HEALTHY 2040

Join this important conversation and envision the future of Chico. 
 
HEALTHY 2040
A symposium on Health Sciences and Healthcare Education 
Hosted by CSU Chico with Healthy Rural California, Inc.

 
Monday, October 21, 2024 
8:30 am to 3:00 pm
Bell Memorial Auditorium, CSU Chico campus
 
Registration is free and open
Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees
 

Hear from these exciting speakers who will talk about new developments in nursing and medical education, and how we can strive for healthier outcomes and improve health equity by the year 2040.

Welcome
CSU Chico President Steve Perez
 
The Future of Chico Panel Discussion with:
  • Assemblyman James Gallagher
  • Mayor of Chico Andrew Coolidge
     
Biotechnology Innovations and Industry
  • CSU Chico Provost Leslie Cornick 
  • Hemant C. Vaidya, PhD, Director of Biotechnology Industry Immersion program at UC Davis Graduate School of Management (MBA)
     
AI and Radiology: The Future is Now
  • James Schlund, MD
     
Nursing Education Panel Discussion
  • Fay Mitchell-Brown, Director, CSU Chico School of Nursing
  • Joy Crew, Faculty
  • Holly Kralj, Faculty
  • Lorenzo Begay, Faculty
  • Darcy Hostetter-Lewis, Faculty
  • Elizabeth Voelker, Director, Northern California Rural SIM Center
     
New Medical Education Pathways in Chico: MedEd Programs, Psychiatry and Family Medicine Residency programs
  • Ted Zwerdling, MD, Designated Institutional Official
  • Rachel Mitchell, MD, Psychiatry Residency Program Director
  • Aldebra Schroll, MD, Family Medicine Associate Program Director 
  • Kristy Bird MaKieve, CEO, Healthy Rural California
     
Pathways to Medical School: CSU Chico PreMed Program
  • CSU Chico Dean of Biological Sciences David Hassenzahl
  • Mark Servis, MD, Vice Dean of UC Davis School of Medicine
  • Debbie Lupeika, MD, Associate Dean for Community Health and Community-Based Education, UC Davis
  • Natalie Nevins, DO, Associate Dean, Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine
     
MC: Kristy Bird MaKieve, CEO, Healthy Rural California