IDOH MEDIA ADVISORY: INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO HOST PUBLIC HEALTH REPORT

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November 13, 2026, 10:41 GMT

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INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH MEDIA ADVISORY

INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) will host a Public Health Report on the department’s financials, priorities and challenges. Event details are available on the IDOH website.

WHEN: Nov. 16, 2026, 9 a.m. - noon
WHERE: Indiana Government Center South Auditorium

Agenda

Keynote: Lindsay M. Weaver M.D., FACEP,

State Health Commissioner - 9 - 9:20 a.m.

Strategy Introduction
Agency Objectives

Agency Initiatives - 9:20 - 10 a.m.

Health First Indiana, Michelle Matern, Southern Regional Director
Rural Health Transformation Program, Eden Bezy, MPH, Deputy Commissioner of Rural Health Practice

Break - 10 - 10:15 a.m.

Agency Priorities - 10:15 - 11:10 a.m.

Improve Maternal and Infant Health, Jamie Smith, MS, MPH, Division of Family Health Data and Fatality Prevention Director; Rose Douglass, MPH, CLS, Maternal and Child Healthh Division Director
Prevent Chronic Disease, Naima Gardner, MPH, Assistant Commissioner, Women, Children, and Families Division
Strengthen Data Quality and Transparency, Lindsay Bouza, MPH, Chronic Disease, Primary Care & Rural Health Director; Katie Hughes, Chief Data Officer

Program Spotlights - 11:10 a.m. - noon

Indiana Department of Health Laboratories, Mark Glazier, Deputy Director
Trauma System, Brian Busching, MPH, Trauma and Injury Prevention Director
Consumer Services and Healthcare Regulation, Jessica Krug, Assistant Commissioner, Consumer Services and Healthcare Regulation
Tick Borne Illnesses, Lee Green, Senior Medical Entomologist, Vector-borne and Zoonotic Disease Program

State Health Commissioner Lindsay M. Weaver, M.D., FACEP will have media availability between noon and 12:15 p.m. following the event.

Members of media organizations who will be attending the Public Health Report are asked to RSVP by notifying the IDOH Office of Public Affairs at [email protected].

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