🗓️ 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 Activity / Session Presenter
8:30-9:00 Check-In and Welcome Heather Flynn, PhD, FLMMHC Co-founder & Chair
9:00-10:00 Keynote 1 --
10:00-11:00 Policy Working Group 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
11:00-11:20 Break
11:20-12:20 Session 1: TBD TBD
Session 2: Broward Healthy Start Samantha Silver, CRPS-A, CAP, Director of Transformation Initiatives, Broward Healthy Start Coalition
12:00-1:15 Lunch
1:15-2:15 Session 3: Criminal Justice John Moore, PhD., Assistant Professor, FSU College of Social Work
Session 4: Criminal Justice Austin Spitz, MS, Florida State University College of Medicine
2:15-3:15 Clinical Working Group Kirsten Ellingsen, PhD, PMH-C, Florida Maternal Mental Health Collaborative Chair
3:15-3:30 Break
3:30-4:00 Session 5: Maternal Bonding Harleen Hutchinson, Psy.D., IMH-E(R), Executive Director, The Journey Institute, Inc.
4:00-4:30 Session 6: Teen Pregnancy Olajumoke Ojeleye, PhD, RN, RM, Assistant Professor,UCF CON
4:30-5:00 Session 7: Intercept Model Session --
5:00-5:30 Award Presentation & Wrap-Up Heather Flynn, PhD, FLMMHC Co-founder & Chair

🗓️ January 10, 2026 - Saturday

Conference Sessions And Workshops

Time Activity / Session Presenter
9:00-10:00 Keynote 2 --
10:00-11:00 Research Working Group Heather Howard, Ph.D., MSW, LCSW, Florida Maternal Mental Health Collaborative Chair
11:00-12:00 Awareness Working Group Amandla Shabaka-Haynes, MD, Florida Maternal Mental Health Collaborative Chair
12:00-12:30 Break
12:30-1:00 Session 8: Pediatric Screening Jessica Bahorski, PhD, APRN, Florida State University, College of Nursing
1:00-1:30 Session 9: Medications & Breastfeeding Tristan Brooks, D.O., PMH-C, M.S., Ladder to the Stars Wellness, LLC
1:30-2:00 Wrap-Up Heather Flynn, PhD, FLMMHC Co-founder & Chair