SDOH: National Context and State-Based Models of Innovation

The Hunger to Health Collaboratory (H2HC) hosted a discussion at Mass General Brigham in Somerville, MA, and virtually, on the national landscape and select state-based challenges and successes of addressing the social drivers of health (SDOH). Much of the day focused on incorporating food access and nutrition services into healthcare to advance health equity. Please see the agenda and links below to learn more.

H2HC will be releasing an event summary report in Fall 2023.

                                                                            AGENDA

10:00 – 10:10     Welcome and Announcement of H2HC Inaugural Innovation Prizes

• Nicolene Hengen, Executive Director, H2HC
• Melanie Condon, Director of Sustainability, Keurig Dr Pepper

10:15 – 11:15     National Context Setting

• Moderator: Richard Sheward, Director of System Implementation Strategies, Children’s HealthWatch
• Katie Garfield, Director of Whole Person Care, Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI), Harvard Law School
• Alberto González, Senior Advisor for External Affairs, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA
• Sheila Hanley, Senior Advisor, Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services Innovation Center, HHS
• Priscilla Wang, Associate Medical Director, Primary Care Health Equity, Mass General Brigham

11:15 – 11:25     Q&A / Discussion

11:25 – 11:40     Lunch/Break

11:40 – 12:10     Lunch Discussion: Spotlight on Tufts Food is Medicine Initiative

• Moderator: Nicolene Hengen, Executive Director, H2HC
• Dariush Mozaffarian, Dean Emeritus and Jean Mayer Professor of Nutrition, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University

12:10 – 1:05       Screening and Intervening: Examples of Innovation from Selected States

• Moderator: Erika Hanson, Clinical Instructor, Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI), Harvard Law School
• Chelsey Canavan, Manager, Center for Advancing Rural Health Equity, Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire/Vermont
• Steven Chen, Chief Medical Officer, Alameda County Recipe4Health, California
• Susan Goldenstein, Director of Community Impact, Children’s Hospital Colorado
• Sam Hoeffler, Director of Food Programs, Reinvestment Partners, North Carolina

1:05 – 1:15         Q&A / Discussion

1:15 – 1:40         Closing Discussion: Focus on the Health Equity Compact

• Moderator: Dr. Elsie Taveras, Executive Director of the Kraft Center for Community Health and Chief Community Health & Health Equity Officer, Mass General Brigham
• Thea James, Executive Director of the Health Equity Accelerator and Vice President of Mission
  & Associate Chief Medical Officer, Boston Medical Center

1:40 – 1:55         Q&A / Discussion

1:55 – 2:00         Closing Remarks

• Nicolene Hengen, Executive Director, H2HC