The Current State of Obesity Solutions in the United States Workshop Summary (2014) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix B: Speaker Biographical Sketches
Appendix B: Speaker Biographical Sketches
Pages 69-82
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Prior to being named deputy commissioner, she was director of the Bureau of Community Health and Prevention, where she provided strategic direction and oversight for Mass in Motion -- the initiative designed to help Massachusetts residents eat better and move more in the places they live, learn, work, and play.
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His accomplishments over the past 25 years at BCBSNC include leading the implementation of open-access online medical policy; the development of extensive primary care provider performance feedback; the institution of the annual State of Preventive Health forum; the implementation of comprehensive benefits and programs for the medical assessment and treatment of obesity (Healthy Lifestyle Choices) ; the creation of one of the nation's first Bariatric Surgery Centers of Excellence programs; and the development of performance-based provider reimbursement and tiered provider networks.
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She has published work on population health; child health systems transformation; Medicaid; SCHIP; and Nemours' prevention-oriented health system, including its Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Pioneering Innovation award-winning statewide childhood obesity program.
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Anderson Award from the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, and was recognized for excellence in his work and advocacy by the Association of State and Territorial Public Health Nutrition Directors. In 2002, he was made an honorary member of the American Dietetic Association, and received the Holroyd-Sherry award for his outstanding contributions to the field of children, adolescents, and the media.
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Ms. Donze Black's past work also includes directing obesity initiatives for the American Heart Association, managing national nutrition policy for the American Dietetic Association, serving as a health policy fellow for Senator Jeff Bingaman (NM-D)
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Dr. Economos is involved in multiple national obesity and public health activities and has served on several IOM committees, including the Committee on an Evidence Framework for Obesity Prevention Decision Making, the Committee on Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention, and the Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention.
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She was a member of the IOM's Committee to Review the Child and Adult Care Food Program Meal Requirements, which had the task of creating nutrition standards to bring the meals served into compliance with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. She is currently chair of the policy committee of the American Public Health Association's Food and Nutrition Section.
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Public Health Service Commissioned Corps; 10 regional health offices across the nation; and 10 presidential and secretarial advisory committees. He also serves as senior public health advisor to the secretary of HHS. As assistant secretary for health, Dr.
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She provides scientific expertise and leadership on numerous documents, resources, surveillance studies, and CDC school health programs related to youth physical activity and obesity prevention. Her previous and current research interests include school policies and environmental influences on physical activity among youth, physical activity assessment, dissemination and diffusion of school health tools and resources, and the coordinated school health model applied to designing effective programs.
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Purcell founded and became director of the Child and Family Policy Center at the Vanderbilt Institute of Public Policy Studies. He previously served in various capacities on IOM obesity-related committees, including the Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention (member)
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He recently served on the IOM Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity, was a member of the IOM Committee on Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention, and served as chair of the IOM Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention Actions for Local Governments. He will be serving on the IOM's Roundtable on Obesity Solutions.
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Before joining Kaiser Permanente, Dr. Solomon served as deputy director of the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development for Healthcare Quality and Analysis, where he oversaw the state's hospital outcomes reporting program, analyses of racial and ethnic health disparities, and dissemination of health care data to researchers and members of the public.
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She led the team that developed Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care, an environmental and policy intervention that has been adopted for use by a number of communities across the United States. In addition, she and her colleagues developed an instrument for assessing the nutrition and physical activity environments in child care settings.
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