Maternal Mental Health Conference

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A one-day conference designed for public health and mental health professionals, health
care providers, nurses, researchers, allied health students, health administrators, policy makers,
managed care companies, human service agencies and community organizations

Friday, September 9, 2011 • 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Smullin Education Center – Campus of Rogue Valley Medical Center
2825 E. Barnett Rd., Medford, OR 97504

Featured Speakers 

Wendy Davis, Ph.D. has a counseling and consulting practice, specializing in pregnancy, birth, and postpartum mental health and recovery. She was the Founding Director of Baby Blues Connection mom-to-mom support organization in 1994, and now servees as their clinical adviser and volunteer trainer. She is the Executive Director and Oregon support ccoordinator for Postpartum Support International. She provides training and consultation in governmental, clinical, and community settings and enjoys working with diverse communities to develop sustainable perinatal mental health networks. She served as Chair of the Oregon Maternal Mental Health Work Group.

RJ Gillespie, MD, MHPE graduated from Oregon Health Sciences University in 1997, and
completed his residency training at Rush Children Hospital in Chicago, Illinois in 2000. He
completed a year as Chief Resident at Rush in 2001, and has also received a Master of Health
Professions Education from the University of Illinois - Chicago. He is board certified in pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Gillespie serves as the Medical Director for the Oregon Pediatric Improvement Partnership, where he designs and implements statewide child health quality improvement programs. He has been active with the Oregon Pediatric Society’s START (Screening Tools and Referral Training) program, whichteaches providers to implementstandardized screening for developmental disabilities, autism, and peripartum mood disorders. He also teaches Quality Improvement and Efficiency at Portland State University for their Healthcare Management Certificate Program.

Martha A. Jessup, RN, Ph.D., CNS is a Professor and Clinical Nurse Specialist in Maternity in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Institute for Health & Aging at the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing. Dr. Jessup has over 30 years of experience in clinical work, health policy, and program implementation for treatment of alcohol and drug dependency in women, with a specialty in treatment access for perinatal drug dependent women.

Dr. Jessup is the Principal Investigator for the State Medical Director Team, Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, State of California where she provides technical assistance and consultation to the state agency on emerging and current health issues for the more than 150,000 people in treatment for substance use disorders in California. Her program of translational research focuses on integration of smoking cessation interventions into treatment for substance use disorders, clinical adoption of evidence-based practices, and organizational change for population-responsive health care.

ACCOMMODATION
We recommend the following accommodation. Please call to make your own reservations.
Please let them know you are with the HCCSO Maternal Mental Health Conference.
Courtyard Marriott
600 Airport Rd, Medford, OR 97501
1-800-321-2211 • 541-772-5656
http://cwp.marriot.com/mfrcy/hccso/