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Appendix C: Speaker Biographical Sketches
Appendix C: Speaker Biographical Sketches
Pages 59-66
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Bennett increased the number of underrepresented minority faculty and trainees at the hospital and engaged medical and undergraduate students in basic, clinical, and translational research through creation of the Summer Training in Research and 59
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Since its launch, CDPH has reported historic lows in childhood obesity rates and both teen and adult smoking rates, as well as significant increases in overall life expectancy. Under his leadership, CDPH became the first big city public health agency to be awarded national accreditation.
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Ms. Hampton's former roles includes 8 years with the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice and the Illinois Department of Corrections as a Senior Program Service Administrator working on employment and education opportunities for offenders, and she spent 5 years as a Senior Policy Associate at the Chicago Jobs Council focusing on workforce development issues such as race and hiring practices and employment barriers for exoffenders.
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Barber's leadership, NLEN received one of the first 2006 MacArthur Foundation Awards for Creative and Effective Institutions, the Shore Bank Community Impact Award in 2007, and the federal Going Home Pilot Program in partnership with the Illinois Department of Corrections. Most recently, Ms.
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At the AMA, she directed initiatives on medical education and geriatric competencies; practice management and geriatric care by design; older driver safety; medical management of the home care patient; health literacy; safe communication; medication reconciliation; and patient self-management. She led the AMA Foundation's Health Literacy Training of Trainers program, which with 38 interprofessional faculty teams around the country reached more than 30,000 health professionals.
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Under her leadership, the Office of Equity and Inclusion elevated the mandate for health equity and civil rights, increased state funding for culturally specific community organizations to promote health and well-being, created opportunities for highly qualified and diverse health professionals to serve in policy leadership roles, and created and implemented policies that promote equity and civil rights in health and human services. She advocated for the integration of health care interpreters, com
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In 2011 Mr. Watson was appointed Boston Employment Commissioner, and was in charge of increasing employment opportunities for Boston residents, workers of color, and women on construction projects funded by the City of Boston.
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His research interests include the emerging role of registries in cardiovascular diseases, management of advanced heart failure with new drugs and devices, and heart failure in special populations. He received an M.D.
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