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Appendix D: Speaker and Moderator Biographies
Pages 117-130

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From page 117...
... Strategic initiatives include spreading and scaling Nemours' early care and education learning collaborative approach to obesity prevention through an up-to-$20-million cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ; working with federal partners on integrating population health and clinical care and providing strategic direction on Nemours' Center for Medicare & M ­ edicaid Innovation Health Care Innovation Challenge award that integrates population health and the medical home for children with asthma in three primary care pilot sites in Delaware; and collaborating with the First Lady's Let's Move!
From page 118...
... Board on Children, Youth, and Families and on the IOM roundtables on Population Health Improvement and on Obesity Solutions; the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Health Care Innovation Exchange Board; the Winter Park Health Foundation Board; and the University of Michigan Griffith Leadership Center Board. She has published work on population health, child health systems transformation, Medicaid, SCHIP, and Nemours' prevention-oriented health system, including its CDC Pioneering Innovation Award–winning statewide childhood obesity program.
From page 119...
... She is a frequent commentator on national and local broadcasts and print news coverage of tobacco control issues, appearing on ABC's Good Morning America, CNN's Larry King Live, NBC's Today, MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, National Public Radio, and more. Daniel Herman, Ph.D., is a professor and the associate dean for scholarship and research at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College and is a member of the doctoral faculty of the School of Public
From page 120...
... in social welfare and a master's degree in epidemiology, both from Columbia University. Sally Herndon, M.P.H., is the director of North Carolina's Tobacco Control Network and the head of the Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch of the Division of Public Health in the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
From page 121...
... During his time at Roswell Park, his primary research focus related to tobacco prevention and control, particularly the evaluation of secondhand smoke exposure and smoke-free policies in indoor environments.
From page 122...
... In this capacity she strives to establish effective public health laws, regulations, and policies; to enhance the public health law infrastructure to support practitioners, advocates, and their legal counsel in improving health; and to promote the use of law in fields that affect health. In supporting the foundation's commitment to tackling some of the nation's toughest health and health care problems through evidence and policy, Ms.
From page 123...
... She previously served as the program director for the Northern Manhattan Community Voices Collaborative at Columbia University's Center for Community Health Partnerships, where she implemented and evaluated health programs.
From page 124...
... , where he led the organization's collaboration with the World Health Organization on the 3 by 5 Initiative and directed its major domestic initiatives to improve patient safety, the 100,000 Lives Campaign, and the 5 Million Lives Campaign. He has advised or consulted with other large-scale quality improvement efforts in the Canada, Denmark, England, Japan, and United States.
From page 125...
... In 2010 she was awarded the Academy of Management BPS Division's Irwin Distinguished Educator Award, and in 2012 the Academy conferred on McGahan its Career Distinguished Educator Award for her championship of reform in the core curriculum of business schools. Fareed Mostoufi, M.A., the community and training programs manager at Arena Stage, is in his fourth season working as a director and educator in the Community Engagement Department.
From page 126...
... . A nationally recognized leader in improving community health, addressing health inequities among vulnerable people, and promoting quality of care, Dr.
From page 127...
... Major changes include the renovation and reopening of the historic Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt House, which is now the Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, and the construction of a $131 million home in East Harlem for Hunter's renowned School of Social Work that also houses the new CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College. The reforms and improvements are reflected in Hunter's rising national standing.
From page 128...
... President Raab is the 2012 recipient of Albany Law School's Miriam M Netter Award, which is awarded annually to the school's Kate Stoneman Day keynote speaker, in honor of Stoneman's lifelong commitment to actively seeking change and expanding opportunities for women.
From page 129...
... He speaks widely on medical issues at national conferences, advises federal and state health departments, and is a former visiting media fellow of the Kaiser Family Foundation and a winner of the Wharton Business Plan Competition. He previously worked for several years as a U.S.


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