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Appendix C: Speaker Biographical Sketches
Pages 55-64

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From page 55...
... Arora is studying the effect of a novel social media intervention to boost the interest of minority youth in medical research careers.
From page 56...
... Buehler, M.D., is a clinical professor and the interim chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy and an affiliate of the Drexel Urban Health Collaborative at Drexel University. Prior to joining the Drexel faculty in 2013, Dr.
From page 57...
... Prior to assuming this position, he served as the associate dean for clinical education at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (OU-HCOM) , where he oversaw business development and relationship management for clinical experiences associated with undergraduate and graduate medical education (GME)
From page 58...
... Choi has directed learning collaboratives addressing a variety of topics, includ­ing health literacy, palliative care, and early identification management of hypertension and diabetes. She is currently responsible for the facilitation of two community health improvement collaboratives -- ­ Montgomery County Hospital Partnership and Collaborative Opportunities to Advance Community Health -- that engage health systems in southeastern ­Pennsylvania to address pressing community health needs.
From page 59...
... grant in Nigeria, she worked as a family nurse practitioner in the Infectious Diseases Clinic at the Cooper Hospital University Medical Center and the Healthcare for the Homeless Program, both in Camden, New Jersey. Her key interests have been capacity development of nurses and community health workers through education and practice.
From page 60...
... Professor Kolker is a clinical professor of health management and policy, the director of the Center for Public Health Practice, and the co-director of the P ­ ennsylvania Public Health Training Center, a federally funded training center for the public health workforce, operated in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to joining Drexel University in 2004, she held various positions in the nonprofit world and then in the P ­ hiladelphia Department of Public Health, working first in HIV/AIDS policy and planning and later in the Office of the Health Commissioner, also in a health planning and policy role.
From page 61...
... New England Division, overseeing cancer control efforts in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. As the Division's health systems leader, he led a team of 40 staff working within health care systems to increase use of cancer prevention strategies and cancer screening tests, reduce barriers to care for ­cancer patients, help patients navigate the cancer journey, and engage health care organizations in fighting cancer through the society's advocacy and community initiatives.
From page 62...
... Spector was a faculty member at the Loyola University School of Nursing in Chicago, where she taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She has worked on a number of initiatives while at NCSBN, including the regulatory implications of social media, innovations and trends in nursing education, the future of nursing program approval, regulatory issues in distance learning programs, outcomes and metrics of nursing education programs, and she was instrumental in developing the innovative Regulatory Scholars Program and the Safe Student Reports study of nursing student errors and near misses.
From page 63...
... She con­ tinues to volunteer with the Seacoast Dream Center Clinic and organizes and chairs the annual community health fair every October. She is thrilled to be part of the CSU PA program, where she can not only share her knowledge but also her faith with fellow faculty and PA students.
From page 64...
... Williams created the Health Sciences Center Faculty Leader ship Program, an interprofessional faculty development and mentoring program. Following nomination, faculty participants representing the six health professions colleges and interdisciplinary graduate college participate in an 11-month program focused on the teaching and research mission and leadership knowledge and skill development.


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