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Appendix C: Speaker Biosketches
Appendix C: Speaker Biosketches
Pages 127-138
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He served as the principal investigator for the NIA-funded UAB Study of Aging, the Deep South Resource Center for Minority Aging Research, and the UAB component of the Hartford Foundation–funded Southeast Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine. He provided leadership for statewide quality improvement initiatives as the Principal Clinical Coordinator for the Alabama Medicare Quality Improvement Organization between 1995 and 2005.
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As part of her efforts, she founded the East Lake Farmers Market, a successful growers-only market serving her low-income community. As an outgrowth of the market, P.E.E.R., Inc., sponsors weekly boxes of produce that are delivered free of charge to older adult residents of low-income housing facilities in the neighborhood during market season.
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From 1991-2006, Ms. Burrough worked for Johnson & Johnson in Consumer and Pharmaceutical strategic marketing, including as Vice President for the Worldwide Oral Health Division and Executive Director of Strategic Marketing for Johnson & Johnson/Centcor's Global Biologic Drugs.
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, American Nurses Foundation, the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition's Rhoades Research Foundation, Drexel-Coulter Research Partnership Program, and several Drexel University internal grants. Her research focuses on the role of nutrition on improving health outcomes in older adults across the care continuum.
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Mr. Donnan is a frequent speaker and author and has presented at a variety of industry conferences for the Grocery Manufacturers Association, Food Marketing Institute, National Retail Federation, Global Market Development Center, Independent Grocers Allowance and Healthcare Distribution Management Association.
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His work has been supported from various government and nongovernment sources includ ng, the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, National i Foundation to End Senior Hunger, ConAgra Foods Foundation, Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the AARP Foundation, American Beverage Association, Agency for International Development, Walmart Foundation, the USDA's Economic Research Service, Merck Foundation, The Urban Institute, and the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service. Denise K
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Her honors include the American Aging Association Denham Harman Lifetime Research Achievement Award, American Society of Nutrition (ASN) Herman Award in Clinical Nutrition, ASN Lederle Award in Human Nutrition Research, Fellow of Hedwig van Amerigen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine, American College of Nutrition Grace Goldsmith Award, International HERMES Vitamin Research Award, International Nutritional Immunology Group Award, and Iowa State University Distinguished Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Eileen Myers, M.P.H., is currently the Vice President, Retail Dietetics & Nutrition Solutions for The Little Clinic, a retail health care company operating more than 180 clinics inside Kroger grocery stores. Ms. Myers is responsible for successful execution of nutrition services in the clinics and stores. She also works with leadership on overall prevention and wellness services in close proximity with Kroger health and wellness initiatives.
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Dr. Rosenberg is a Senior Scientist at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging and Dean of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.
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in the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and directs the Food Policy, Health, and Hunger Research Program for UCSF's Center for Vulnerable Populations at San Francisco General Hospital. She also is the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Nutrition and Obesity Policy Research and Evaluation Network. Her research focuses on the health implications of food insecurity in the United States. She continues to practice Internal Medicine in San Francisco's safety net hospital and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
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Funded by the VA, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) , the NIA, and AARP Foundation, she has led research projects related to the quality of care delivered in long-term care facilities and the role of homeand community-based services in preventing or postponing nursing home placement.
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