BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Phoenix X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Phoenix BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1508@azbio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200914T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200914T160000 DTSTAMP:20200911T022622Z URL:https://www.azbio.org/events/the-path-forward SUMMARY:The Path Forward - - 14 Sep 20 15:00 DESCRIPTION:\n\n \;\nThis Arizona Bioscience Week Event is Sponsored by Amgen\nDuring this one hour virtual event on Webex\, life science leaders will provide updates on the latest status of COVID-19 innovations as we w ork to protect the health and well being of our community followed by a di scussion  \;with Arizona Legislative Leaders as they share their thoug hts on what we need to do to keep moving forward.\n\nPresented Virtually V ia Webex\n\nRegister for this and other free Arizona Bioscience Week Educa tional Events via the AZBW2020 App\nRegister for AZBW 2020\nDate: Monday\, September 14\, 2020\n\nTime: \; 3:00 - 4:00 PM AZ/MST/PDT\nLegislator s:\nSenator Kate Brophy McGee has earned her reputation as a trailblazer\, and someone who puts her constituents and Arizona ahead of party politics . She has served her community for nearly two decades - first as a school board member\, and in the Arizona State Legislature for the past nine year s. During that time she’s won numerous awards for her legislative work\, including most recently the Women’s Health Champion Award from the Amer ican College of OBGYNs\, the Arizona Capitol Times’ Legislative Leader o f the Year Award\, and many more additional honors.\n\nDuring her time in the legislature\, she has put her protective instincts and diplomatic reas oning to work for her constituents\, restoring Medicaid and KidsCare fundi ng\, and fighting for school funding. She has been a tireless advocate for Arizona’s students\, crossing party lines whenever necessary to best se rve them\, including sponsoring the bipartisan extension of Proposition 30 1 funding for schools.\n\n \;\n\nRepresentative Amish Shah\, MD\, MPH was born and raised in Chicago\, Ill. His mother and father were engineeri ng students who immigrated from India in the 1960s. His father is Jain and his mother is Hindu. He attended Catholic school from grades K-12. \; He attended Northwestern University in Evanston\, Ill.\, and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. He graduated from Northwester n University Medical School as part of the Honors Program in Medical Educa tion.\n\nAfter medical school\, Dr. Shah worked for LEK Consulting\, LLC\, an international strategy consulting firm. He completed a Master's in Pub lic Health with a full Merit Scholarship at the University of California\, Berkeley\, followed by residency training in Emergency Medicine at New Yo rk City's busiest Level I trauma center. He won the American Academy of Em ergency Medicine’s National Resident Research Competition for his work i n inventing a new method to provide care for the critically ill. \;Dr. Shah graduated from the University of Arizona’s Sports Medicine fellows hip\, a Division I college program featuring a wide breadth of sports cove rage. His research project and clinical focus were ultrasound-guided proce dures and diagnostics. He is currently board certified in Emergency Medici ne and Sports Medicine and practices throughout Arizona\, treating adults and children.\n\nDaniel Hernandez Jr.\, is a native Arizonan\, lifelong De mocrat\, and Member of the Arizona State Legislature representing South Tu cson\, Sahuarita\, Green Valley and Santa Cruz County. He currently serves on the Public Safety and State &\; International Affairs Committees an d is the Co-Founder of the LGBT Caucus.\n\nIn his first term\, Hernandez h as received praise for his work to find bipartisan solutions\; from introd ucing a bipartisan resolution in recognition of Israel's Independence Day\ , to his first bill to exempting diapers\, baby formula\, and feminine hyg iene products from sales taxes\, which was passed in committee with wide b ipartisan support\, he has worked hard to achieve meaningful impact. In th e Judiciary and Public Safety committee\, Hernandez has been a vocal suppo rter of reproductive rights and gun violence prevention. Additionally\, he fought against legislation that would have made it more difficult for vic tims of sexual assault to pursue justice.\n\nDedicated to working on innov ative solutions to address Arizona's economy\, Hernandez helped pass legis lation to protect small business from frivolous lawsuits. He has also brou ght his years of experience in education to help advocate for issues aroun d K-12 education.\n\nIn 2011\, while working in the office of Congresswoma n Gabrielle Giffords\, Hernandez took actions on January 8th with which he is credited with saving her life. That day and the aftermath drove him to advocate for Gun Violence Prevention at the state and national level\, wh ich he does to this day.\n\nMore END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Phoenix X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Phoenix BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20190915T150000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR