Live Webinar
Friday, February 28, 2025
1:00pm-3:00pm Eastern
Registration is required.
Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
- Debunking Vaccine Myths with Evidence-Based Information
Identify common myths and misconceptions about vaccinations using evidence-based resources, while fostering trust and understanding in diverse patient populations. - Leveraging Community Resources to Overcome Barriers
Assess available community resources to address social determinants of health and barriers to vaccine access, ensuring
equitable care delivery. - Applying Motivational Interviewing Techniques with Cultural Humility
Recognize the role of motivational interviewing skills to effectively engage with patients, incorporating cultural humility to build confidence in health decisions and promote vaccine acceptance.
Speakers
Disclosure: All faculty and planners for this activity have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Luis Alzate-Duque, MD, MPH
Faculty Title(s): Assistant Professor of Medicine & Pediatrics, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, NJMS
Luis was born in Bogota, Colombia and immigrated to North Bergen, NJ at the age of 12. Growing up, he observed family members, neighbors, and friends interacting with the healthcare system from a perspective of illness with little emphasis on prevention. This, among other experiences, including early exposure to the field of public health, awakened in him a desire to pursue medicine as a career path. He received his medical degree from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in 2014 (and fell in love with the community of Newark.) He completed residency training in combined Internal Medicine & Pediatric at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in 2018 and completed an Academic Medicine Fellowship through the Hispanic Center of Excellence at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in 2019, and has an MPH from the Rutgers School of Public Health completed in 2024. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Medicine & Pediatrics at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, where he is dedicated to providing primary care services to adults and pediatric populations in a Newark-based Federally Qualified Health Center. He is the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at New Jersey Medical School, where his passion for holistic, individually centered approaches using a social determinants of health lens, aids him in addressing the academic needs of a diverse student body. Luis interests include addressing disparities in underserved communities with the use of community engagement, community outreach, education and preventive measures to improve health outcomes.

Mary Bridgeman, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, FCCP, FASCP, FNAP
Mary Barna Bridgeman, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, FASCP, FCCP, FNAP is currently a Clinical Professor at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She maintains a clinical practice as an Internal Medicine Pharmacist at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital-New Brunswick. Dr. Bridgeman is dual board certified in geriatrics and pharmacotherapy.
Dr. Bridgeman graduated with her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She then completed a post-graduate pharmacy residency at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital-New Brunswick, New Jersey. Dr. Bridgeman is an active member of the New Jersey Society of Health-System Pharmacy, the New Jersey Pharmacists Association, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists and the American Pharmacists Association. She is recognized as a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists and the National Academies of Practice.

Dhenu Solanki, MD
Dr. Dhenu Solanki is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Rutgers – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She currently provides primary care for all ages, including prenatal care, at the Eric B. Chandler Health Center. She has a special interest in caring for older adults and adults with multiple chronic medical conditions.