Industry Panel on the Business Case for Effective Tobacco Control Strategies featuring discussants LaVaughn Palma-Davis, Eduardo Sanchez, and Fred Williams.
The keynote session will focus on the importance of support from the C-suite/senior leadership in the development and implementation of wellness and prevention programs, highlighting in particular how to make the case for offering employees comprehensive smoking cessation benefits- Partnership for Prevention
This program is supported by Pfizer Inc.
Bio
LaVaughn Palma-Davis
LaVaughn Palma-Davis is the Senior Director for University Health and Well Being Initiatives. In this role she provides leadership for the implementation of Michigan Healthy Community, an ambitious, collaborative effort to leverage the University’s resources to promote the health and well-being of its faculty, staff, dependents, retirees and students. LaVaughn also serves as the Administrator for the University of Michigan Health System’s Occupational Health and Health Promotion Services. These include the MWorks Occupational Health Clinic, Employee Health Services, MWorks Disability Management Services, the UMHS Employee Assistance Program, and the MFit Health Promotion Division. She is responsible for approximately 85 employees who provide services to the University of Michigan, to its patients and area communities and to approximately 300 other employers in Southeastern Michigan.
LaVaughn received her B.S. in health education from the University of Dayton and her M.A. in public health education from Central Michigan University.
Eduardo J. Sanchez
Eduardo J. Sanchez, M.D., M.P.H.., is Commissioner of the new Texas Department of State Health Services. As Commissioner and Chief Health Officer for the State of Texas, Dr. Sanchez oversees programs such as mental health, substance abuse prevention, and treatment programs, disease prevention and bioterrorism preparedness programs, family and community health services programs, and environmental and consumer safety and regulatory programs. The Texas Department of State Health Services combines the former Texas Department of Health, the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Texas Health Care Information Council, and the mental health component of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.
Dr. Sanchez became Commissioner of Health on November 5, 2001. He is a board-certified family practice physician, actively practicing in Austin from 1992-2001. Dr. Sanchez also served as Health Authority and Chief Medical Officer for the Austin-Travis County Health and Human Services Department from 1994 to 1998.
Dr. Sanchez received a M.D. in 1988 from the Southwestern Medical School in Dallas and holds a M.P.H. from the University of Texas Health Science Center Houston-School of Public Health, San Antonio Branch, and a M.S. in biomedical engineering from Duke University. He has bachelor's degrees in biomedical engineering and chemistry from Boston University. Dr. Sanchez grew up in Corpus Christi where he graduated from Mary Carroll High School.
Fred Williams
Fred Williams is the Director of Benefits and Strategic Alliances for Quest Diagnostics, Inc.