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Appendix C: Biosketches of Speakers, Moderators, and Planning Committee Members
Pages 77-92

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... Recent work includes a study of community health assessments and implementation strategies for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a national initiative funded by The Kresge Foundation to align and focus investments by hospitals, other health-sector stakeholders, and financial institutions in low-income communities. Current work includes a partnership with the Governance Institute and Stakeholder Health with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to build place-based population health knowledge among hospital board members and senior leadership, a national study of hospital interventions to address food insecurity, and a partnership with the Carsey School of Public Policy to convene regional meetings of hospital and community teams with community development financial institutions to design intersectoral health improvement strategies.
From page 78...
... in 1996, with 15 years of experience in public health practice and in academia, and became the president of PHF in June 1999. He brings to PHF a wealth of experience in state and local public health practice and linking public health practitioners with academic institutions.
From page 79...
... Bialek has done much to improve collaboration between public health agencies and Johns Hopkins. He developed and directed projects that included assessing community public health needs and resources, creating evaluation protocols for local health department services, providing technical support to and staffing for the Maryland Association of County Health Officers, and establishing a public health grand rounds series for state and local health department employees.
From page 80...
... Orson Brown, CHW, is a senior community health worker (CHW) at the Penn Center for Community Health Workers, a national center of excellence dedicated to advancing health in low-income populations through effective CHW programs.
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... The Interfaith Health Program moved from the Carter Center to the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, where Dr. Gunderson became a research assistant professor in international health.
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... Shanteny Jackson, M.A., is a bilingual certified community health worker in the Richmond City health district. She is also the president of the Vir
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... Shreya Kangovi, M.D., M.H.S.P., is the founding executive director of the Penn Center for Community Health Workers, a national center of excellence dedicated to advancing health in low-income populations through effective community health worker (CHW) programs, and an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.
From page 84...
... As a member of the National Board of Public Health Examiners since 2013, she served on the Job Task Analysis steering committee, which completed the first-ever survey and analysis of the tasks in which public health practitioners in all settings are engaged on a day-to-day basis. She participates regularly on task forces and work groups led by the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, advising on issues such as articulation between undergraduate and graduate public health education and innovations in pedagogy.
From page 85...
... She has published several articles in public health journals, including American Journal of Public Health, Health Education & Behavior, Health Promotion Practice, and Frontiers in Public Health.
From page 86...
... initiatives with the Institute for Public Health Innovation (IPHI) , is part of a team that designs, plans, and delivers training and technical assistance for programs, institutions, and health systems incorporating CHWs and outreach initiatives in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia region.
From page 87...
... He worked for the North Carolina Division of Public Health for 4 years, Duke University, and other health care organizations before coming to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in 2011. He is the director of community engagement in FaithHealth.
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... . As the official public health institute serving the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, IPHI develops multi-sector partnerships and innovative solutions to improve the public's health and well-being across the region, with a focus on strengthening health systems and policy, enhancing community conditions that promote health, and building community capacity to ensure equitable health opportunities for all.
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... † is the vice dean for public health practice and community engagement and a professor of the practice in health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is also the director of the Bloomberg American Health Initiative.
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... . He serves on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Health and Medicine Division's Board of Population Health and Public Health Practice and the editorial board of JAMA.
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... She was the chief of staff of the Baltimore Health Department from 2004–2012. Noelle Wiggins, Ed.D., M.S., is the senior research and evaluation consultant for the Oregon Community Health Workers Association (ORCHWA)
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... Katie Wunderlich, M.P.P., began her tenure as the executive director of the Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) in September 2018, where she led the commission through the transition from the hospital-based, all-payer model to the total cost of care model, which focuses on hospital and nonhospital system transformation that enhances patient care, improves health, and lowers costs.


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