Join us for an insightful session where we bring together key asthma experts to discuss the latest data on asthma and respiratory health in the Chicago area and across Illinois. This is a unique opportunity to hear from top health officials and explore ways to use data to improve asthma outcomes in our communities.
Featured Speakers
Nancy Amerson
Chronic Disease Epidemiologist, Illinois Department of Public Health
Nancy Amerson currently serves as a chronic disease epidemiologist at the Illinois Department of Public Health. She has worked in the Illinois Asthma Program since 2010. She is responsible for the surveillance and reporting of asthma morbidity and mortality. Read more.
Kristina Hamilton, MPH
Director of Advocacy for Illinois and Iowa, American Lung Association
Based in Chicago, Kristina leads all public policy efforts in Illinois and Iowa related to lung health issues, including tobacco use prevention and control, healthcare access, air quality, and lung disease treatment and awareness. Read more.
Amy O'Rourke, MPH
Director of Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Cook County Department of Public Health
In this role, she strategically leads initiatives and programs that advance policy, systems, and environment change approaches to promote healthy eating, active living, and tobacco-free communities in suburban Cook County. Read more.
Ajanta Patel, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Office of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Chicago Department of Public Health
She oversees community health outreach programs, chronic disease epidemiology and policy, and Chicago-based partnerships designed to improve conditions that lead to chronic disease. Her key initiatives have included standing up CDPH's Community Health Worker program, expansion of the Tobacco Program with Menthol and Vaping funds, and initiation of data modernization efforts with Chicago's CAPriCORN data network. Read more.
Victoria Persky, MD
Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UIC School of Public Health (SPH)
She has been a faculty member at UIC for 39 years, where her major research interests have been in the epidemiology of non-infectious diseases. For 30 years she was also a part time internist at Erie Family Health Center-a Federally Qualified Health Center on the West Side of Chicago. Read more.
Sarah S. Rittner, MA
Founder & CEO of SASU Project Management
Sarah S. Rittner, MA (she/her) is Founder & CEO of SASU Project Management, a women-owned business incorporating over 20 years of community-engaged health equity experience in its multidisciplinary approach to advancing the health and well-being of all individuals. Read more.
Kamari Thompson
Director of Programs, Mobile Care Chicago
Kamari Thompson is currently the Director of Programs at Mobile Care Chicago. As a native Chicagoan and growing up on Chicago's South Side, Kamari has always had a strong community connection. It was that connection along with her environment that sparked her interest in the health field. Read more.
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