Agenda: Monday, June 16, 2008

Surgeon General's Conference on the Prevention of Preterm Birth

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.	Registration
8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.	Opening Remarks Michele Kiely, Dr.P.H. Office of the Surgeon General and Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Duane Alexander, M.D. Director, NICHD Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson, M.D., M.P.H. Acting Surgeon General
8:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	Plenary Session
8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.	Review of Legislation Duane Alexander, M.D. - Moderator Senator Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT) (by video) Jennifer L. Howse, Ph.D. President, March of Dimes Foundation
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.	Overview of Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report Richard E. Behrman, M.D. Chair, Committee on Understanding Premature Birth and Assuring Healthy Outcomes, IOM
8:45 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.	State of the Science and Public Health Impacts Moderator: Roberto Romero, M.D., Chief, Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD Increase awareness of preterm birth as a serious, common and costly public health problem in the United States and Review the findings and challenges for predicting, preventing, and managing preterm birth Epidemiology of Preterm Birth Michelle A. Williams, Sc.D. University of Washington, Seattle Implications of Preterm Birth Nigel Paneth, M.D., M.P.H. Michigan State University Prediction of Preterm Birth Robert L. Goldenberg, M.D. Drexel University College of Medicine Prevention of Preterm Birth Margaret Harper, M.D. Wake Forest University School of Medicine Management of Preterm Labor Vincenzo Berghella, M.D. Thomas Jefferson University Cost of Preterm Birth Scott D. Grosse, Ph.D. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Ethical Considerations Benjamin S. Wilfond, M.D. Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics
10:25 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.	Presentations from Work Group Chairs and Overview of Workgroup Purpose and Goals Moderator: Wanda Jones, Dr.P.H., Director, Office of Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
10:45 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.	Biomedical Research (PDF 72 kb) Lead by: George R. Saade, M.D., University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and Cathy Y. Spong, M.D., NICHD
10:55 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.	Epidemiological Research (PDF 43 kb) Lead by: Michael S. Kramer, M.D., McGill University Faculty of Medicine, and CAPT Eve Lackritz, M.D., CDC
11:05 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.	Psychosocial and Behavioral Considerations (PDF 55 kb) Lead by: Dawn Misra, Ph.D., School of Public Health, University of Michigan, and Lynne Messer, Ph.D., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
11:15 a.m. – 11:25 a.m.	Professional Education and Training (PDF 269 kb) Lead by: Hal C. Lawrence III, M.D., American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), and Carolyn Aoyama, C.N.M., Indian Health Service
11:25a.m. – 11:35 a.m.	Public Communications and Outreach (PDF 101 kb) Lead by: Nelson Adams, M.D., National Medical Association, and George Strait, National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities
11:35 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.	Quality of Care & Health Services (PDF 220 kb) Lead by: Susan Allan, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., Oregon Department of Human Services, and Denise Dougherty, Ph.D., Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
11:45 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.	Group Charge – RADM Steven Galson, M.D., M.P.H.
11:50 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	Break
12:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.	Breakout Sessions
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Break
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.	Surgeon General’s Reception
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.	Workgroup Leadership Reconvenes and Cross-Cutting Issues

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