Presentations at this FREE conference will focus on the vulnerability of children who grow up in circumstances of social and economic disadvantage.

We’ll examine how exposure to adverse environmental factors can negatively impact children’s health, growth and development, and look at solutions to breaking this cycle and assuring that children have a positive future.

DAY 1    APRIL 20 

8:30am-2:45pm

Keynote, Panel and  Poster presentations, Awards

Keynote Speaker:  Dr Benard Dreyer,  Dr. Dreyer is a general and Development-Behavioral pediatrician who has spent his professional lifetime serving poor children and families.

Poster session  

Lunch

DAY 2

Tuesday April 21  8:30am-12:45pm

Environmental Justice Symposium

Keynote Speaker : Dr Sacoby Wilson, PhD, MS, Associate Professor and Director of Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health, Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland-College Park 

LECTURES

BREAKOUT ROOMS (4)