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Welcome to the 2025 Culture of Data Conference!
Data Science for Health Justice: Addressing the Social Determinants of Health
April 24th & 25th, 2025
Colorado Public Health Association
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Future Directions in Public Health: Innovations for Health Justice
Friday April 25, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Virtual
The future of public health is now. This high-energy Lightning Round session brings together visionary leaders exploring cutting-edge trends—AI-driven health solutions, emerging technologies, and next-generation data strategies—to dismantle systemic inequities. Discover how data science is reshaping access to care, housing, employment, and environmental conditions. Walk away with actionable insights that will help you harness data for health justice and drive lasting change in your field. Don't miss this rapid-fire, thought-provoking session packed with bold ideas and real-world solutions.

Featuring these presentations:
Colorado Youth Force - Building the Future Health Workforce, For Kids- Steven C. Moyo, MD
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare delivery – a systematic review by Garvita Thareja
Engaging Youth to Reshape Health : The Power of Youth Councils by Chanelle Jones Ahmed, Stacey Adimou, Vivian Thompson and Stephanie De Jesus Ayala
The Colorado School of Public Health – Public Health Elevated by Nichole E Carlson, PhD
Less Paperwork, More Public Health: How Agentic AI Empowers the Workforce by Samantha Nie & Nick Behrends
Future-Proofing Public Health—Building a Technology-Powered Community Workforce by Colby R. Takeda

Speakers
avatar for Nichole E Carlson, PhD

Nichole E Carlson, PhD

Professor and Interim Chair, Biostatistics and Informatics Director, Center for Innovative Design and Analysis, Director, Biostatistics – Colorado Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Colorado School of Public Health
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Garvita Thareja

Assistant Professor, Metropolitan State University of Denver
I am a full time faculty at Metropolitan State University of Denver, where I teach and serve students in the Department of Health Professions. I have about 5+ years of teaching, researching and have been on statistical consultation advisory for analyzing the data. Prior to this, I... Read More →
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avatar for Stephanie De Jesus Ayala

Stephanie De Jesus Ayala

Program Manager, Children's Hospital Colorado
Stephanie De Jesus Ayala is a Program Manager at Partners for Children’s Mental Health. She leads the school's team and supports the PSP for PCPs program as well as the Youth Engagement Program. Stephanie is a first-generation graduate with a Master's in Clinical and Counseling... Read More →
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Chanelle Jones Ahmed

Youth Council on Mental Health
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Stacey Adimou

Youth Council on Mental Health
avatar for Lia Thompson

Lia Thompson

University of Colorado, AMC
Lia is a member of the PCMH Evaluation Team. Lia completed a Bachelor of Arts in Health Sciences at Furman University, and a Master of Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology at the University of Colorado. While completing her master’s degree, Lia found that she particularly... Read More →
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Samantha Nie

Senior Managing Consultant, IBM Consulting
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Colby Takeda

CEO, Pear Suite
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Nick Behrends

Associate Partner for Data and AI, IBM Consulting
Sponsor
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Friday April 25, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Virtual
  Lightning Round

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