Injury Prevention Conference
The Texas Department of State Health Services is excited to announce the 2025 Texas Injury Prevention Conference will be held November 4-5, 2025, in Austin, Texas.
The conference will take place in person at the Hilton Austin Airport Hotel in Austin, Texas. This year’s theme is “Prevent Today, Protect Tomorrow: Innovating Safety for Stronger Communities.” The Texas Injury Prevention Conference gives injury prevention professionals across the state the opportunity to network and learn from one another about their amazing work in Texas. This conference is a chance to collaborate and discuss innovative solutions and challenges in injury prevention.
Mark Your Calendars
Date: November 4-5, 2025
Location: Hilton Austin Airport Hotel, Austin, Texas
Have questions? Please reach out to Innovation Event Management by emailing injuryprevention@iemshows.com or calling 512-358-1000, and we will be happy to assist you.
We hope to see you at the 2025 Injury Prevention Conference!
Injury Prevention Conference 2025 Agenda
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Monday, November 3
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Registration Open |
| 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. | Speaker Dinner |
Tuesday, November 4
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Registration Open |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. | Plenary Session Speaker |
| 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Breakout Sessions 1.1-1.4 |
| Breakout Sessions 1.1-1.4 | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 1.1 Let's Talk - Safe Infant Sleep: A Collective Impact Approach to Reduce Infant Injury Through Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) Education and Outreach | Tina Castellanos, MPA, IBCLC, RLC Veronica Hendrix, LVN, IBCLC, RLC |
| 1.2 Pediatric Drowning in Central Texas: Using Hospital Visit Data to Inform Drowning Prevention | Molly Johnson, PhD |
| 1.3 From Isolation to Action: Harnessing Community Power to Prevent Suicide | Diane Kaulen, MS, CCLS Christina Eyman, DBH, MHA Angela Cummings, Dr.PH |
| 1.4 WORKSHOP Part 1 Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges: Engaging Strategies for Research Recruitment of Adolescents and Young Adults in Schools and Hospitals | Annalyn DeMello, PhD, MPH, RN, CNE Elizabeth Torres, MPH Jeffrey Temple, PhD |
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. | Morning Break |
| 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Breakout Sessions 2.1-2.4 |
| Breakout Sessions 2.1-2.4 | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 2.1 Improving Harris County SUID Data to Inform Prevention Efforts | Angela Bachim, MD, MS Dahaba Hassan, MPH Kristen Beckworth, MPH, CHES, CPST-I Diana Martinez, CPST-I |
| 2.2 The Tech Talk: Safeguarding Teens | Ethan Sartor |
| 2.3 Landscape Analysis of Texas Opioid Use | Maddison Holder Emily Naiser, PhD |
| 2.4 WORKSHOP Part 2 Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges: Engaging Strategies for Research Recruitment of Adolescents and Young Adults in Schools and Hospitals | Annalyn DeMello, PhD, MPH, RN, CNE Elizabeth Torres, MPH Jeffrey Temple, PhD |
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. | Lunch Buffett - all attendees |
| 1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. | Breakout Sessions 3.1-3.4 |
| Breakout Sessions 3.1-3.4 | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 3.1 Suicide Care in Texas | Rebecca Ramirez, MS, LPC-A Tara Reyna, MS, NCC |
| 3.2 Parent Perspectives on Water Safety for Children with Autism | Barbara Cosart, MLIS, MPH, CHES, CPST-I |
| 3.3 “If There is No Money, Then You Can’t Do Anything”: Using Health Care Navigators to Address Injuries and Substance Use among Precarious Workers | Shannon Guillot-Wright, PhD Bibiana Toro Figueira, MPH CucHuyen Roberts, CHW CucHoa Trieu, CHW |
| 3.4 Innovative Approaches to Injury Prevention Through the Integration of Positive Youth Development and Youth-Adult Relationships | Ronda Jackson, MS Emily Naiser, PhD |
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 2:20 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. | Breakout Sessions 4.1-4.4 |
| Breakout Sessions 4.1-4.4 | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 4.1 Universal Pediatric Emergency Center Suicide Screening - What the Dashboard Can Tell Us | Angela Cummings, Dr.PH Diane Kaulen, MS, CCLS Vicki Steward, LVN, MPH |
| 4.2 DSHS Injury Prevention Programs and Using Data to Drive Prevention | Gavin Sussman, EMT-B, BS Marissa Rodriguez, BS, CPST-I, STAC I Jordan Baker, MA |
| 4.3 Water Safety in Rural East Texas | Mandy Watson, RN, BSN Carla McKenzie, MS, CHW, CHES |
| 4.4 Fourth R: An Evidence-based Approach to Preventing Teen Dating Violence (with Expansion on Healthy Relationship to Texting Campaign) | Elizabeth Torres, MPH Leila Wood, PhD, MSSW Elizabeth Baumler, PhD Shannon Guillot-Wright, PhD Jeffrey Temple, PhD |
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 3:20 p.m. - 3:35 p.m. | Break and Refreshments |
| 3:35 p.m. - 4:35 p.m. | Breakout Sessions 5.1-5.4 |
| Breakout Sessions 5.1-5.4 | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 5.1 Making a Splash with Drowning Prevention Education in a Large Metropolitan Area | Melissa Kwan, MD, FAAP |
| 5.2 ARK (At-Risk Kids) Clinic: A Novel Preventative Model for Supporting Children at Risk of Abuse and Neglect | Ann Nduati, MD Dhvani Shanghvi, MD, MEd |
| 5.3 Texas Heatstroke Task Force - Building a Statewide Volunteer Effort to Help Prevent Child Heatstroke in Cars | Carlee McConnell, MPH, CPSTI-I |
| 5.4 Reducing Substance-Related Harms Through Clinical Outreach Education | Daniel Sledge, BA, LP |
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
4:40 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
| Day 1 Closing Presentation Speaker |
Wednesday, November 5
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
| Plenary Session Speaker |
| 9:40 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. | Breakout Sessions 6.1-6.4 |
| Breakout Sessions 6.1-6.4 | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 6.1 Building Stronger Systems: Medical Partnerships Advancing Child Abuse Prevention | Tiffany Sturman, MPH Katherine Snyder, MD, MPH, FAAP |
| 6.2 Me & You: Building Healthy Relationships – An Effective Multimedia Teen Dating Violence Prevention Program for Middle School Students | Melissa Peskin, PhD Andrea Siceluff, MPH |
| 6.3 Title V Injury Prevention: Bridging Gaps Through Data-Driven Community Engagement | Victoria Cottledge, MPH, CHES, CHW |
| 6.4 From Outdated to Optimized: A Future-Ready CPST Workforce Built for Demand | Stewart Williams, MBA, CPST-I |
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 10:40 a.m. - 10:55 a.m. | Break |
10:55 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
| Panel Discussion Panelists |
| 11:50 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Closing and Thank You |
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