Tuesday, October 27, 2026

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM – Breakfast, Registration, Visit with Sponsors

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM – Welcome

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM – Opening Plenary

• From Findings to Action: Lessons from Minnesota’s MMRC 5-Year Report
  
  • Cresta Jones, MD | MHealth Fairview

9:15 AM – 9:35 AM – Break, Visit with Sponsors & Poster Presentations

9:35 AM – 10:35 AM – Breakout Presentations 1

• 1A: Families at the Center: Community-Based Programs Leading the Way
  • TBD
• 1B: Crash Course: CUES Intervention
  • Julia Tindell, MPH | Minnesota Department of Health
• 1C: Driving Change: Strategies to Improve Postpartum Hemorrhage Rates
  • Stephanie Fieldseth | North Memorial Health
  • Jill Adams, RN, BSN | North Memorial Health
  • Leslie Carranza, MD, MHS | Mayo Clinic Rochester

10:35 AM – 10:55 AM – Break, Visit with Sponsors & Poster Presentations

10:55 AM – 11:55 AM – Breakout Presentations 2

• 2A: Bridging the Gap: Collaborative Strategies and Adaptability in Minnesota’s Perinatal Mental Health Landscape
  
  • Tolu Odebunmi, MD, MPH | Women’s Wellbeing Program, University of Minnesota
  • Claire Drom, MD | CentraCare
• 2B: Plans of Safe Care Panel
  • Hannah Burton, LISW, JD | Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families
• 2C: Improving Recognition and Response to Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy
  • Rachel Pilliod, MD | Allina
  • Lauren Witty, MPH | Minnesota Perinatal Quality Collaborative

11:55 AM – 1:00 PM – Lunch & Visit with Sponsors

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Breakout Presentations 3 

• 3A: The Broken System of Perinatal Mental Health
  • Sogand Ghassemi, MD | PrairieCare
  • Lisa Cross, LMFT, PMH-C | PrairieCare
• 3B: Support Strategies for Health Care Professionals as Second Victims
  
  • Enid Rivera-Chiauzzi, MD | Mayo Clinic Rochester
• 3C: Mapping the Gaps and Closing the Loops: Strengthening Screening, Referral, and Follow-Up for Whole-Person Maternal Care
  • Nicole Kahielani Peltzer, MPH | Department of Human Services/State of Minnesota
  • Sarah Gareau, DrPH, MEd, MCHES | Department of Human Services/State of Minnesota

2:00 PM – 2:20 PM – Break, Visit with Sponsors & Poster Presentations

2:20 PM – 3:20 PM – Breakout Presentations 4

• 4A: Generational Healing in a Mother-Baby Program for Families Affected by Substance Use: Keeping Babies in Mind
  
  • Gretchen Buchanan, PhD, LMFT, LADC | Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
  • Jesse Flynn, LICSW, IMH-E® | Hennepin Healthcare
  • Lauren Graber, MD, MPH | Hennepin Healthcare
• 4B: Step Up Together Action Collaborative: Improving Home Birth & Birth Center to Hospital Transfer Through Interdisciplinary Simulation
  
  • Kate Saumweber Hogan, CPM, LM | Twin Cities Midwifery, Roots Birth Center, & Snuggle House Foundation
  • Amy Romano, MBA, MSN, CNM, FACNM | Primary Maternity Care
  • Charles Sloan III, Nationally Registered Paramedic | Hennepin Healthcare/Hennepin EMS
  • Ann Forster Page, DNP, APRN, CNM, FACNM | University of Minnesota Medical School
• 4C: Every Minute Counts: Optimizing Urgent Cesarean Team Response
  
  • Becky Gams, MS, APRN, BC-WHNP, cEFM, FAWHONN | Fairview Health Services
  • Cassie Thompson, BSN, RN | Fairview Health Services
  • Kristina Olson, BSN | University of Minnesota Medical Center

3:20 PM – 3:40 PM – Break, Visit with Sponsors & Poster Presentations

3:40 PM – 4:40 PM – Closing Plenary

• Leading Through Crisis: Community-Centered Leadership During Times of Unrest
  
  • Cinthia Rodriguez Navin, DNP, PHN, RN | MHealth Fairview
  • Diane Tran, CPPM
  • Eileen Copisky