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Appendix C: Speaker Biographical Sketches
Pages 91-102

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From page 91...
... He oversees the Office of the Surgeon General and the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, as well as key public health and science offices that focus on transforming the current "sick care system" into a "healthpromoting system." His office oversees many critical national initiatives, including an historic new plan to end the HIV epidemic in America, the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, the revised Common Rule, and a cross-agency effort to improve the outcome of patients with sickle cell disease.
From page 92...
... in gerontology from the University of Southern California and received postdoctoral training in population health through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholars program at the University of Pennsylvania. JOHN AUERBACH, M.B.A., is President and Chief Executive Officer of Trust for America's Health, where he oversees its work to promote sound public health policy and make disease prevention a national priority.
From page 93...
... Dr. Chokshi's duties include leading a team dedicated to health system improvement, supervising initiatives on ambulatory care transformation, innovative care models, population health analytics, chronic disease prevention and management, and implementation research.
From page 94...
... KAREN DeSALVO, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc., is Professor of Medicine and Population Health at The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School and Co-Convener of the National Alliance to Impact the Social Determinants of Health. She is a nationally regarded physician executive working at the intersection of medicine, public health, and information technology to improve the health of all people with a focus on catalyzing pragmatic solutions to address all the social determinants of health.
From page 95...
... Described in the New England Journal of Medicine, this work helped spark broad national interest in "housing as health care." Dr. Doran's current research includes analysis of linked patient-collected and shelter administrative data to develop a homelessness risk screening tool for emergency department patients, analysis of linked health care and shelter administrative data to predict health care costs associated with the aging homeless population, and development of homelessness prevention interventions for emergency department patients.
From page 96...
... She has been part of the Geisinger family for 12 years and is responsible for the oversight and implementation of health and wellness programs for Geisinger patients and insured members, employees, and community members. She started her career in community health education/­ corporate wellness and has continued to expand to include communitybased population health initiatives driven by data analysis and clinical outcome measurements.
From page 97...
... SHREYA KANGOVI, M.D., M.S., is the founding Executive Director of the Penn Center for Community Health Workers, and an Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. She is a leading expert on improving population health through evidencebased community health worker programs.
From page 98...
... In her current research, she is examining the implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, how access to primary care varies across states and insurance groups, and emerging policy questions related to Medicaid ­ and CHIP. She received a master's degree in statistics and a doctoral degree in economics from the University of Michigan.
From page 99...
... . In this role he leads reform efforts to coordinate medical care and recognize social context in health care delivery and leads collaborative governance of the Hennepin Health Medicaid accountable care organization.
From page 100...
... His work includes leading insights, strategy, interventions, measurement and communications for Humana's Bold Goal strategy to improve health by 20 percent by addressing the social determinants of health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Healthy Days survey instrument is used as the primary means of assessing population health.
From page 101...
... She has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Innovation C ­ enter, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the John A Hartford Foundation, the Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation, and the AARP Foundation.


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