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Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers and Planning Committee Members
Pages 65-76

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... for the past 4 years, focused on building state and national capacity for improving population health, drawing on her more than 25 years of experience in developing and directing the state chronic disease and health promotion program for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. She collaborates actively with various research teams, aiding in building 65
From page 66...
... He founded and now leads Concentric Health Experience's Applied Cognitive Science capability. His current intellectual passions include the application of behavioral economics/neuroeconomics principles to health care communication as part of Concentric's Health Intelligence division.
From page 67...
... Dr. Foster, a psychologist, obesity researcher, and behavior change expert, was previously the founder and director of the Center of Obesity Research and Education and Laura Carnell Professor of medicine, public health, and psychology at Temple University in Philadelphia.
From page 68...
... Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity. Since joining CDC, she has managed state communication for tobacco control, coordinated youth communication and health literacy efforts, co-led the VERB™ activity campaign, and helped create the CDC-INFO inquiry response system.
From page 69...
... Nece has been invited to speak at numerous venues, including Rethink Obesity Forums at the 2016 Democratic and Republican Presidential Conventions, the Obesity Medicine Association, The George Washington University School of Medicine, the Partnership for a Healthier America, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the Society for Behavioral Medicine, and Obesity Week 2018 and 2019.
From page 70...
... , multilevel communication interventions to promote uptake of the human papillomavirus vaccine, neighborhood environments, and social determinants of behavioral health and health disparities. She has scientific and programmatic interests in dissemination and implementation science research, serves as program director for NCI's Speeding Research Tested Interventions into Practice training program, and works as a programmatic liaison to the Implementation Science Team at NCI.
From page 71...
... . He was the founding and past president of the International Association for Worksite Health Promotion and currently serves on boards and committees at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; the American Heart Association; and the Health Enhancement Research Organization, among others.
From page 72...
... Puhl has testified on weight discrimination in legislative hearings and routinely provides expertise to national and international health organizations on strategies for reducing weight bias. She has also developed evidence-based trainings focused on reducing weight stigma in health care that have been implemented in medical facilities across the United States, and her work is routinely cited in the national media.
From page 73...
... and the IFIC Foundation in Washington, DC. She has served on several boards and advisory committees of the American Heart Association; The Obesity Society; the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network; the American Society for Nutrition; the Washington, DC, Mayor's Commission on Food, Nutri­ ion, t and Health; the Grains for Health Foundation; the University of Rochester Medical Center; the Food and Drug Law Institute; the Society for Nutrition Education Foundation; the Maryland Title IX Commission; and the American Society of Association Executives Foundation.
From page 74...
... Ms. Skrbkova spearheads strategic product/pipeline and disease awareness communications and engages with partners, influencers, and communities around weight and health, fostering education and advocacy to combat weight bias and expand access to respectful and complete obesity care.
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... , and is a member of the Board of Scientific Counselors, Office of Public Health Preparedness, CDC.


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