2021- Public & Mental Health
RE:BORDER 2021
About RE:BORDER 2021
RE: BORDER 2021 is the third annual conference that explores key regional issues and innovative solutions. This year's theme is "A Nuestra Salud: Confronting Public Health and Mental Health Challenges and Solutions in Our Transborder Region."
The conference aims to foster and facilitate transborder diplomacy, cross-disciplinary relationships, and binational collaboration/cooperation by increasing understanding about the assets as well as the pressing challenges facing our transborder region through the sharing of stories, knowledge, research, and experiences of scholars, professionals, politicians, artists, students and community members who comprise our transborder region.
Acerca RE:BORDER 2021
RE: BORDER 2021 es la tercera conferencia anual que explora problemas claves regionales y soluciones innovadoras. El tema de este año es "A Nuestra Salud: Enfrentando desafíos y soluciones de la Salud Pública y la Salud Mental en Nuestra Región Transfronteriza."
La conferencia tiene como objetivo fomentar y facilitar la diplomacia transfronteriza, las relaciones interdisciplinarias y colaboración/cooperación binacional con la meta de aumentar entendimiento acerca los desafíos urgentes que enfrenta nuestra región transfronteriza a través del intercambio de historias, investigación y experiencias de académicos, profesionales, políticos, artistas, estudiantes y miembros de la comunidad que componen nuestra región transfronteriza.
Agenda
The program is designed to communicate the expertise of university researchers and leading practitioners and engage with community members to develop better options for the future of the transborder region. Presentations are short and concise, and discussion is maximized.
El programa está diseñado para comunicar la experiencia de los investigadores universitarios y los profesionales destacados y comprometerse con los miembros de la comunidad para desarrollar mejores opciones para el futuro de la región transfronteriza. Las presentaciones son breves y concisas, y la discusión se maximiza.
9:00 AM
OPENING / WELCOME SESSION
Welcome: Dr. Cristina Alfaro, SDSU Associate Vice President for International Affairs
Emcee/Facilitator: Dr. Hala Madanat, Interim Vice President for Research and Innovation at SDSU
Moderator: Maybelline Arevalo Lopez, Executive Assistant to the Associate Vice President of International Affairs
Opening Speakers:
- Dr. Adela de la Torre, SDSU President
- Dr. Fernando León García, CETYS University President
- Ben Hueso, California State Senator for the 40th District
- Carlos González Gutiérrez, Consul General of Mexico in San Diego
- Edith Montiel Ayala, Vice president of the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC)
10:15 AM
Session 1A. PUBLIC HEALTH
Facilitator: Dr. Helina Hoyt, SDSU IV RISE Center Co-Lead; Dr. Michael Gates, SDSU IV RISE Center Co-Lead; Dr. Beverly Carlson, Associate Professor & Gaduate Advisor at SDSU
Speakers: Belen Leon-Lopez, Imperial County Air Pollution Control District Project Manager; Saul Guzman, Director de Gestion Ambiental de Baja California
Presentation: "Border 2020- Imperial/ Mexicali Air Quality Task Force Efforts"
Speakers: Roque Barros, Imperial Valley Wellness Foundation
Presentation: "How COVID-19 tore through Imperial Valley's safety net and exposed the need for the Imperial Valley Wellness Foundation"
10:15 AM
Session 1B. EARLY / YOUTH EDUCATION
Facilitator: Dr. Teresa Satterfield, Professor – Romance Linguistics, Doctor of Philosophy
Q & A Moderator: Dr. Jorge Franciso Sanchez, artista visual y Doctor en Ciencias Sociales
Speakers: Issel Karina Acuña Corona, maestra en Ana Maria Calleja de Hidalgo; Diana Laura Garnica Barboza, maestra en el Jardín de Niños federal Frontera Norte
Presentation: "La Educación Preescolar a Distancia: Análisis Del Involucramiento De Padres o Tutores"
Speakers: Alicia Pamela Ramos Llanos, Lic. en Psicología Clínica en CETYS Universidad; Violeta Viridiana González Andrade, Director of the Mission Club Primary Comprehensive Support Center
