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Appendix E: Speaker Biographical Sketches
Pages 171-188

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From page 171...
... Other memberships include the American Nurses Association, NC Nurses Association, and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society. She has achieved recognition and awards for distinguished contributions to nursing education and regional engagement from her undergraduate and graduate institutions and community organizations.
From page 172...
... in the Office of Caribbean Program Coordination. There, she managed a portfolio of initiatives in the region that focused special attention on human resources for health, health leadership, the social determinants of health and equity, and strengthening health systems as well as the essential public health functions. Previously, she was the Evaluation Manager, Health Programs for the W.K.
From page 173...
... Committee of the HPCSA, she was responsible for the national reconfiguration of the Council's CPD system and implementation. The main innovations Professor de Villiers is currently leading include the integrated learning of African languages in clinical communication courses; extension of medical training in rural settings; interprofessional education; interactive communicative technology in teaching and learning; and in-depth research in the effectiveness of medical education initiatives.
From page 174...
... Sarah Freeman, Pharm.D., is the Telehealth Program development director for the Alaska Federal Health Care Access Network (AFHCAN) at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC)
From page 175...
... Prior to joining the ABIM in 2004, he was the associate program director at Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program, director of Student Clinical Assessment at Yale School of Medicine, and assistant director of the Yale Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars program. Before joining Yale in 2000, he served as division chief of general internal medicine at the National Naval Medical Center.
From page 176...
... She works with the Care Center and Howard University to improve access to integrated mental health and substance use treatment by expanding clinical hours, engaging the community about health literacy, and discussing HIV and alleviating bureaucratic delays in securing health insurance. Poonam Jain, M.S., M.P.H., is a professor and the director of Community Dentistry at the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM)
From page 177...
... He served as chief resident of the Wesley Family Medicine Residency Program in Wichita in 1981 and completed a Clinical Teaching Fellowship at the McLennan County Medical Education and Research Foundation in Waco, Texas, in 1982. Other awards include the national STFM New Faculty Award in 1989, the KUSM–Wichita Golden Chair Award in 1999, and selection by medical students as the KUMC Graduation Marshall in 2000.
From page 178...
... Since 1986 she has been primarily involved in medical nutrition education but has taught other health care professionals, including students of nutrition and dietetics, occupational therapy, physical therapy, pharmacy, nursing, dental medicine, laboratory medicine, psychology, and public health. She has had the opportunity to work with foreign medical and health professions graduates.
From page 179...
... She is chair of the IOM Global Forum on Innovation for Health Professional Education.
From page 180...
... Her professional nursing activities include the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Academic Progression in Nursing Advisory Board, American Association of Community Colleges Affiliated Council Member, Illinois Center for Nursing Advisory Board, the Illinois Healthcare Action Coalition for the IOM/Future of Nursing, Team Illinois/ ­ Center to Champion Nursing in America, National Nursing Centers Consortium Health Policy Committee, and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society, and she is a site reviewer for the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. Dean Meyer has received various awards for her work, including the MetLife Community College Excellence Award for Innovation, the Illinois Nurses Association Innovation in Health Care Award, the Illinois Community Administrators Award for Innovation, the Illinois Nursing Pinnacle Leader of the Year, the Southern Illinois University Outstanding Nursing Alumni Award, and the YWCA Woman of Distinction Award.
From page 181...
... , serves as the vice dean of education at the UNC School of Medicine and is responsible for the medical students and continuing medical education. He also provides strategic direction for GME at UNC hospitals.
From page 182...
... Her research includes community participatory research methods, ­ addressing health disparities, improving pregnancy outcomes, violence prevention, health literacy, and culturally appropriate delivery of health care. She is a member of the IOM of the National Academies, where she has been elected a member of the governing council and serves on the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP)
From page 183...
... She received her bachelor of science degree in nursing, magna cum laude, from Silliman University College of Nursing in 1979, and her master of health professions education degree in 1989 from the National Teacher Training Center for the Health Professions at the University of the Philippines, Manila. Dean Siega-Sur is currently seeking a
From page 184...
... She is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, and a fellow of the American College of Physicians. Riva Touger-Decker, Ph.D., R.D., is professor and chair of the Department of Nutritional Sciences–School of Health Related Professions and director of the Division of Nutrition–Rutgers School of Dental Medicine at Rutgers University Biomedical and Health Sciences (formerly University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey)
From page 185...
... She holds degrees from New York State University College at Buffalo and New York University. As a dental school faculty member for more than 20 years, she has developed interprofessional approaches in nutrition and oral health education and training for dental students, residents, and faculty as well as dietetic interns and graduate nutrition students.
From page 186...
... Along with colleagues at McGill University, the University of British Columbia, and UofT, she has been the lead consultant for the Future of Medical Education in Canada–Postgraduate Project on the Liaison and Engagement Strategy and the Environmental Scan Scientific Study. As deputy dean, Dr.
From page 187...
... She is currently a professor at The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) , an academic health center with six colleges: Dental Medicine, Graduate Studies, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy.


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