Healthcare Education
Utilizing her expertise in research methods, statistics, and the intersections of weight science, weight stigma, and healthcare practice, Ragen Chastain has delivered compelling, evidence-based Keynotes, Grand Rounds, and Continuing Education to diverse healthcare and public health professional audiences including medical conferences, hospital systems, private practices, medical and public health schools, and more.
For more information or to book a speaking engagement email ragen@weightandhealthcare.com
"As an MD-PhD I was floored at her ability to explain complicated medical and research concepts
in accessible ways." -RS, MD-PhD
"I'm writing to thank you. I know that I was resistant to what you were teaching our practice initially. Things that you said really stuck with me and as I've been reading the research you mentioned I kept having experiences working with my larger patients that reminded me of exactly what you have been teaching about. And I'm already seeing positive benefits to focusing on behaviors rather than weight loss." - GH, MD
Topics
Healthcare for Every Body – Caring for Higher Weight Patients - A comprehensive look at what research and lived experience tell us about the best ways to care for higher weight patients, the ways that weight stigma impacts healthcare from research to direct care, and what healthcare practitioners can do to make sure that they are providing the highest level of evidence-based, ethical care to patients of all sizes.
Beyond the Hype - What the Research Tells Us About GLP-1s for Weight Loss- From PSAs to medical drama plotlines to headlines, GLP-1 weight loss drugs seem to be almost everywhere, promising almost everything. In this workshop (available in one or two parts) we’ll go behind all the marketing hype and dig into what the research actually says about these drugs including long-term weight loss and health-related outcomes. We’ll also explore what we don’t yet know and how providers can ensure that they are providing accurate information and ethical informed consent to patients around these drugs.
What is Weight-Inclusive Care? There is a lot of discussion and confusion around exactly what weight-inclusive care means and when it is an ethical, evidence-based option. In this talk we'll dig into the research for weight-inclusive care for general health as well as for specific diagnoses, allowing providers to offer appropriate information, informed consent, and shared decision-making around these options.
Wellness Care for People of Size - A discussion of the ways that weight stigma impacts healthcare - from research to direct care to public health messaging - and how those messages can impact patient and practitioner relationships with bodies, food, movement, and health. We’ll break down what research and lived experience tell us about the best ways to care for higher-weight patients, and discuss healthcare and public health messaging best practices that engage people of all sizes to support their health through prevention, promotion, and protection.
Public Health for Every Body - In this workshop we'll learn what research and lived experience teach us about creating evidence-based public health campaigns that engage people of all sizes while avoiding common pitfalls that can create weight stigma, shame, and oppression and drive disengagement.
Customized talks are also available to ensure that you get the information you want and need.
Reach out to get more information or schedule a speaking engagement at ragen@weightandhealthcare.com
Speaking Engagements (Partial List)
Massachusetts General Hospital
MGH Institute of Health Professions Conference
Keynote: One Size Doesn't Fit All: Anti-Fat Bias in Genetic Counseling
With Leeran Dublin-Ryan, PhD, MS, CGC
Memorial Sloan Kettering
Organization-wide talk and Q&A
Weight in Medical Research and Practice
Yale New Haven Hospital/Yale School of Medicine
Talk and Q&A on Weight Neutral Health: Internal Medicine Residents, Yale New Haven Hospital
All College Program for Humanities in Medicine/Poynter Lecture: Healthcare for Every Body – Best Practices for Caring for Higher Weight Patients
Indiana WIC Annual Statewide Conference
Keynote - Healthcare for Every Body - Caring for Our Higher-Weight Clients
Washington State Society of Anesthesiologists/British Columbia Anesthesiologists Society Annual Conference
Keynote: Anesthesia for Every Body: Caring for Higher-Weight Patients
Panel: Comprehensive Anesthesia Care for Higher Weight Patients: an Expert Discussion with Sandy Pitfield, MD and Lisa Erlanger, MD
Eating Disorder Coalition of Iowa - Annual Conference
Day 1 Keynote Speaker - four 1.5 hour talks
Maryland WIC
Keynote: Healthcare for Every Body - Caring for Higher-Weight Patients
