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Appendix B: Speaker Biographies
Pages 109-128

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From page 109...
... For her dissertation research, Ms. Abu-Rish is collaborating with the Public Health Activities and Services Tracking Study to focus on exploring relationships among the recent economic downturn, public health budget cuts at the local health department level, and individual-level maternal and child health outcomes and disparities.
From page 110...
... Barclay was an advisor for the regional office of the World Health Organization in the Office of Caribbean Program Coordination. In that position she managed a portfolio of health initiatives in the region that focused special attention on the impact of gender, human rights, integrated health systems, and essential public health functions on access to quality health care. Previously she was the evaluation manager of health programs for the W.K.
From page 111...
... In addition, he has received several national awards for his work to improve medication use and safety in uninsured, vulnerable populations receiving care in federally qualified health centers and safety net clinics in the Los Angeles community as well as at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
From page 112...
... Dr. Cox currently serves on the Strategic Directions Committee of the National Leadership Council of the Veterans Health Administration, the National Advisory Committee of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, the National Board of Medical Examiners, and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
From page 113...
... Her research interests include interprofessional education, patient safety, quality improvement education for health professional students, and simulation. Mark Earnest, M.D., Ph.D., is a professor of medicine at the University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical Campus, where he teaches and practices internal medicine.
From page 114...
... Ms. Gaines teaches courses related to consumer issues in health care advocacy to graduate students pursuing various health professions and law.
From page 115...
... Ms. Gibson led national health care quality and safety initiatives at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for 16 years.
From page 116...
... Previously he was associate program director of the Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program and director of Student Clinical Assessment at the Yale School of Medicine. Before joining Yale he was division chief of General Internal Medicine at the National Naval Medical Center.
From page 117...
... Ladden, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, is a senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Her work at the foundation focuses on building a diverse and well-trained leadership and workforce in health and health care.
From page 118...
... During that time she received a Robert Wood Johnson Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars Award, which funded a study of the problem faced by family caregivers of patients with HIV/AIDS. In 2000 she joined the ABIM staff, where her primary focus has been developing novel assessments as part of ABIM's program for the evaluation of clinical performance.
From page 119...
... Bush Presidential Center Women's Initiative Policy Advisory Council; a trustee of the National Health Museum; a board member of CARE, the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Macy Faculty Scholars program, and the Consortium of Universities for Global Health; and chair of the IOM Global Forum on Innovation for Health Professional Education.
From page 120...
... He is a member of the board of the Association of Academic Medical Colleges, co-chair of the Community Engagement Steering Committee at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) , a member of the Foundation Working Group on Public Health and Medical Education at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
From page 121...
... Scott Reeves, Ph.D., M.Sc., P.G.C.E., is the founding director of the Center for Innovation in Interprofessional Healthcare Education. He is a social scientist who has been undertaking health professions education and
From page 122...
... Her responsibilities include nursing education and orientation, scholarship programs, nursing trainee placement, the post-baccalaureate nurse residency program, membership on the research and development committee, and chair of the collaborative institutional review board with academic affiliates (Northwestern University and University of Illinois Medical Schools)
From page 123...
... Speakman's leadership role in nursing education includes fellowship in the Academy of Nursing Education, selection as a Johnson & Johnson and a Jonas Foundation Faculty Mentor, and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow. Harrison C
From page 124...
... Dr. Thibault previously served as chief medical officer at Brigham and Women's Hospital and as chief of medicine at the Harvard-affiliated Brockton/West Roxbury Veterans Administration Hospital.
From page 125...
... Sarita Verma, L.L.B., M.D., is a professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, deputy dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and associate vice provost for health professions education at the University of Toronto (U of T)
From page 126...
... She is currently vice president for policy and strategic initiatives at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, where she previously served as dean. In 2001 she was senior scholar in residence at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Policy, focusing on cost and quality outcomes as well as on patient safety research.
From page 127...
... In 2001 Dr. Worley was appointed professor and director of the Flinders University Rural Clinical School and editor-in-chief of Rural and Remote Health, the international journal of rural and remote health research, education, practice, and policy.
From page 128...
... He is also involved in several research initiatives related to education for health professionals, including designing competency-based frameworks for various categories of health professionals; the assessment of the impact of educational initiatives on performance of health professionals; research in the governance of education for health professionals in India; and estimation of the need of various categories of health professionals in the country. He is currently leading the project supported by the U.S.


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