anthony Estreet, LCSW-C, LCADC, Professor, Morgan State University
  • Presentation: Understanding Substance Use Disorder Treatment for African American Youth – Challenges and Opportunities
• Renee Johnson, PhD, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Presentation: Adolescent Marijuana Use in the Midst of Policy Change

Part 3: Best Practices in Treating Adult Substance Abuse and Addiction

• Edwin Chapman, MD, Howard University & Providence Hospital
  • Presentation: Medical Home Development Group (MHDG)
• Amanda Latimore, PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Presentation: Overdose Response –Considerations from the Front Line in Baltimore City
• Maxine Stitzer, PhD, National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • Presentation: Improving Access to Substance Abuse Treatment

• Stefanie DeLuca, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University
• Nadine Finigan-Carr, PhD, MS, Research Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Social Work
• Natasha C. Pratt-Harris, PhD, MS, Associate Professor & Criminal Justice Program Coordinator, Dept of Sociology & Anthropology, Morgan State University

• Cassandra Crifasi, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Christine Eith, PhD, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Education
• Seema D. Iyer, PhD, Director, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance

• Laurel Kiser, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, UM Medical Center
  • Presentation: Research on multiple exposures to trauma and violence within a community population and making Baltimore more trauma informed.
• Anita Wells, PhD, Assistant Professor, Morgan State University
  • Presentation: Research on the association between exposure to violence and education attainment, as well as the impact of the Baltimore riots relating to the Freddy Gray case on witnesses of violence during the riots.

• Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD, Director of the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions, William C. and Nancy F. Richardson Professor of Health Policy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Jacky M. Jennings, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics & Epidemiology. Director of the Center for Child and Community Health Research. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
• Lester Spence, PhD, Associate Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies, Johns Hopkins University

• Michael Braverman, Deputy Commissioner, Housing Authority of Baltimore City
  • Presentation: Changing Urban Landscape and Policy
• Kathryn Edin, PhD, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins University
  • Presentation: Relationship of Landlords and Tenants
• Sandra J. Newman, PhD, Director, Center on Housing, Neighborhoods and Communities
  • Presentation: Crisis: Baltimore’s Small, Low End Rentals