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B Committee Biographies
Pages 117-124

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From page 117...
... One focuses on health behaviors, investigating why individuals engage in health-damaging behaviors and how their understanding of risk affects their choices. This research has primarily been in reproductive health, examining adolescent decision making regarding contraception, conscious and preconscious motivation for pregnancy, perceptions of risk of sexually transmitted diseases, and use of reproductive technologies for infertility.
From page 118...
... Her research has examined the development of cardiovascular risk factors in young adults, the effectiveness of screening and diagnostic tests for cardiovascular disease, and computer-simulated projections of future cardiovascular disease trends and the impact of public health and clinical interventions on cardiovascular disease prevention. She is an inducted member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and a member of the U.S.
From page 119...
... He leads a research center that focuses on the theory and measurement of health across the life course, value in pediatric health care, and development of a national pediatric learning health system. He provides leadership for a federally funded Pediatric Quality Measures Program Center of Excellence, a national program in pediatric learning health systems (which are dedicated to advancing the health of children through research, quality improvement, and informatics)
From page 120...
... Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ; it defines the criteria by which health care providers collect incentives for using EHRs.
From page 121...
... He has also established a formal affiliation agreement with the UW School of Public Health and strengthened the Institute's relationship with its partners in the GHRI health care delivery system.
From page 122...
... His experience spans the private health care and public health sectors. Before joining the Task Force, Dr.
From page 123...
... His research has examined the extent to which a broad range of social and psychological factors are linked to social status and can explain social variations in physical and mental health. He is especially interested in the complex ways in which social class and race/ ethnicity combine to affect health and in identifying the mechanisms and processes by which racism, at both the societal and individual levels, can affect the incidence, prevalence, and course of disease.


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