Presentation: "Integración de un alumno con TEA en una aula virtual a través del método TEACHH"
Speakers: Dr. Bill Rivers, Principal- WP Rivers & Associates
Presentation: "Language Access is a Medical Necessity"
12:00 PM
Session 2. CAREER SERVICES
Facilitator: Natalia Peddycoart, Career Development & Program Coordinator, SDSU Career Services
Q & A Moderator: Melissa Gonzalez, Career Development & Diversity Engagement Coordinator, SDSU Career Services
Speakers: Leticia Cazares, Graduate Advisor Field Placement & Professional Development Coordinator Lecturer; Dr. Patricia Lozada-Santone, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs SDSU College of Education
Presentation: "Career Readiness in the Public Health and Mental Health Fields"
1:45 PM
Session 3. PERSPECTIVES
Facilitator: Dr. Shira Goldenberg, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Assistant Professor, SDSU
Q & A Moderator: Lyssandra Perez, SDSU Graduate Research Assistant
Speakers: Dr. Esperanza Camargo, Professor and Researcher of Humanitarian Issues
Presentation: "Childhood Adversity & PTSD"
Speakers: Dr. Saul Maldonado, Assistant Professor-Dual Language and English Learner Education & Co-Director of the Developing Effective Bilingual Educators with Resources Project at SDSU; Dr. Sera Hernandez, Assistant Professor-Dual Language and English Learner Education & Co-Director of the Developing Effective Bilingual Educators with Resources Project at SDSU; Mariano Lozano-Soto, Graduate Research Assistant for the Developing Effective Bilingual Educators with Resources Project at SDSU; Linda E. Sotelo, Bilingual Administrative Coordinator of the Developing Effective Bilingual Educators with Resources (DEBER); Michael Wickert, Director of Teacher Education and the Developing Effective Bilingual Educators with Resources Project Director at Southwestern Community College District
Presentation: Rumbo a un sistema responsable de apoyo estudiantil: Promoviendo la salud mental en la formación de docentes bilingües
3:30 PM
CLOSING ROUND TABLE
Facilitator: Dr. Hala Madanat, Interim Vice President for Research and Innovation at SDSU
Q & A Moderator: Justine Kozo, Office of Border Health, Public Health Services
Speakers: Ivette Lorona, Graduate Student at SDSU's Dual Master's Program in Latin American Studies and Public Health; Dr. Vanessa Falcón Orta, Faculty Director for the new Cross-Cultural Center at SDSU Imperial Valley; Sara Gonzalez-Quintero, Associate Director of the Transborder Student Ally Program
Presentation: "Transfronterizo Community and Mental Health"
9:00 AM
WELCOME SESSION
Opening Remarks:
Dr. Cristina Alfaro, SDSU Associate Vice President for International Affairs
Dr. Salvador Hector Ochoa, SDSU Provost and Senior Vice President
Facilitator: Alana Rodriguez, University of Michigan Academic Program Manager for the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Moderator: Alexandra Fox, SDSU International Affairs Program Coordinator
Opening Speakers:
Dr. María Luisa Zúñiga, Co-Director, SDSU-UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Interdisciplinary Research on Substance Use; Dr. Adriana Carolina Vargas-Ojeda, Profesora Investigadora de Medicina y Psicología, UABC
10:15 AM
Session 1A. COVID-19
Facilitator: Dr. Paul Ganster, Director of Institute for Regional Studies of the Californias at SDSU
Q & A Moderator: Alexandra Fox, SDSU International Affairs Program Coordinator
Speakers: Daniela Flores, Imperial Valley Equity and Justice Coalition; Luis Flores, Imperial Valley Equity and Justice Coalition; Dr. Amy Quandt, Assistant Professor SDSU; Mercy Villasenor, Research Assistant SDSU IVC; Dr. Annie Keeny, Research Associate for the High Plains Intermountain Center for Agriculture Health and Safety (HICHAS)
Presentation: "Understanding COVID-19 Testing and Vaccine Access for Daytime Farmworkers in Imperial County"
Speakers: Gil Rebollar, Public Information Officer for the County Imperial; Esperanza Colio, Deputy CEO for the County of Imperial
Presentation: "Binational Collaboration Towards a Better & Brighter Border Region."
