11 a.m. A Call to Action: Health Literacy and SDOH at the BorderFacilitators: Amanda Aguirre and Robert T. Trotter, II PhD

• Russell A. Bennett, Consultant - Former Vice President - Latino Health Solutions, United Healthcare

11:20 a.m. Concluding remarks and thank you

Conference Agenda8:30 - 9 a.m. Welcome with Amanda Aguirre and Michael Sabath, PhD

Speakers• Robert T. Trotter, II PhD - Regents’ Professor of Anthropology and Center for Health Equity Research,

Northern Arizona University• Victor Waddell, PhD - Arizona Biomedical Research Center (ABRC), Director, Arizona State Public Health

Laboratory Arizona Department of Health Services

8:45-8:55 a.m. Hon. Senator Mark Kelly, Arizona District 2

The Arizona Biomedical Research Center (ABRC) Science Education Program, the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER), the Arizona Telemedicine Program, and the Regional Center for Border Health, Inc. present:

COVID-19 and Social Determinants of Health: Impact on the Border

May 19, 2021

9 - 11 a.m. Panel 1: San Luis RC/Yuma County COVID-19 Impact on the Border/ Social Determinants of Health Panel Facilitator: Alex Bejarano, Public Relations and Community Liaison, Regional Center for Border Health, Inc.

• Dr. Marco A. Wakamatzu, Diretcor Secretaria de Salud Public, SLRC Sonora, Mexico (pre-recorded video)• Diana Gomez, Director, Yuma County Health Services District• Robert Guerrero MBA, Chief, Office of Border Health Office of the Assistant Director Division of Policy and

Intergovernmental Affairs ADHS• Dr. Joe K. Gerald, MD, PhD, Associate Professor and Program Director, Public Health Policy and

Management, Community, Environment and Policy Department, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona

• Amit Kumar, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor, Northern Arizona University

Panel 2: Education's Response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic in the US-Mexico Border Region: Lessons LearnedPanel Facilitators: Michael Sabath, PhD, Associate Vice President /CEO Yuma Campus, Northern Arizona University, and Dr. Linda Elliott-Nelson, Strategic Partnerships/Vinculacion, Arizona Western College

• Tom Tyree, Yuma County Superintendent of Schools• Dr. Juan Gabriel Haro Beltran, Director, Quality Management, Secretary of Education, Baja, Mex• Efrain Silva, Dean of Economic & Workforce Development, Imperial Valley College, Imperial, CA• Licenciada Yara Amparo López López, Coordinator, State Educational System, Migrant Education, Baja, Mex• Lorena Zendejas, Campus Administrator, RCBH/College of Health Careers

Panel 3: Research Updates and StrategiesPanel Facilitators: Amanda Aguirre, President & CEO, Regional Center for Border Health, Inc. and Robert T. Trotter, II PhD, Regents’ Professor of Anthropology and CHER, Northern Arizona University

• University of Arizona: Paul E. Brierley, Executive Director, Yuma Center of Excellence in Desert Agriculture• Arizona State University: Joshua LaBaer, Executive Director and Professor, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona

State University• Northern Arizona University: Samantha Sabo, Associate Professor, Center for Health Equity Research, NAU• Translational Genomics Research Institute: Dr. David Engelthaler, Director, TGen North, Translational

Genomics Research Institute