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Appendix C: Committee Biographies
Pages 223-230

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... In 2003 she cochaired the IOM committee addressing public health workforce needs that authored the report Who Will Keep the Public Healthy? Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century.
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... Dr. Diaz is the director of the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center, a unique program that provides comprehensive, integrated, interdisciplinary primary care, sexual and reproductive health, mental health, and health education services to teens.
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... Dr. Garcia has served as a consultant to and collaborator on a variety of domestic and international agencies and nongovernmental organizations concerned with cervical cancer prevention, including the Department of Health of the State of Sonora, Population Council, the Pan-American Health Organization, the Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplasicas (Peruvian National Cancer Institute)
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... He is currently working with the Upstate Health Research Network in New York to calculate usual and customary reimbursement rates for the health insurance industry.
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... Since 1998, Dr. Nelson has conducted systematic evidence reviews and comparative effectiveness reviews for the United States Preventive Services Task Force, National Institutes of Health, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Effective Healthcare Program, and Drug Effectiveness Review Project, among others, at the Oregon Evidence-Based Practice Center.
From page 228...
... , she lead the design and dissemination of innovative approaches to improving local understanding and action to address mother-to-baby transmission of human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS, reduce health disparities, and improve women and infant's health, including the perinatal periods of risk approach. She served as a member of the Select Panel for Preconception Care with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to shape national recommendations on the care of women prior to pregnancy, and co-led the Public Health Work Group of the National Preconception Health Steering Committee.
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... She was also an associate director of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, specializing on the access challenges facing low-income families, Medicaid managed care, and state health reform. Prior to joining Kaiser, she worked on the program staff of the Pew Charitable Trusts.
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... Dr. Vernon has published more than 150 scientific articles and book chapters and is currently a member of several editorial boards including those of the Journal of National Cancer Institute, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, Preventive Medicine, and Cancer Causes and Control.


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