University of Minnesota Medical School
Guest Lecture: Caring for Higher-Weight Patients Weight Stigma and the 2SLGBTQIA Community
Kaiser Permanente
600 Healthcare Practitioners
CME Keynote: Weight Bias in Healthcare
Twin Cities Pediatric Update
Endowed Endocrinology Keynote
Caring for Higher-Weight Patients: The Weight-Neutral Health Paradigm
Harlem Family Health Center
Grand Rounds
Wellness Care for People of Size
Connecticut Department of Health
Keynote: Weight Stigma in Diabetes and Heart Disease Care
Reproductive Health National Training Center
Training with Dr. Jeffrey Hunger
Weight Stigma and Bias in Sexual and Reproductive Health Care
Children's Minnesota
Grand Rounds
Caring for Higher-Weight Patients - The Weight-Neutral Health Paradigm
New York Department of Health
Keynote: Weight Neutral Options in SNAP Education
Jacobi Medical Center/North Central Bronx Hospital
Grand Rounds
Reproductive Care for Higher-Weight Patients
University of Minnesota
Grand Rounds - Department of Family and Community Health
Caring for Higher Weight Patients
Los Angeles County Department of Health
Keynote: Public Health for Every Body
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Healthcare Practitioners and Staff
Keynote: Weight Bias in Healthcare
Telus Health
Keynote
Weight Bias in Healthcare
Interior Health Canada
Keynote
Weight Bias in Healthcare
Lindner Center of HOPE
Staff Training - Dealing with Diet Culture
Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists National Conference
5,000 clinicians, researchers, academicians and industry leaders to address key issues affecting people with diabetes,
prediabetes and other cardiometabolic conditions
Planned Parenthood
NC, SC, VA and WV affiliate
Workshop: Healthcare for Every Body - The Weight-Neutral Health Paradigm
EAHEC - Diabetes Care and Education Conference
103 Dietitians, Nurses, Pharmacists, and other healthcare practitioners
Keynote: Movement and Diabetes Management for Larger People
Nurses for Sexual & Reproductive Health
Workshop: Weight Bias in Healthcare
University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
Psychiatry Department
Keynote: Weight Bias in Healthcare
Community Health Association of Mountain/Plains States Health Equity Series
Healthcare Practitioners and staff from Region VIII (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)
Keynote: Weight Bias In Healthcare
University of Utah School of Medicine
Physicians Assistant Program
Keynote: Weight Bias in Healthcare
New England and New York College Health Association Annual Conference, Burlington Vermont
400 health promotion professionals
Keynote: Wellness Care for People of Size
Breakout: Health at Every Size in Public Health Messages
Montana Population Health Summit
Clinicians and administrators for over 80 community health center sites across Montana
Keynote: Wellness Care For People Of All Sizes
Dartmouth College Health Services Practitioners and Staff
Keynote: Healthcare for Every Body – Caring for Higher Weight Patients
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Keynote: Eliminating Weight Bias in Public Health Messaging
Long Island University School of Public Health Professions
Keynote: Public Health for People of Size
Texas A&M University - School for Rural Public Health
Keynote: Wellness Care for People of Size
San Francisco State University - Student Dietetic Association
Keynote: Wellness Care for People of Size
University of Michigan School of Social Work
Social Work Grand Rounds - Weight Bias in Social Work
University of Texas at Austin Student Health Services Practitioners and Staff
Keynote: Public Health for People of Size
National College of Natural Medicine
Keynote: Wellness Care for People of Size
Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association National Conference, Boston Massachusetts
150 doctors, nurses, psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors, dietitians and other healthcare professionals who focus on the treatment and care of patients with eating disorders
Keynote:Size Acceptance and Eating Disorders: A Critical, Crucial, Core Conversation
New Hampshire Eating Disorder Conference, Plymouth, NH
150 doctors, nurses, psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors, dietitians and other healthcare professionals who focus on the treatment and care of patients with eating disorders
Keynote: Size Acceptance and Eating Disorders: A Critical, Crucial, Core Conversation
Breakout: Athletes at Every Size
Carolina House Symposium, Durham, NC
100 doctors, nurses, psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors, dietitians and other healthcare professionals who focus on the treatment and care of patients with eating disorders
Keynote: Social Justice through Health at Every Size and Size Acceptance