Speakers: Samuel Loroña, Immigration Policy Field Studies and Immigrants Through History Researcher
Presentation: "Movilidades pandémicas: migrantes y mafias locales en Altar, Sonora en tiempos de COVID 19"
10:15 AM
Session 1B. HIGHER EDUCATION
Facilitator: Dr. Eyal Oren, Interim Director of the School of Public Health at San Diego State University; Dr. Edgar Madrid, Professor at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences of CETYS
Q & A Moderator: Karina Elizabeth Vidrio Meza, SDSU International Affairs Student Assistant
Speakers: Dalia Andrea Rodriguez, M.Sc. Computer Science stdent at Tecnológico Nacional de México; Dr. Arnoldo Díaz-Ramírez, Coordinator of the Industrial Informatics research group at ITM; Rafael Iván Ayala-Figueroa
Presentation: "Detección y prevención de violencia de género con herramientas de las ciencias computacionales"
Speakers: Dr. Hilda García-Pérez, Researcher and Professor in the Department of Population Studies at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte; Dr. Marvyn Arévalo Avalos, Arizona State University; Dr. Stephanie Ayers, Arizona State University; Dr. Stephen Kulis, Arizona State University ; Dr. Flavio F. Marsiglia, Arizona State University
Presentation: "When stigmatization and re-bordering intersect and hurt Latinxs adolescent's health in the US-Mexico border"
12:00 PM
Session 2A. Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Projects
Facilitator: Liliana Vizcarra Rivera, Co-director ELS Certification
Q & A Moderator: Paulina Covarrubias, SDSU International Affairs Student Assistant
Speakers: Dr. Fabiola Flores Monsivais, Coordinadora de Extension y Vinculacion de la Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud, Ensenada UABC
Speakers: Dr. Joibel Tadea Giménez Mogollon, Professional Social Service Coordinator, Language School, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
Speakers: Dr. Lluliana Alonso, Assistant Professor in Teacher Education, San Diego State University- Imperial Valley; Luisa Chavarria-Reyes, Teacher Candidate in SDSU's IV Teacher Preparation Program
Speakers: Dr. Zohir Chowdhury, Ph.D., Public Health, San Diego State University; Claire Norberg, SDSU Master's Student in Environmental Health; Kaylen Wilson, SDSU Master's Student in Environmental Health; Peyton Wilson, SDSU Master's Student in Environmental Health
12:00 PM
Session 2B. ARTS
Facilitator: Jess Humphrey, School of Music and Dance Professor
Q & A Moderator: Noemi Portillo, SDSU International Affairs Student Assistant
Speakers: Jess Humphrey, School of Music and Dance Professor; Gizeh Muñiz Vengel, Dancer and Student of Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy
Speakers: Dr. William Nericcio, Director of the Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences Cultural Studies Program, SDSU
Presentation: "Bordering on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: Border Literature, Art, Cinema, and Cultural Critique Focused on La Frontera"
1:45 PM
Session 3. PERSPECTIVES
Facilitator: Dr. Paul Ganster, Director of Institute for Regional Studies of the Californias at SDSU
Q & A Moderator: Lyssandra Perez, SDSU Graduae Research Assistant
Speakers: Lourdes Camarena-Ojinaga, Professor - Researcher in the Faculty of Administrative and Social Sciences at the Autonomous University of Baja California; M.Phil Concepción Martínez Valdés; PhD Christy Getz
Presentation: "Trabajo y salud de mujeres indígenas jornaleras en la Costa Central de California"
Speakers: Dr. María del Rosio Barajas Escamilla, Directora Departamento de Estudios Socailes, El COLEF; Dr. Patricia Radilla Chávez; Maestro Gener José Avilés Rodríguez
Presentation: La Salud que compartimos en la región transfronteriza Tijuana-San Diego
3:30 PM
CLOSING REMARKS
Facilitator: Dr. Helina Hoyt, SDSU IV Rise Center Co-Lead
Speakers:
Juan Vargas, Congressman of California's 51st District
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