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ForwardImplementation Learning Community 2024-2025: October 14, 2025
The Implementation Learning Community that will take place on October 14, 2025 from 2pm-4pm will focus on opportunities and challenges of breast cancer screening, early detection, and follow up in community health centers. Lydia Pace, MD, MPH, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, and Primary Care Physician and Researcher in Internal Medicine, Women's Health at Brigham and Women's Hospital, is the keynote speaker. She will discuss the state of breast cancer screening and follow up in community health centers, best practices in the field, and areas for opportunity.
Target Audience
This activity is intended for community health center staff and providers.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Identify three strategies to improve implementation of cancer screening at their community health center.
- Discuss and compare potential strategies to promote health equity at their community health center.
- Develop meaningful connections with community health center staff by engaging in interprofessional collaboration.
Additional Information
The Kraft Center for Community Health - Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Catalyst & Mass General Brigham
| 2:00 PM | Welcome & Introductions Karen Emmons, PhD |
| 2:10 | Keynote Presentations Lydia Pace, MD, MPH, Melanie Steeves, MPH & Thuha Le, MA |
| 3:00 | Panel: Breast Cancer Screening & Follow-Up in Community Health Centers - Opportunities & Challenges Susan Dargon-Hart, LICSW (facilitator), Lara Jackson, MPH, Nick Urbanczyk, DO, Molly Nhiv, BS, Barbara Gottlieb, MD, Jacqueline Guzman, BA & Amalia Pena Perez, BA |
| 3:30 | Large Group Discussion B Susan Dargon-Hart, LICSW |
| 3:55 | Closing Remarks Lydia Pace, MD, MPH |
| 4:00 PM | Adjournment |
Elsie Taveras, MD, MPH - Course Director
Chief Community Health and Health Equity Officer, Mass General Brigham
Executive Director, Kraft Center for Community Health at Massachusetts General Hospital
Conrad Taff Professor of Pediatrics in Nutrition, Harvard Medical School
Professor of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Susan Dargon-Hart, LICSW
Senior Vice President, Clinical Health Affairs - Mass League of Community Health Centers
Karen Emmons, PhD
Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Barbara Gottlieb, MD
Primary Care Physician - Brookside Community Health Center
Jacqueline Guzman, BA
Research Assistant - Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Brookside Community Health Center
Lara Jackson, MPH
Senior Director of Practice Strategy & Transformation - DotHouse Health
Thuha Le, MA
Lead Coordinator, Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Programs - Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Molly Nhiv, BS
Operations Director of Integrated Specialty Care - Lynn Community Health Center
Lydia Pace, MD, MPH
Associate Physician, Division of Women’s Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Amalia Pena Perez, BA
Medical Student - UMass Chan Medical School (Brookside Community Health Center)
Melanie Steeves, MPH
Director, Comprehensive Cancer Control Program - Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Nick Urbanczyk, DO
Director of Primary Care - Lynn Community Health Center
This activity is not for credit.