--- title: "Salem Academy's Health Leadership Forum: Join Us This October" description: Join us at Salem Academy and College's Health Leadership Forum for networking, expert discussions, and keynotes on maternal health and equity in healthcare. image: https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/hubfs/healthleadershipforum2.png --- [![nwahec.png](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/WFUSM_NWAHEC%20Cobranding%20Logo_H_RGB.png?width=2025&height=300&name=WFUSM_NWAHEC%20Cobranding%20Logo_H_RGB.png "nwahec.png")](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/) - [Home](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu) - [What's New at NWAHEC Blog](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog) - [NWAHEC Staff](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/staff) - [Practice Support Updates](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/practicesupport) # What's New at NWAHEC ## [Salem Academy's Health Leadership Forum: Join Us This October](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/salem-academy-health-leadership-forum) Sep 10, 2024 11:00:00 AM / by [Brooke Kochanski](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/author/brooke-kochanski) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Please join us on **Friday, October 18, 2024**, for Salem Academy and College’s fourth Health Leadership Forum. The Forum will take place on Salem's campus from **9:00 am - 1:30 pm**. [Register Now](https://host.nxt.blackbaud.com/registration-form/?formId=6abd325a-c239-4353-bdbb-751d6fcfacc8&envId=p-Ruw01NcCkUSc1Y5nVG4bjg&zone=usa) Salem’s Health Leadership Forum features a selection of women in health leadership roles from around the nation. This conference offers an opportunity for networking and discussion of current trends in health, while hearing from some of the nation’s most widely recognized experts and innovators in their fields.  Will be held at the Elberson Fine Arts Center (on Salem's campus), 412 Rams Drive, Winston-Salem, NC. Check in at 8:30am and program begins at 9:00 am, Program ends at 12:30 pm and lunch begins at 12:30 pm. *The Networking Lunch is available to all attendees free of charge.* *Please RSVP for lunch so we know you will be in attendance. * **![healthleadershipforum2](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/healthleadershipforum2.png?width=300&height=300&name=healthleadershipforum2.png)Keynote Address - Protecting Health as a Team Sport** - Katherine Graham Howard A'1913, C'1917 Keynote Address by **Charlene Wong, MD, MSHP**, Senior Advisor for Health Strategy in the Office of the Director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Discussions during the Health Leadership Forum will feature: **Panel One - Diverse Perspectives on Maternal and Child Health** - [Anastasia Gage, PhD](https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/yglo8rfbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ZMk3eaSAMq-BEZ2SAPXfDGk0eHC0zM5wpogNMdr085eBn-wslIG9jc4enTHfKS8a15DcRPPqDkJuqRvB-s3uNSqWYOJgvtQ3Sk4g_nPtujaJs_KMUt8EAUolicDBd5lwNA7FGuoFI_76ZsNL2PrO83eTCpKiBGNkU13gDDrpj0b4zU1WCkItqw==&c=HSteNbd9UrYo9un-_bV4eDW-tWJsbe8vMcLQNiQeDJilxg2j49k0qw==&ch=huwNSVUuKE-t6ZVmwI_HqxvON3sD6gFpGTnWpnOYR7pKekFmCcK2lQ==__;!!GA8Xfdg!wjh1W9wPKMHUGDKfxazC_6ztMxgHVowVGmidzREmliUJw0dCNVeTtlLYWYQl5bD70gi5wJFl1vU_yy0BwbMMiJYTPQIWFNI$)– Professor, Tulane University School of Public Health (Global Maternal and Child Health), New Orleans -  [Natalie Hernandez, PhD, MPH](https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/yglo8rfbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ZMk3eaSAMq-BEZ2SAPXfDGk0eHC0zM5wpogNMdr085eBn-wslIG9jc4enTHfKS8a6g5dpAjQvwqEpioUjp-bpYyCMzoRMrqllqe-6DCHLqZEPdVx4IksWMlMBPR1nTRjk1CwvBz09LapUJ91NMWBa6Opgu9WhTBoTi3T-Vq78RWwtz-Kg2P23gzQqCt_d0RLlSuot0AfSMLj2ZbR9EFem8Tpcc50kJTINTJw7S07eRrfHLnZoN1HHw==&c=HSteNbd9UrYo9un-_bV4eDW-tWJsbe8vMcLQNiQeDJilxg2j49k0qw==&ch=huwNSVUuKE-t6ZVmwI_HqxvON3sD6gFpGTnWpnOYR7pKekFmCcK2lQ==__;!!GA8Xfdg!wjh1W9wPKMHUGDKfxazC_6ztMxgHVowVGmidzREmliUJw0dCNVeTtlLYWYQl5bD70gi5wJFl1vU_yy0BwbMMiJYTEmtJKlA$)– Executive