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Appendix D: Committee Biographical Sketches
Pages 159-168

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From page 159...
... (Chair) , is the Center for a Livable Future Professor and professor of environmental health sciences, health policy, and international health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
From page 160...
... Her research has examined the development of cardiovascular risk factors in young adults, the effectiveness of screening and diagnostic tests for cardiovascular disease, computer-simulated projections of future cardiovascular disease trends, and the impact of public health and clinical interventions on cardiovascular disease prevention. She is an inducted member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation.
From page 161...
... Gaskin, Ph.D., is associate professor of health economics and deputy director of the Center for Health Disparities Solutions in the department of health policy and management at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University. He is an internationally known expert in health care disparities, access to care for vulnerable populations, and safety net hospitals.
From page 162...
... He has served on the public health faculties at UC Berkeley, Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University, University of Texas, University of British Columbia, and Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health, and now at the UCSF.
From page 163...
... F Javier Nieto, M.D., Ph.D., is chair of the department of population health sciences, Helfaer Professor of Public Health, and professor of population health sciences and family medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine.
From page 164...
... Louise Potvin, Ph.D., completed her doctorate in public health and postdoctoral training in program evaluation at the Université de Montréal. She is currently professor in the department of social and preventive medicine, Université de Montréal, and scientific director of the Centre Léa-Roback sur les Inégalités Sociales de Santé de Montréal.
From page 165...
... Teutsch, M.D., M.P.H., became the chief science officer, Los A ­ ngeles County Public Health, in February 2009, where he will continue his work on evidence-based public health and policy. He had previously been in the Outcomes Research and Management program at Merck (since October 1997)
From page 166...
... Dr. Teutsch is an adjunct professor at the Emory University School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management and the University of North Carolina School of Public Health.
From page 167...
... APPENDIX D 167 Bureau of Economic Research, a consultant to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, and an analyst at Abt Associates. He earned his doctorate in health policy from Harvard University, a master's degree in public policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and a bachelor's degree in social anthropology, cum laude, from Harvard.


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