Outstanding Speakers on Compelling Healthcare Topics
Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Tickets: Student, Association Forum member: $25; Health professional or other guest, $40
Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 E. Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL | Grand Ballroom CDEF (East Tower, Ballroom Gold Level)
You are invited to join health information professionals from across the globe at MLA ’19 | Elevate, on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 for two exciting keynote speakers!
Nadya Okamoto
Wednesday, May 8, 2019, 9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Founder, Executive Director, PERIOD: The Menstrual Movement, Portland, OR
Nadya will share her thoughts on access to health information in underserved communities, health literacy, health disparities, gender identity, volunteer engagement, and the Gen-Z perspective.
Katherine (Katie) L. Watson, JD
Wednesday, May 8, 2019, 10:30 a.m.–11:55 a.m.
Professor, bioethicist, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Adjunct faculty, Second City Training Center, Chicago, IL
Katie Watson currently teaches law, ethics, and humanities to medical students and students in the NU master’s program in bioethics and medical humanities. Also a talented playwright and an adjunct faculty member at the training center of Chicago’s Second City theater, will share her story that started in 2002, when she created a seminar in what she calls “medical improv” to improve doctor-patient communication. In 2013, in response to national recognition of her new training approach, she began leading a yearly train-the-trainer workshop.
Bonus Event: Author Book Signing
Wednesday, May 8, 2019, NOON
- Nadya Okamoto will sign her 2018 book, Period Power: A Manifesto for the Menstrual Movement (Simon & Schuster Books).
- Katie Watson will sign her 2018 book, Scarlet A: The Ethics, Law and Politics of Ordinary Abortion (Oxford University Press).
Thanks to Women and Children First bookstore for their management of the author book signing.
NOTE: NO REFUNDS OR RETURNS OF TICKETS OR BOOKS ACCEPTED.