Dr. Thomas Cowan, holistic physician and author and founder of Dr. Cowan's Garden Powders on the need for eating roots, leaves and flowers from vegetables, why diversity in our diets matters, and lessons learned from traditional eaters who ate a wide range of seasonal vegetables. Dr. Cowan has created these vegetable powders to help people get more of the health benefits that plants have to offer in a convenient and potentially sneaky way.

Dr Cowans Garden

Stuart Tomc, Vice President Human Nutrition, CV Sciences on the consumer market for hemp-derived CBD oil as well as possibilities for pharmaceutical-grade cannabidiol extracts. With the relatively recent discovery of the central regulatory system called the Endocannabinoid System in the human body, Stuart talks about the promise of CBD to address a wide range of conditions.

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CV Sciences

Dr. Este Geraghty, Chief Medical Officer and Health Solutions Director, Esri on working with international health organizations to apply spatial analysis to address emergencies, the spread of epidemics, and preventable diseases. Este also previews topics that will be included in the Esri International Users Conference June 27-July 1, 2016 in San Diego.

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Esri

Nick Macchione, Director, Health and Human Services Agency, San Diego County, CA on the diversity of the population in San Diego with it's 4 distinct weather zones and threats of fires, extreme heat and earthquakes. Nick reveals how gathering data from a wide range of sources and using GIS data and predictive analytics is allowing them to see data-driven improvements in the health and safety of the citizens most at need.

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SanDiegoCounty.gov

Chris Fulcher PhD Director of the Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems, Division of Applied Social Sciences, University of Missouri talks about the development of the Community Commons online tool using open data from federal and local sources to address Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNA). Applying GIS and data visualization provides the kind of granularity needed to understand the complexity of the health of a community.

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Community Commons

Dr. Lidia Schapira, Editor-in-Chief Cancer.net and Fergal McGovern CEO Visible Thread on the challenge of getting patients and caregivers accurate health information that is accessible and understandable. Lidia and Fergal provide thoughtful observations about the challenges of providing accurate cancer related information to an international online audience on Cancer.net which was created by the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

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Cancer.net

Visible Thread

Andrew Schroeder PhD, Director of Research and Analysis, Direct Relief discusses the global spread of Zika and other mosquito borne viral diseases, impact of climate change on insects, and using real-time maps to prevent and mitigate epidemics by getting medicine to the right place at the right time.

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DirectRelief.org

esri.com

Dr. Nancy Hardt drew on her experience as an OB/GYN and pathologist to map at risk neighborhoods in Gainesville, FL in coordination with the Sheriff to identify the correlation between domestic violence and health of the population with reflections on how location visualization can reveal surprises and promote cooperation.

A Sheriff and a Doctor Team Up To Map Childhood Trauma

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Bill Roth, Founder and President, Blue Fin Group, consultants to the healthcare industry, talks about the impact of expiring blockbuster drugs, appealing to specialty populations, getting to value based outcomes for expensive drugs, and how patients need to be more accountable for their own health.

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Blue Fin Group

Summer Collins, VP of Population Health Data Strategies, Dr. Angela Moemeka, VP and Medical Director of Community Health, and Aijaz Syed, Visualization Specialist, Children's Health on using visualization and GIS to better understand health neighborhoods and identify social determinants of health with insights about their Wellness at WIC program for under-served children under 5 years of age.

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Childrens.com