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Appendix C: Biosketches of Workshop Speakers and Moderators
Pages 83-92

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From page 83...
... He has been the recipient of several grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and private foundations in the areas of childhood ­ ttention-deficit/ a hyperactivity disorder and aggression and community mental health services for children and families living in high-poverty urban communities. He is a frequent consultant to the Chicago Public Schools as well as the Illinois Division of Mental Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.
From page 84...
... He has published more than 250 scientific papers and book chapters, is a fellow and past president of the Society for Prevention Research, and is founding editor of its journal, Prevention Science. He has received numerous awards, including a MERIT award from the National Institutes of Health for his achievements as an outstanding prevention researcher, and the Society for Prevention Research's Presidential Award for his lifetime contributions to prevention science.
From page 85...
... He also holds adjunct appointments in the Department of Mental Health at the Johns H ­ opkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami. He directs the National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded Center ­ for Prevention Implementation Methodology for Drug Abuse and HIV, and a National Institute of Mental Health-funded study to synthesize findings from individual-level data across multiple randomized trials for adolescent depression.
From page 86...
... He is also the founder of Bright Star Community Outreach, a nonprofit organization dedicated to youth antiviolence programs, educational enrichment, and school improvement in the Bronzeville Community. He is a national council member of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and travels the country building relationships between African American and Jewish clergy.
From page 87...
... Dr. Kolko is also director of the Special Services Unit at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, a program devoted to the development and dissemination of evidence-based practices for children or adolescents served in diverse community settings or systems including juvenile justice, child welfare, pediatric primary care, and mental health.
From page 88...
... He co-led the devel­ p­ ent of CDC WONDER, was lead scientist on the CDC Preven o m tion Guidelines Database project, and developed the nation's first training course and textbook in public health informatics. As associate director for health informatics at CDC's Public Health Practice Program Office, he developed and directed CDC's Health Alert Network Program.
From page 89...
... He has served on numer ­ ous federally sponsored expert and technical review panels addressing issues in prevention research and research-practice integration and briefed many policy makers on these topics. He received the Prevention Science Award from the Society for Prevention Research, as well as the Service to the Society for Prevention Research Award for leadership on the Task Force on Type 2 translation research and the Presidential Award for lifetime scientific achievement.
From page 90...
... She is the director of the Maternal and Child Health-funded multidisciplinary training program for Leadership in Adolescent Health. Her research has been focused on adolescent risk behaviors, adolescent and young adult substance abuse, and ADHD to adolescent pregnancy prevention.
From page 91...
... Ellen-Marie Whelan is the chief population health officer for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid's (CMSs) Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services and a senior adviser at the CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, coordinating the pediatric portfolio across the center.


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