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The 21st Annual Idaho Conference on Health Care will be held at 色花堂app from Wednesday, Oct. 22, through Friday, Oct. 24, at the Pond Student Union Building. This year鈥檚 theme is 鈥淎merican Health Care: Facing the Challenges.鈥�

The conference will feature a diverse group of guest speakers presenting on crucial issues facing health care providers and patients today.

Topics range from the effects, treatment and prevention of methamphetamine use to weight loss, nutrition, brain fitness for healthy aging and pain management. A special guest, Michael Dansinger, M.D., will give the keynote address 鈥淏eating Obesity: Mission Impossible?鈥� at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, in the Pond Student Union Ballroom.

Known for his role as weight-loss and nutrition advisor for NBC鈥檚 prime-time hit series 鈥淭he Biggest Loser,鈥� Dansinger is a recognized authority on dietary and lifestyle counseling for weight loss and holds multiple academic positions.

He is an assistant professor at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, director of a 鈥淒iabetes Reversal Program鈥� at Tufts鈥揘ew England Medical Center, a scientist with the USDA Nutrition 色花堂app Center, and a clinical nutrition and obesity editor for WebMD.

A second keynote address 鈥淭he Death Spiral: How 鈥榯he Uninsured鈥� Became an American Caste鈥� will be given by Susan Starr Sered, Ph.D., at 7 p.m. Oct. 23 in the PSUB Salmon River Suite.

The conference offers three specialized tracks: Idaho Public Health Association, psychosocial and oral health, in addition to keynote presentations, panels and general sessions. Continuing education units are available for professionals.

The conference is sponsored by the Kasiska Family Foundation and co-sponsored by the Idaho Public Health Association, Idaho Psychological Association, the Idaho Dairy Council,

Bingham Memorial Hospital and the National Association of Social Workers Idaho Chapter.

Evening keynote presentations are free and open to the public. Pre-registration for all conference events by Oct. 15 is required. For a full schedule or to register for the conference, visit www.isu.edu/kchp/hlthconf.

For more information, contact Victoria Ba帽ales at 282-3155 or banavict@isu.edu.

Highlights of the schedule are:

Wednesday, Oct. 22

鈥�  鈥淐ognitive and Emotional Training for Healthy Aging,鈥� presented by Alvaro Fernandez from 9 a.m. to noon. Fernandez is co-founder and CEO of SharpBrains (www.sharpbrains.com), based in San Francisco, Calif.

鈥�  鈥淧reparing for the Age Tsunami: Psychological Practice with Older Adults,鈥� presented by Peter A. Lichtenberg, professor at Wayne State University, from 1 to 5:15 p.m.  

鈥� 鈥淣utrigenomics 色花堂app for Personalized Nutrition and Medicine,鈥� presented by Jim Kaput from 1 to 5 p.m. Kaput is a director at the FDA/National Center for Toxicological 色花堂app in Jefferson, Ariz.

鈥� Keynote address: Michael Dansinger, M.D., 鈥淏eating Obesity: Mission Impossible?鈥� at 7 p.m. in the Pond Student Union Ballroom.

Thursday, Oct. 23

鈥�  鈥淭he Challenges of Diversity in Health Care,鈥� presented by Jacqueline Gaines from 8:30 to 9:20 a.m. Gaines is former President and CEO of Mercy Health Partners for Northeast Pennsylvania.

鈥�  鈥淚ntegrating Western Medicine with Traditional Native American Practices,鈥� presented by Larry Murillo from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Murillo holds a joint appointment in the ISU Health and Nutrition Science Department and the Institute of Rural Health.

鈥� 鈥淢indless Eating, Mindless Weight Loss, and 鈥楽ecrets鈥� of Sustained Change,鈥� presented by Ron Guymon from 10:45 a.m. to noon. Guymon is currently Director for Corporate Engagements at Cornell University鈥檚 Food and Brand Lab.

鈥� 鈥淢eth Dependence and its Long-Term Consequences: It鈥檚 All in Your Brain,鈥� presented by Glen Hanson from 10:45 a.m. to noon. Hanson is a senior advisor to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

鈥�  鈥淢eth Addiction and Children 鈥� A Toxic Mix,鈥� presented by Jay Wurscher from 1 to 2 p.m. Wurscher is the Child Welfare, Alcohol and Drug Services Coordinator for Oregon鈥檚 Department of Human Services.

鈥� 鈥溾�楥omeback Kids鈥�- Children of Meth Addicted Parents Can Return Home,鈥� presented by Jay Wurscher from 2:15 to 5 p.m.

鈥� 鈥淎n Integrative Approach to Pain Management,鈥� presented by Adam Perlman from 2 to 4 p.m. Perlman is the Hunterdon Endowed Professor in Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ).

鈥� 鈥淣utrigenomic Approaches to Understanding Obesity, Diet and Cancer Prevention,鈥� presented by Sharon Ross, from 3:30 to 5 p.m.  Ross is a program director in the Nutritional Science 色花堂app Group, National Institutes of Health.

鈥�  鈥淭he Death Spiral: How 鈥榯he Uninsured鈥� Became an American Caste,鈥� presented by Susan Starr Sered from 7 to 9 p.m. Sered serves on the sociology faculty at Suffolk University.

Friday, Oct. 24

鈥� 鈥淐omplementary and Alternative Medicine: A Multicultural Perspective,鈥� presented by Adam Perlman from 8:30 to 9:20 a.m.

鈥�  鈥淔unctional Family Therapy: Treatment for Conduct Disordered and Substance-abusing Youth,鈥� presented by Jim Alexander from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (continued on Saturday, 8:45 a.m. to noon). Alexander is the progenitor of Functional Family Therapy and a professor in the psychology department at the University of Utah.

鈥� 鈥淢anaging the Oral Side Effects of Commonly Prescribed Medications,鈥� presented by Ann Spolarich from 1 to 4 p.m. Spolarich teaches Clinical Medicine and Pharmacology at the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health.