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Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
Pages 317-328

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From page 317...
... , is the Center for a Livable Future Professor and Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Health Policy, and International Health at The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.
From page 318...
... She has worked in adolescent health for more than 30 years, in schools, clinics, and public health settings. In her work with vulnerable youth, she has provided services ranging from home visiting and school health to program development in numerous community settings.
From page 319...
... Ms. Brown has received numerous awards, including the Institute of Medicine's Cecil Award for Excellence in Research; the John MacQueen Award for Excellence in Maternal and Child Health from the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs; and the Martha May Elliot Award of the American Public Health Association.
From page 320...
... He is a peer reviewer for many medical journals, including Pediatrics, the New England Journal of Medicine, and the American Journal of Public Health. Having served as president of the Academic Pediatric Association and chair of the Steering Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS)
From page 321...
... Fox has directed numerous studies of health care access by low-income youth and youth with complex physical and mental health problems, focusing on Medicaid and SCHIP policies, private health insurance coverage, and managed care, and design of public programs serving children and adolescents.
From page 322...
... He has a long-standing interest in formal outcomes research for mental health and substance abuse services. He is currently a study section member at the National Institute of Drug Abuse and on the Steering Committee of the Mental Health Services Task Force for the American Academy of Pediatrics.
From page 323...
... Dr. Lear chairs the District of Columbia School Health Advisory Committee and serves on advisory boards for a number of organizations, including the National Education Association Health Information Network and the National Coordinating Council for School Health.
From page 324...
... Shepard Science Award from CDC, the American Public Health Association's Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section Distinguished Career Award, and the American Academy of Pediatrics' Section on Injury and Poison Prevention Physician Achievement Award. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine Section 09 for public health, biostatistics, and epidemiology.
From page 325...
... Currently, he is leading studies to develop and evaluate a worksite-based parenting program for parents of adolescents to foster healthy sexual development and sexual risk prevention; partner with a school district to prevent obesity; examine the impact of government-mandated paid family leave insurance on families of children with chronic illness; and understand the experiences of children with HIV-infected parents. He leads the Los Angeles site of "Healthy Passages," a longitudinal study of factors that influence substance use, violence, injuries, physical activity, nutrition, sexual behavior, and mental/physical health among ~5,000 youth.
From page 326...
... She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Society for Adolescent Medicine and the Board of Directors for the Youth Suicide Prevention Program. STAFF Jennifer Appleton Gootman is a senior program officer at the Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences, the National Academies, where she is currently study director for the study on adolescent health care.
From page 327...
... Her work focused on child and family policy for low-income families, including welfare reform, child care, child health, youth development, and teen pregnancy prevention issues. She has directed a number of community youth programs in Los Angeles and New York City, involving young people in leadership development, job preparedness, and community service.
From page 328...
... She is a policy analyst who has served as a study director for the National Academies since 1987. She has directed or served as a senior staff member for more than a dozen studies within the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine, including studies on vaccine finance, the public health infrastructure for immunization, family violence, child abuse and neglect, research ethics and misconduct in science, and education finance.


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