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The Carter Center to Host Experts on Psychological Effects of Hurricane Katrina Nov. 8- 9, 2006

The Carter Center to Host Experts on Psychological Effects of Hurricane Katrina

Nov. 8- 9, 2006

SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 8, 2006 
Opening Session  1 to 6 p.m.
Reception and Dinner  6 to 9 p.m.

Time

Event

11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Video clips of the Gulf Coast
Ivan Allen Chapel —

Noon – 1 p.m.  

REGISTRATION
Ivan Allen III Pavilion Lobby

1- 1:15 p.m.

WELCOME and OPENING REMARKS
Thomas Bornemann, Ed.D., Director, The Carter Center
Mental Health Program
  

1:15 - 2:30 p.m. 

KEYNOTE PANEL        Hurricane Survivors
 
Moderator:          
Norman Robinson, News Anchor, WDSU-TV, New Orleans                                    
 
Panelists:             
James Cooper, Office Coordinator, The Extra Mile                                    
Jeff Wellborn, Assistant Commander, Crisis Transportation Services New Orleans Police Department     
Sally Sullivan, Project Recovery, Mississippi
Verlyn O. Lewis-Boyd, Executive Director, Louisiana Federation of Families

2:30 - 2:45 p.m. 

Q & A

2:45 - 3:05 p.m.

Break/ Video clip – Norman Robinson

3:05  - 4:15 p.m.

PANEL I             Science and Research
 
Moderator:          
Greg Miller, Writer, Science Magazine
2004-2005 Rosalynn Carter Fellow for Mental Health Journalism         
 
Panelists:             
Robert Ursano, M.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry  Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Joy Osofsky, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Public Health, Head, Division of Pediatric Mental Health, Louisiana State University Medical Center

Monica Schoch-Spana, Ph.D., Senior Associate, Center for Biosecurity, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical School

4:15 - 4:30 p.m.

Q & A

4:30 p.m.

DISMISS TO WORK GROUPS
Lei Ellingson, M.P.P., Assistant Director, The Carter Center Mental Health Program

4:45 - 6 p.m. 

WORK GROUPS IN SESSION 

6 - 6:15 p.m.

Break/Transition to Reception/Museum Lobby

6:15 - 7 p.m. 

Reception/Jimmy Carter Museum Lobby                                   
Note: Museum is open to guests

7- 7:15 p.m. 

Transition to Dinner/Cyprus Room

7:15 -9 p.m. 

Dinner

8- 8:30 p.m. 

Dinner Speaker
Scott Cowen, D.B.A., President, Tulane University

8:30 -8:45 p.m.

Q & A

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THURSDAY, NOV. 9, 2006  
8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. 

8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast
Ivan Allen III Pavilion

9-10:10 a.m.

PANEL II           Science to Practice            
                                               
Moderator:          
Jane Hansen, Staff Writer, The Atlanta Journal Constitution
                                       
Panelists:             
David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Center of Excellence for Health Disparities, Poussaint/Satcher/Cosby Chair in Mental Health, Morehouse School of Medicine

Member, The Carter Center Mental Health Program

Paula Madrid, Psy.D., Director, Resiliency Program
National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia University
W. Dennis Derr, Ed.D., SPHR, Partner, Signature Resources

10:10 -10:25 a.m.  

Q & A

10:25 -10:40 a.m. 

Break

10:40 - 11:50 a.m. 

PANEL III           Policy
 
Moderator:          
Bill Lichtenstein, President, Lichtenstein Creative media                                        
 
Panelists:             
Anthony Speier, Ph.D., Director, Disaster Mental Health Louisiana Office of Mental Health

Brian Flynn, Ed.D., Associate Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University
Craig Fugate, Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management 

11:50a.m. -12:05 p.m.

Q & A

12:05 p.m.

DISMISS TO WORK GROUPS
Lei Ellingson, M.P.P., Assistant Director, The Carter Center Mental Health Program

12:15 - 2:30 p.m.

WORK GROUPS IN SESSION  (lunch delivered to work groups)

2:30  - 2:45 p.m. 

Break/Transition to General Discussion
Cecil B. Day Chapel

2:45 -3:45 p.m. 

GENERAL DISCUSSION
A. Kathryn Power, M.Ed., Director, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

3:45 -3:50 p.m.

CLOSING REMARKS
Thomas Bornemann, Ed.D., Director, The Carter Center Mental Health Program

3:50 -4 p.m. 

CONCLUDING REMARKS
Rosalynn Carter, Chair, The Carter Center Mental Health Task Force

4 p.m. 

ADJOURN

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