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Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
Pages 235-240

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... His work as an economist has focused broadly on the federal budget, fiscal policy, and the economy He currently serves on advisory panels or boards for the Congressional Budget Office, the Government Accountability Office, the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, the Independent Sector, the Aspen Institute Initiative on Financial Security, the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, and the Partnership for America's Economic Success. He received a Ph.D.
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From page 236...
... JENNIFER BROOKS is a senior program officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where her work focuses on the development and implementation of a new national early learning portfolio at the foundation. Previously, she served as the director of Economic, Human Services and Workforce at the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and as the team leader for Head Start research at the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S.
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... She has a master's degree in public policy from the University of California, Berkeley. PHAEDRA CORSO is the University of Georgia Foundation professor of human health, founding head of the Department of Health Policy and Management, director of the Economic Evaluation Research Group in the College of Public Health, associate director of the Owens Institute for Behavioral Research, and adjunct faculty at the School of Public and International Affairs, all at the University of Georgia.
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... In addition to his work on this study, he is working on the Forum on Promoting Children's Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health. Previously, he conducted research in psychology and neuroscience, investigating the neurobiology underlying cognitive functions using behavioral measures and advanced neuroimaging methods.
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... He is also an adjunct professor at West Virginia University School of Public Health and Curtin University Centre for Population Health Research. He is currently taking part in the Global Burden of Disease measurement effort.
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... OLGA ACOSTA PRICE is an associate professor in the Department of Prevention and Community Health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. She is also director of the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools, a national resource and technical assistance center committed to building effective school health programs.
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