
8th Annual Asthma Education Summit
Elevate your healthcare outreach with this dynamic initiative that brings together a diverse spectrum of stakeholders, including healthcare providers, community members, school representatives, and other community-based organizations. Together, we collaborate to effectively share vital asthma information and foster an environment of comprehensive asthma education, all geared towards achieving superior patient outcomes.
Target Audience
Learning Objectives
After this activity, participants will be able to:
- Recall asthma triggers in the household and how to mitigate them;
- Identify how allergies are connected to asthma;
- Recognize modifying factors that could help children reduce the impact of air quality on asthma;
- State the impact of COVID on asthma;
- Describe how air quality impacts asthma symptoms;
- Discuss ways to support family members with asthma;
- Explain how the rights of students with asthma affect how they are cared for in schools.
- 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 3.50 Participation
8:30 AM-9:00 AM | Breakfast and Registration | ||
9:00 AM-9:10 AM | Opening and Introduction of Speakers | ||
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| South Side Pediatric Asthma Center Overview |
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| Brenda Battle RN, BSN, MBA, UChicago Medicine |
9:10 AM-9:40 AM | Allergies and Asthma | ||
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| Sharmilee Nyenhuis, MD, UChicago Medicine |
9:40 AM-10:25 AM | Panel: Managing Asthma at Home & Asthma Support as a Family Unit | ||
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| Moderator: Brenda Battle RN, BSN, MBA, UChicago Medicine |
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| Melinda Fitzgerald, PNP, Mobile Care Chicago |
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| Sharmilee Nyenhuis, MD, UChicago Medicine |
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| Karmin Wright, UChicago Medicine |
10:25 AM-10:35 AM | Break | ||
10:35 AM-11:20 AM | Panel: Asthma at School | ||
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| Moderator: Laura Markin, MPP, UChicago Medicine |
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| Lynn Gerald, PhD, MSPH, University of Illinois Chicago |
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| TaShunda Green MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, Chicago Public Schools |
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| Andrea Pappalardo, MD, University of Illinois Chicago |
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| Erica Salem, Respiratory Health Association |
11:20 AM-11:35 AM | ECHO-Chicago | ||
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| Jeannine Cheatham, MSN, UChicago Medicine |
11:35 AM-12:05 PM | Lunch | ||
12:05 PM-12:35 PM | COVID and Asthma | ||
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| Nancy Amerson, MPH, Illinois Department of Public Health |
12:35 PM-1:20 PM | Panel: Air Quality and Asthma | ||
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| Moderator: Liza Hansen, MPH, UChicago Medicine |
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| Sola C. Olopade, MD, MPH, UChicago Medicine |
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| Emmy Riley, Cyclone Energy Group |
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| Tanya Ward, Grow Greater Englewood |
1:20 PM-1:30 PM | Closing | ||
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| Brenda Battle RN, BSN, MBA, UChicago Medicine |
*The agenda is subject to change.

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Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships prior to the start of the activity.
Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other Healthcare Professions Credit
Other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
Please Note: The credit claiming process will close three months after the conference end date. Requests to claim credit after three months will be subject to additional fees.
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Please Note: The credit claiming process will close three months after the conference end date. Requests to claim credit after three months will be subject to additional fees.

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