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Appendix C: Biosketches of Speakers and Planning Committee Members
Pages 69-80

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... in Gerontology from the University of Southern California and received post-doctoral training in population health from the University of Pennsylvania as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar. From 2011 to 2012, she served as a Health and Aging Policy Fellow in the U.S.
From page 70...
... Other initiatives that Mr. Collier has been engaged in include Re-imagining a More Sustainable Cleveland, the Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium, and the Cuyahoga County Place Matters team, which seeks to improve the health of communities by working with policy makers and organizations to focus on the social determinants of health to create viable sustainable communities.
From page 71...
... The division implements the CitySpace and Chicago River plans, led the development, and coordinates implementation of the Calumet plans, Logan Square Open Space Plan, Chicago Eat Local Live Healthy, A Recipe for Healthy Places and Adding Green to Urban Design. Plans nearing completion are a citywide manufacturing plan and a land-use plan for five city neighborhoods that has undergone a large population loss.
From page 72...
... Ms. Fulk also serves as a task lead for EPA's Sustainability and Healthy Communities Research Program where she promotes the use of Health Impact Assessment by regional, state and community decision makers as an approach to enhance public health.
From page 73...
... Dr. Isham is active nationally and currently co-chairs the National Quality Forum convened Measurement Application Partnership, chairs the National Committee for Quality Assurance's (NCQA's)
From page 74...
... He is a past chair of the New Jersey Department of Health's Cardiac Health Advisory Council, a past board member of AcademyHealth in Washington, DC, a past board member of the New York Catholic Health Care System, and a past board member of the Robert Wood Johnson Health System in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
From page 75...
... Dr. Mitchell oversees the Health in All Policies Task Force, whose primary goal is to promote health equity by addressing the social determinants of health using a multi-sectoral approach.
From page 76...
... Dr. Rudolph has also been the chief medical officer for Medi-Cal Managed Care, medical director for the California Division of Workers' Compensation, executive medical director for the Industrial Medical Council, staff physician in the CDPH Occupational Health program, and a physician for the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers' International Union.
From page 77...
... Russo serves as the senior program officer for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars, a national Foundation program that enables outstanding individuals who have completed doctoral training to engage in an intensive 2-year program in population health at one of six nationally prominent universities. This innovative program seeks to produce leaders in population health who will work across disciplines and across sectors to change the questions asked, the methods employed to analyze problems, and the range of solutions offered to improve population health and reduce disparities in health.
From page 78...
... Prior to joining Pew, Dr. Wernham served as a senior policy analyst with the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium where he headed a joint state-tribal-federal working group that developed HIA guidance for federal and state environmental regulatory and permitting efforts.
From page 79...
... This study assessed the effects of HIV/AIDS, exposure to racial discrimination and torture during apartheid, on the health of the South African population. He was also a key member of the team that conducted the National Study of American Life, the largest study of mental health disorders in the African American population in the United States and the first health study to include a large national sample of Blacks of Caribbean ancestry.


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