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 EST
WHERE: Indiana Government Center South Auditorium
302 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Livestream link
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 media@health.in.gov.