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Appendix E: Commissioner and Staff Biographies
Pages 277-288

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From page 277...
... for major longitudinal cohort studies, including the Cardiovascular Health Study (1989–2008; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [NHLBI]
From page 278...
... He is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Personalized and Precision Medicine, the Nature Index Panel of Senior Medical Advisors, the international editorial board of the American Journal of Medicine, and the editorial board of the Journal of the American Medical Association. He cofounded the Cancer Therapeutics Research Group, a multinational consortium of nine academic institutions, and has served as a member of the International Education Council for Molecular Targeted Therapy for Cancer, the American Society of Clinical Oncology International Affairs Committee, and the International Oncology Foundation Advisory Board.
From page 279...
... She has led initiatives to improve cardiovascular health in urban populations, co-chaired a Broadband Commission working group that developed recommendations for using digital health to tackle noncommunicable diseases and achieve universal health coverage, and led a leprosy prevention program that influenced World Health Organization guidelines. Her career has focused on patient-centered care, spanning the international humanitarian sector, nonprofits, and the pharmaceutical industry.
From page 280...
... She was a member of the MacArthur Foundation's Research Network on an Aging Society and served on NIA's National Advisory Council on Aging. She has received numerous awards, including the Kleemeier Award, the Richard Kalish Award for Innovative Research, the Distinguished Mentorship Award from the Gerontological Society of America, and the Master Mentor Award from the American Psychological Association.
From page 281...
... He has been recognized as an Influencer by NextAvenue and received the Janet L Witkin Humanitarian Award by Affordable Living for the Aging, the Life Journey Inspiration Award by Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute, and the Board of Governors Award by Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.
From page 282...
... Previously, she served as the chief medical and innovation officer at Red de Salud UC-Christus, the main private health care provider in Chile. With more than 20 years of experience in international health, her areas of expertise include social determinants of health, health equity, and health systems.
From page 283...
... He is adjunct faculty and a Wellcome Trust research fellow at the Africa Health Research Institute in South Africa. He collaborates with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and conducts research in several countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
From page 284...
... She is the principal investigator for the Communities in Control Study, an evaluation of a lottery-funded community empowerment initiative, and she leads a program involving the production of an online resource to help researchers design studies that are more equity sensitive. She has completed studies of the health equity and social impact of the New Deal for Communities regeneration initiative and a Medical Research Council study on methods to assess the impact of public involvement in research.
From page 285...
... He serves on the board of trustees of The Rockefeller Foundation and is the chair of the board of overseers of the Mailman School of Public Health and the board of fellows of Harvard Medical School. He was the founding chair of the advisory council for Stanford University's Center on Longevity, a founding commissioner of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, and the chair of the board of trustees of the University of Connecticut and the Marine Biological Laboratory.
From page 286...
... is a senior program officer with the Global Roadmap for Healthy Longevity at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Prior to joining the National Academies, she spent 4 years as a research scientist at the National Committee for Quality Assurance, developing performance measures related to the care of older people, including outcome measures based on people's care goals.
From page 287...
... She currently serves on the Medicare Hospice Quality Reporting Program Technical Expert Panel and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Ethics Advisory Council. She is a graduate of the University of Utah Hartford Center for Geriatric Excellence (Ph.D.)


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