🗓️ January 8, 2026 Thursday
Kickoff Event with Poster Showcase & Welcome Reception
Hosted by First 1000 Days Florida| Time | Activity / Session | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00-1:00 | Check in / Registration | |
| 1:00-1:30 | Welcome | Dr. Mimi Graham, Director, FSU CPEIP |
| 1:30-2:15 | Plenary Speaker #1: First 1000 Days Suncoast | Chelsea Arnold, DNP, APRN, FNP |
| 2:15-3:15 | Moderated Panel Discussion: Centering Maternal Mental Health Across the First 1000 Days | •Mary C. Mayhew, President & CEO Florida Hospital Association •Dr. Monica Rider, DO, Chief Medical Officer/Medical Director MCR Health •Julie May McDougal, LCSW, Parent Representative •Faye Johnson, CEO, Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition •Mirine Richey, DrPH, Moderator |
| 3:15-3:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 3:30-4:15 | Multi-media session: Film Screening and Exploration of Mental Health Support in the First Year of Parenthood | Carmita McCall, DPA |
| 4:15-5:00 | Plenary Session #2: How Healthy Start supports Maternal Mental Health | •Paloma Prata, MS, MBA •Alexandra Goldberg, Ed.D., (FAHSC) |
| 5:00-7:00 | Poster Presentations, Voting, Reception, Awards | Free for all registered attendees, the showcase reception will be held in the elegant FSU Alumni Center. Attendees will have the opportunity to interact with our poster presenters and cast a vote for their favorite! Hors d’oeuvres will be served, along with a selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. |
🗓️ January 9, 2026 - Friday
Conference Sessions And Workshops
| Time | Session Information |
|---|---|
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Check-In and Registration |
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Welcome and Opening Remarks: Heather Flynn, Ph.D., FLMMHC Co-founder & Co-Chair Sharon Ross Donaldson, MSW, LCSW, FLMMHC Co-Chair |
| 9:00-10:00 | Keynote: Integrating Behavioral Health into Perinatal Care: Models for Comprehensive Care Dr Kay Roussos-Ross, MD, Professor and Chief, Division Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Psychiatry University of Florida College of Medicine |
| 10:00-11:00 | FLMMHC Research Workgroup Updates: Heather Howard, Ph.D., MSW, LCSW, Florida Maternal Mental Health Collaborative Chair |
| 11:00-11:20 | Break |
| 11:20-12:20 | Session 1: FLBH iMPACT: Florida’s Perinatal Psychiatric Access Program Heather Flynn, PhD, Director, FSU FLBH IMPACT Megan Deichen-Hansen, PhD, Assistant Professor, FSU FLBH IMPACT Amandla Shabaka Haynes MD, Resource & Referral Specialist, FSU FL BHIMPACT |
| 11:45-12:20 | Session 2: Specialized peer support during pregnancy through evidence-based practices to promote maternal wellness Samantha Silver, CRPS-A, CAP, Director of Transformation Initiatives, Broward Healthy Start Coalition Nicole Morin, Healthy Connections Project Manager, CRPS-A |
| 12:00-1:15 | Lunch Provided |
| 1:15-2:15 | Session 3: Examining Referral, Sociodemographic, and Treatment Factors in Substance Use Recovery for Justice-Involved Pregnant Women John Moore, PhD., Assistant Professor, FSU College of Social Work |
| 1:40-2:15 | Session 4: Postpartum Depression Screening by Pediatric Clinicians in North-Central Florida Jessica Bahorski, PhD, APRN, Florida State University, College of Nursing Stacy Wright, MPH, CHES, University of Florida, Graduate Student Dominick Lemas, PhD, University of Florida, Assistant Professor |
| 2:15-3:15 | FLMMHC Clinical Workgroup Updates: Kirsten Ellingsen, PhD, PMH-C, Florida Maternal Mental Health Collaborative Chair |
| 3:15-3:30 | Break |
| 3:30-4:00 | Session 5: From Womb to World: Centering Maternal Wellness for Lifelong Infant Health Harleen Hutchinson, Psy.D., IMH-E(R), Executive Director, The Journey Institute, Inc. Kerry Ann Dixon, PhD. (c), MSN, RN, IMH-E(R) Bianca Spence, CBPD, CHW, CLC, Mom's In the Muck, Herlie Bertram, PhD (c), MSN-ED, RN, Birth & Postpartum Doula, IMH-E(R) |
| 4:00-4:30 | Session 6: What Works, What Hurts: Adolescent Perspectives on Perinatal Mental Health Systems Olajumoke Ojeleye, PhD, RN, RM, Assistant Professor,University of Central Florida College of Nursing |
| 4:30-5:00 | Session 7: Maternal Substance Use Intercept Model Dixie Morgese, BA, CAP, ICADC (Ret), Florida Maternal Mental Health Collaborative Chair, FLMMHC, Commonsense Childbirth (Board Secretary), Technical Consultant & Trainer, AHEC |
| 5:00-5:30 | Award Presentation & Wrap-Up |
🗓️ January 10, 2026 - Saturday
Conference Sessions And Workshops
| Time | Session Information |
|---|---|
| 9:00-10:00 | Keynote: Listening to the Living: Innovative Approaches to Perinatal Mental Health Service Provision Emily Miller, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Alpert Medical School of Brown University Division Director, Maternal Fetal Medicine Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island |
| 10:00-11:00 | FLMMHC Policy Workgroup Update: Dixie Morgese, BA, CAP, ICADC (Ret), Florida Maternal Mental Health Collaborative Chair, Florida Maternal Mental Health Collaborative, Commonsense Childbirth (Board Secretary), Technical Consultant & Trainer, AHEC |
| 11:00-12:00 | FLMMHC Awareness Workgroup Updates: Amandla Shabaka-Haynes, MD, Florida Maternal Mental Health Collaborative Chair |
| 12:00-12:30 | Break |
| 12:30-1:00 | Session 8: Systemic Barriers to Standard Care: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Among Pregnant Women Referred by the Criminal Justice System •Austin Spitz, MS, Florida State University College of Medicine CO 2026 |
| 1:00-1:30 | Session 9: Breastfeeding, Psych Meds, & the Perinatal Patient •Tristan Brooks, D.O., PMH-C, M.S., Ladder to the Stars Wellness, LLC •Linda Murray, LMHC, PMH-C •Mirine Richey, DrPH, MPH, IBCLC |
| 1:30-2:00 | Wrap-Up |
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