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2:15-3:45pm – Framing Public Health in Rural Settings 
1:15-2:15pm – Building Bridges: Connecting Public Health and County Leadership 
10.20.2025 Emerging Issues Committee Minutes  October 20, 2025
Meeting Agenda 
Hepatitis C Virus Elimination in Rural NYS: What Will It Take?

October 9, 2025
Hepatitis C Virus Elimination in Rural NYS Slides

Hepatitis C Virus Elimination in Rural NYS Slides 
09.16.2025 Emerging Issues Committee Minutes  September 16, 2025
12:15 – 1:30 PM: Harm Reduction Policies for Protective Factors 
  • Alexis Pleus, Executive Director, Truth Pharm & NYSHRA Co-Chair
  • Julie Ritzler-Shelling, M.Ed., Senior Director of Community Prevention and Harm Reduction Services, Trillium Health & NYSHRA Board Member
10:20 – 11:10 AM: Breakout 3C: Planning for Impactful Opioid Settlement Fund Utilization: Lessons Learned from Suffolk County 
  • Alyse Marotta, MPH, Coordinator of Community Based Programs, Division of Community Mental Hygiene Services, Suffolk County Department of Health
  • Cari Faith Besserman, MS, CRC, CASAC-M, Director, Division of Community Mental Hygiene Services, Suffolk County Department of Health
  • Tina Wolf, Executive Director, Community Action for Social Justice
  • Melissa Wettengel, MPH, NYCPS, Chief Executive Officer, Hands Across Long Island

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