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Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Presenters and Moderators
Pages 67-76

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... in sociomedical sciences from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and was a National Institute of Mental Health fellow in the Psychiatric Epidemiology Training program. Benjamin Carter, M.B.A., is the executive vice president, the chief financial officer, and the treasurer at Trinity Health.
From page 68...
... Jennifer Cofer, M.P.H., is the director of the EndTobacco Program and Cancer Prevention Policy at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Employing more than 18 years of experience in public health and tobacco control, she collaborates with internal and external partners to promote tobacco control initiatives and evidence-based best practices in policy, prevention, and cessation.
From page 69...
... Health+Hospitals, and leads NYU Langone's participation in the NYC Clinical Data Research Network funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. His research centers on improving health outcomes among drug users and other underserved populations, integrating pharmacologic treatments for opioid and alcohol dependence into primary care, and developing strategies for bridging academic research with applied challenges faced by health care delivery systems and public sector initiatives.
From page 70...
... He earned numerous awards for his work, including the NCI Research Award for Distinguished Achievement in Cancer Prevention, the Distinguished Alumnus Award, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology/American Cancer Society Award. Most recently, his interests have broadened to include improvement of minority and underserved populations' participation in clinical research, and the integration of risk assessment, behavioral science, and preventive strategies developed through sequential clinical trials for application in clinical or public health settings.
From page 71...
... community areas. She oversees the Office of Community Engagement, which includes three school-based health clinics; Rush University community outreach programs, community benefit reporting, and Rush's cradle-tocareer health care pipeline programs.
From page 72...
... She then worked for a nonprofit hospital system, Sky Lakes Medical Center, and helped develop a population health management program that utilized community health workers.
From page 73...
... She served on the board of MN Community Measurement and the board of NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center, a federally qualified health center and part of Hennepin Health. Her previous experience also includes the vice president and the medical director of Consumer Health at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.
From page 74...
... He led federal efforts to promote value-based payments for physicians and hospitals, resulting in signing tens of thousands of agreements with providers worth billions of dollars. He also oversaw programs promoting primary care, the initial federal pilots for accountable care organizations, bundled payments for health care procedures, and patient safety initiatives.
From page 75...
... the Vanderbilt-Miami-Meharry Center of Excellence in Precision Medicine and Population Health, which focuses on decreasing disparities among African Americans and Latinos using precision medicine, and (2) the Vanderbilt Recruitment Innovation Center, a national center dedicated to enhancing recruitment and retention in clinical trials.
From page 76...
... Dr. Wilkins serves on numerous boards and committees such as the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Committee on the Return of Individual-Specific Research Results Generated in Research, the American Association of Medical Colleges Journal Oversight Committee for Academic Medicine Laboratories, the Safety Net Consortium of Middle Tennessee, and the AcademyHealth Translation and Dissemination Institute Advisory Committee.


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