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The 7th Annual Philadelphia Trauma Training Conference: July 17-18, 2024

Accelerating Health Equity by Addressing Social and Structural Determinants of Health.

Social determinants (or influencers) of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live and age, and includes the wider set of structural and political forces and systems that shape the conditions of daily life. Some estimate that nearly 80% of physical and mental health outcomes are driven by social determinants.

While the Philadelphia Trauma Training Conference focuses each year on the positive and negative ways that communities and other social contexts impact health outcomes, we are calling out a more intentional focus on determinants of health this year given the number of health and behavioral health systems prioritizing this work.

Plan to join us on Thomas Jefferson University – East Falls Campus on July 17 and 18. More information, including a registration link, is coming soon.

Dr. Roberta Waite, Keynote Speaker

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Roberta Waite, EdD, PMHCNS, RN, MSN, ANEF, FAAN, is Dean and Professor at Georgetown University School of Nursing in Washington DC. She has committed the last 35 years of her nursing career to dismantling healthcare inequities with special emphasis on community-centered work. Having served on the Governor’s Think Tank to develop guidelines for a Trauma-Informed Commonwealth of PA, as content expert for the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing, as the ANA representative on the National Quality Forum MAP Committee on Health Equity, and on Trinity Health’s corporate health system board, she has continuously aligned her efforts with racial and social justice.

Call for Proposals

  • The Conference Planning Committee is seeking proposals for 75-minute workshops and poster presentations.
  • Workshop Proposal Deadline: April 8, 2024
  • Poster Presentation Deadline: Rolling Acceptance through May 19, 2024
Submit Your Proposal

Previous Events

The 2018 Philadelphia Trauma Training Conference

View graphic recordings from previous conferences below. 

See below for images from the opening and closing of our 6th Annual Conference.   

Keynote speaker: Cirecie West-Olatunji, Ph.D., "Advancing Trauma-Informed Care for the 21st Century Challenges"

Credit: Yen Azzaro

Closing: Moderator Meagan Corrado spoke with a panel of providers and youth participants from the following organizations: Hopeworks, YEAH Philly, Temple Youth Voices, and Collective Climb.

Credit: Yen Azzaro
Credit: Yen Azzaro

See below for images from the opening and closing of our 5th Annual Conference.   

Keynote speaker: Robert D. Sege, "The Formative Role of Positive Experiences"

Credit: Rio Holaday

Closing speakers: Kanwarpal Dhaliwal, Jordan Daniels, Sunny Thomas and Nyree McDaniels of the Ryse Center, "Healing is Believing - The Truths of our Youth"

Credit: Rio Holaday

See below for images from the opening and closing of our 4th Annual Conference.

Keynote Speaker: Shawn Ginwright, "From Trauma-Informed Care to Healing-Centered Engagement"

Credit: Rio Holiday

Closing Speaker: Karen Treisman, "The Power of Hope, Connections, and Relationships"

Credit: Rio Holiday