Registration is open for the inaugural Michigan Food as Medicine Summit, scheduled for Oct. 7-8 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center in East Lansing.
The event will bring together leaders from healthcare, food systems, policy and community organizations to learn and shape the state’s first unified Food as Medicine advocacy agenda.
Participants can expect sessions that will highlight best practices for designing, implementing and operationalizing Food as Medicine interventions in both clinical and non-clinical settings.
The summit will feature a keynote address from Dr. Seth Berkowitz, associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine & Clinical Epidemiology, examining food security and nutrition interventions to improve population health.
As an event sponsor, the MHA encourages healthcare leaders and practitioners to participate.
Registration is $445 for payers, providers and health system participants and closes on Oct. 1.
Continuing education credits have been approved for physicians, physician assistants and nurses for 5.0 hours. Continuing education contact hours (CECH) have been approved for health educators. This activity has been approved for 5.0 CECH credits, program number 38017. Applications for social workers and dietitians are pending.
Members with questions about the event may reach out to Lindsay Peters at the MHA.