TEDxFSCJ Adventure: Access to Healthcare

Access to quality healthcare shouldn’t be a luxury. However, in the U.S. the wealth-health gap is increasing––forcing many to choose between medications and food. Despite having the highest per capita health expenditures of all developed nations, the U.S. has slipped to the lowest rankings in health outcomes and equity.

Join TEDxFSCJ as we explore what these trends mean for our local community. Our expert panelists will discuss healthcare access challenges across the First Coast, the work being done to address healthcare inequity, and local healthcare resources for those in need. 

 Speakers include:

• Terrie Andrews, Ph.D., Behavioral Health System Administrator, Baptist Health

• Carol Jenkins Neil, Ph.D., Professor of Nursing, FSCJ, and President, First Coast Black Nurses Association

• Melanie Patz, Vice President of Community Investment and Impact, Baptist Health

• Mobeen Rathore, M.D., Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville

• Shannon Shea, M.D., M.P.H., Pediatrician, Agape Community Health Center

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The adventure will be held Thursday, November 7,
6-8:30 p.m. at FSCJ Deerwood Center.

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Speakers

Terrie Andrews

Terrie W. Andrews, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist with a background in business operations and development. A Florida State University graduate, Dr. Andrews began her career at Baptist Health as an outpatient psychologist specializing in psychological testing and psychotherapy services for children and adults. In 2015, Dr. Andrews became the Director of Outpatient Services for Behavioral Health. She held that role until accepting her current job as Baptist’s System Administrator for Behavioral Health––a position where she is directly responsible for all health functions in Northeast Florida’s largest healthcare system.

Carol Jenkins Neil

Carol Jenkins Neil, Ph.D., RN, is president of the First Coast Black Nurses Association and a professor of nursing at Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ). Under her leadership, FSCJ hosted its first Health Disparities Summit. Dr. Neil has served in various leadership roles including: co-leader of the Diversity Council for the Florida Action Coalition, founder of Friends of Adult Day Services, former CEO of Hope Adult Day Services, and nominations committee member of the National League of Nursing. Dr. Neil is also the recipient of numerous accolades such as the President’s award at FSCJ and the Great 100 Nurses award.

Melanie Patz

Melanie Patz’s career is rooted in community development. Her past work with the United Way, the Hubbard House, and the Association of Fundraising Professionals is now followed by her community outreach as Baptist Health’s Vice President of Community Investment and Impact. In this role, Ms. Patz directs the development of the Community Health Needs Assessment in collaboration with Brooks Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic Florida, St. Vincent’s Health System, and UF Health Jacksonville. Additionally, Ms. Patz addresses each of Baptist Health’s hospitals’ needs and works with Baptist Health’s Social Responsibility Board Committee to improve wellness throughout Northeast Florida.

Mobeen Rathore

Through his extensive humanitarian outreach and medical expertise, Mobeen Rathore, M.D. has served our local community for over 25 years. Currently, Dr. Rathore is a professor and associate chair of Pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine—Jacksonville, Division Chief for Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology at Wolfson Children’s Hospital, and Director of the UF Center for HIV/AIDS Research, Education, and Service (UF CARES). Additionally, Dr. Rathore co-founded MASS (Muslim American Social Services), Inc., one of the largest free clinics in the area. He is also an active member of community organizations such as Leadership Jacksonville, the Islamic Center of Northeast Florida, and OneJax.

Shannon Shea

Jacksonville native, Shannon Shea, M.D., earned her medical degree and master’s degree in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. She then completed her residency in pediatrics at the University of California San Francisco as part of the Pediatrics Leadership for the Underserved (PLUS) program. After residency, Dr. Shea spent five years with the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative’s Global Health Corps in Mwanza, Tanzania, caring for infants, children, and adolescents exposed to and infected with HIV. She returned to Jacksonville in 2017 and joined Agape Community Health Center and Jacksonville Pediatric Associates.

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Hosts

Joan Boyd

Joan Boyd, RN, MSN, MBA/HCA, is the Interim Associate Dean of Nursing at Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ). While at FSCJ, Ms. Boyd has been a full-time nursing professor, adviser to the future healthcare student association, and a member of several department and college-wide committees––including the curriculum and service leaning committee and the continuing contract committee. Prior to joining FSCJ, Ms. Boyd combined both her experience and education to serve the medical field in diverse capacities and across various medical specialties. An RN since 1992, Ms. Boyd has also been a nursing manager, a house nursing supervisor, and she has worked in ICU, NICU, and oncology units.

Larissa Mayer

After graduating with honors from the Nursing Associate in Science program at Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ), Ms. Larissa Mayer matriculated into FSCJ’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. Outside of her studies, Ms. Mayer serves as a talent grant awardee for TEDxFSCJ and as a laboratory assistant for FSCJ’s Deerwood Center teaching labs. Ms. Mayer also mentors future nursing students, is an active member of the National Student Nurses’ Association (NSNA), volunteers with her son’s baseball team, and has volunteered for the OHSA competition––a high health competition for students interested in pursuing health fields after high school. She is also a member of TRIO, a club for health programs at FSCJ.