Director, Center for Maternal Health Equity, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta - [Esther Leerkes, PhD](https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/yglo8rfbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ZMk3eaSAMq-BEZ2SAPXfDGk0eHC0zM5wpogNMdr085eBn-wslIG9jc4enTHfKS8a63azFCYrsa-NQwNU67Cg5MG6OR3oYPfo29ghHZ73cdAmQIxo5um2ayYMeIP0aLF9BKn90-iG41lmfX0E-5sHjz0xspgE087algxRzbRjY5RkfnmsCiov5JWp0d4ijX6S&c=HSteNbd9UrYo9un-_bV4eDW-tWJsbe8vMcLQNiQeDJilxg2j49k0qw==&ch=huwNSVUuKE-t6ZVmwI_HqxvON3sD6gFpGTnWpnOYR7pKekFmCcK2lQ==__;!!GA8Xfdg!wjh1W9wPKMHUGDKfxazC_6ztMxgHVowVGmidzREmliUJw0dCNVeTtlLYWYQl5bD70gi5wJFl1vU_yy0BwbMMiJYTi9e3AKY$)– Jefferson-Pilot Excellence Professor of Human Development and Family Studies & Associate Dean of Research, UNC Greensboro **Panel Two - Addressing Equity for Homeless Populations: National And Local Perspectives** - [Siya Hegde, JD](https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/yglo8rfbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ZMk3eaSAMq-BEZ2SAPXfDGk0eHC0zM5wpogNMdr085eBn-wslIG9jc4enTHfKS8aWkkRq2ja0WkrSoRVb4OaV-k9YRP8ox9TC3QziP3mk-6nt_55_LuPR3tmBrsQv5ZYambpqa1m00AxZfRoseJndEWqQ1qeCrG0&c=HSteNbd9UrYo9un-_bV4eDW-tWJsbe8vMcLQNiQeDJilxg2j49k0qw==&ch=huwNSVUuKE-t6ZVmwI_HqxvON3sD6gFpGTnWpnOYR7pKekFmCcK2lQ==__;!!GA8Xfdg!wjh1W9wPKMHUGDKfxazC_6ztMxgHVowVGmidzREmliUJw0dCNVeTtlLYWYQl5bD70gi5wJFl1vU_yy0BwbMMiJYTQxcnSs8$)– Staff Attorney for Housing Not Handcuffs, National Homelessness Law Center, Washington, DC - [Jan Corpening Kelly A’85](https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/yglo8rfbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ZMk3eaSAMq-BEZ2SAPXfDGk0eHC0zM5wpogNMdr085eBn-wslIG9jc4enTHfKS8ah8oMvJjdQgeoAED7_rMuqILZWcjf48K4NU6hZHQCC8OM1GJEbXaZcR3JB-Zk-0vB98tW5vVgIjX1bF97aMWhn15D6pGB_WjgmmOcswla-aSNwoVQVBkw0EGEMcZ0O-0C&c=HSteNbd9UrYo9un-_bV4eDW-tWJsbe8vMcLQNiQeDJilxg2j49k0qw==&ch=huwNSVUuKE-t6ZVmwI_HqxvON3sD6gFpGTnWpnOYR7pKekFmCcK2lQ==__;!!GA8Xfdg!wjh1W9wPKMHUGDKfxazC_6ztMxgHVowVGmidzREmliUJw0dCNVeTtlLYWYQl5bD70gi5wJFl1vU_yy0BwbMMiJYTkfXUGHg$)– Executive Director at Samaritan Ministries, Winston-Salem - [Keshia Pollack Porter, PhD, MPH](https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/yglo8rfbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ZMk3eaSAMq-BEZ2SAPXfDGk0eHC0zM5wpogNMdr085eBn-wslIG9jc4enTHfKS8aImBK08EjH05fAHqGKTeHRjpQzmCdsWZQWVsKcEX3BfJN1_HlPxJEOX7O-9QTab3AULyYtO2Vpxxw20gclEJEez_O1AMC0403LwZ--tju3a8UqbhRu96odY6Xf2brFtU_FU2Y5BvHlpo1nTGr4MFT-g==&c=HSteNbd9UrYo9un-_bV4eDW-tWJsbe8vMcLQNiQeDJilxg2j49k0qw==&ch=huwNSVUuKE-t6ZVmwI_HqxvON3sD6gFpGTnWpnOYR7pKekFmCcK2lQ==__;!!GA8Xfdg!wjh1W9wPKMHUGDKfxazC_6ztMxgHVowVGmidzREmliUJw0dCNVeTtlLYWYQl5bD70gi5wJFl1vU_yy0BwbMMiJYTXq_EdQE$) – Bloomberg Centennial Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Contact hours will be offered through Northwest AHEC for attendees.   [FORUM WEBSITE](https://www.salem.edu/hlf/) [REGISTER NOW](https://host.nxt.blackbaud.com/registration-form/?formId=6abd325a-c239-4353-bdbb-751d6fcfacc8&envId=p-Ruw01NcCkUSc1Y5nVG4bjg&zone=usa)   ![salem](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/salem.png?width=400&height=120&name=salem.png)   Tags: [winston-salem](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/topic/winston-salem), [health leadership](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/topic/health-leadership) ![Brooke Kochanski](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/48d5f88bf8c5703384bc0b7fdb3126eb) #### Written by [Brooke Kochanski](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/author/brooke-kochanski) Marketing & Communications Specialist at Northwest AHEC This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 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