Events

Event Title	Inaugural Better Tomorrow Network Meeting
Location	Sheraton Dallas (400 N. Olive Street, Dallas, TX 75201)
Sponsor	Psychiatry
Date/Time	09/28/2022 1:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Event Price

For more information, contact the event administrator: Kristen Witkemper kriswit@live.unc.edu

Event Presenters

Name	Title
Samuel A. McLean, MD, MPH	Jeffrey Houpt Distinguished Investigator, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine
Kate Walsh, PhD	Associate Professor; University of Wisconsin-Madison
Megan Lechner, DNP, APRN, CNS, SANE-A, SANE-P	Forensic Nurse Examiner Clinical Manager; UCHealth Memorial Hospital
Jenny Black, RN, BSN, SANE-A	Director of Forensic Nursing; The SAFE Alliance
Kathy Bell, MS, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P, AFN-C, DF-AFN	Forensic Nurse Administrator; Tulsa Police Department

Join us for the Inaugural meeting of the Better Tomorrow Network! The Better Tomorrow Network (BTN) seeks to increase the number of multi-site studies of sexual assault survivors, including federally-funded studies, so that care of sexual assault survivors is more rapidly improved.

The BTN works to organize the largest sexual assault treatment centers in the United States, together with researchers, stakeholders, and survivors, into a survivor-centered cooperative with a fair and transparent governance structure. This session will review the history and purpose of the BTN, discuss its governance and operations, describe how SANEs, SANE programs, and others can get involved, review current and upcoming studies, and brainstorm ideas and next steps.