TEDxFSCJ Salon: Leonardos of the 21st Century

2019 marks the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, the quintessential Renaissance man or “polymath” whose genius spanned an astonishing array of disciplines.

In today’s digital age, poets and scientists, designers and architects are rediscovering this vision, cultivating expertise in multiple fields and challenging the boundaries that separate the arts and sciences.

Join TEDxFSCJ for Leonardos of the 21st Century, a salon exploring how the Renaissance or polymath ideal is finding renewed expression across the First Coast. Hosted by local artists Princess Simpson Rashid and Mark Creegan, the evening will feature five creative innovators:

• Ben Atkinson, ecologist and poet at Flagler College

• Jonathan Cantor, architect and Vice President atRS&H, exploring how built environments impact human health and the health sciences

• Caitlín Doherty, Director, MOCA Jacksonville

• Clark Lunberry, UNF Professor of English, interdisciplinary scholar and artist whose work includes poetry installations

• Kedgar Volta, Creative Director of Castaño Group, connecting digital and physical environments through interactive media

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The salon will be held Thursday, February 28,
7-9 p.m. at MOCA Jacksonville.

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Speakers

Ben Atkinson

Ben Atkinson is an assistant professor of natural sciences at Flagler College. In recent years, he has returned to poetry as a creative outlet and tool for understanding the world. Ben’s work ranges from poems published in literary magazines and galleries to published articles on reptiles and amphibians in scientific journals and books. Field research has taken him to Belize, Bermuda, Honduras and across the U.S. Active with Ancient City Poets, Ben shares his work at Corazon Cinema and Café in St. Augustine. He also reads locally in Jacksonville. Last year, he debuted poems for the Southeastern Sister Cities Reading Tour, Sing Out Loud Festival and JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival. Ben holds a Ph.D. in wildlife ecology and conservation from the University of Florida.

Jonathan Cantor

Vice President and Healthcare Market Leader for RS&H, Jonathan has spent his career focusing on the development of healthcare and life science environments. As an architect, Jonathan understands how the built environment directly impacts the health and productivity of patients, staff and researchers. Over the past decade, he has created multiple design studios that focus on evidence-based design decisions to improve those outcomes. Jonathan served for six years on the Board of Directors for BioFlorida, which focuses on the growth of the life science industry in Florida and is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps.

Caitlín Doherty

Born on South Uist, a small island in Northwest Scotland, Caitlín’s journey to Jacksonville highlights her passion for the arts, community and education. Having acted as the chief curator and deputy director for the Broad Art Museum in Michigan, the exhibitions and speaker curator at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar and the inaugural director of Lismore Castle Arts in Ireland, Caitlín has engaged with and provided leadership to artists, students and communities around the world. Furthermore, Caitlín has taught a variety of courses at Ireland's Waterford Institute of Technology and University College London. Caitlín holds master's degrees from the University of Edinburgh and the University of St. Andrews. Currently, she serves as the Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville.

Clark Lunberry

Clark is a professor of English at the University of North Florida. Along with his interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching, Lunberry creates site-specific “writing on water | writing on air” art and poetry installations, placing large-scale poems on water and windows. Recent installations have been completed in Uppsala, Sweden; Oxford, England; Paris, France; Toronto, Canada; Tokyo and Hiroshima, Japan; Durham, England; Stanford University; the University of Georgia; and at the University of North Florida. To view his work, please visit www.clarklunberry.com.

Kedgar Volta

Kedgar has been a vital part of the Jacksonville arts and creative community for over a decade. As co-founder and Creative Director of Castaño Group, he uses interactive technology and his talent for design to create innovative ways to communicate in digital and physical environments. After emigrating to Florida from Cuba, Kedgar began his career at Brunet-García Advertising where he created internationally recognized work running the gamut from typography to animation. He has been a featured artist at Art Basel Miami Beach and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and has been awarded multiple National ADDY and Emmy Awards.In 2015, he was named Emerging Artist of the Year by the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville.

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Hosts

Mark Creegan

Mark is an assistant professor of drawing and design at Florida State College at Jacksonville. He is also an artist whose work alternates between various media such as painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, installation and performance. Underlying Mark’s incredibly diverse practice is a thoughtful exploration of abstract form, repetitive mark-making, color, humor, and use of found and discarded materials. Hairnets, shark’s teeth, used watercolor sets and combs are just some of the diverse array of objects Creegan employs into minimalist arrangements or large-scale installations which are often used as spaces for performative action. Creegan currently lives in Jacksonville, Florida, and received an MFA degree from Florida State University.

Princess Simpson Rashid

Princess is an American painter, printmaker, blogger, art activist, competitive sport-fencer and coach. Her work has been part of exhibitions and private collections in museums, art centers and galleries across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Portugal. Locally, Princess has been recognized by various organizations including the Florida Watercolor Society, Tampa Regional Artists and the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville. Princess was born in Georgia and studied printmaking and painting at Escuela de Artes Plastica in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and earned her B.S. in Physics from Georgia State University.