8th National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention

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Table of Contents
Message from the National Forum Leadership.....................................................................3
Special Thanks to Sponsors and Planning Committee............................................................5
National Forum Exhibitors and Exhibit Hours of Operation...................................................7
Agenda at a Glance..........................................................................................................12
Detailed Agenda
Monday, April 26, 2010............................................................................................14
Tuesday, April 27, 2010............................................................................................19
Implementation Group and Committee Year End Reports....................................................25
Speaker Biographies........................................................................................................47
2010 National Forum Attendees.......................................................................................69
Profiles of Participating National Forum Organizations 1999 – 2010.................................87
Local Dining Options.......................................................................................................101
Hyatt Facilities...............................................................................................................103
National Forum Staff Contact Information.......................................................................104
Washington, D.C. Attractions...........................................................................................105
Washington, D.C. Map....................................................................................................106
Creating the Will for A Heart Healthy and Stroke Free Society
About the National Forum and 8th National Forum Conference............................................9
MESSAGE FROM THE NATIONAL FORUM LEADERSHIP
The 8th National Forum annual meeting brings together the membership of the National Forum to continue our ongoing work
of implementing the recommendations of A Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease (Action Plan). The Action Plan
provides a comprehensive public health strategy and framework to guide health practitioners’ and policy makers’ actions in
heart disease and stroke prevention.
Since the National Forum was first established in 2003, more than 175 diverse national and international organizations in
heart disease and stroke prevention from public health and healthcare practice, academia, faith, advocacy and community
organizations have participated in the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention — the principal vehicle for
implementing the Action Plan.
“Creating the Will for A Heart Healthy and Stroke Free Society” will be a platform for information sharing from which
attendees will identify key opportunities to drive tangible progress toward achieving the recommendations in the Action
Plan and gain new knowledge and deeper critical insight into decision making in resource allocation, advocacy for policy
and environmental change, and the research and surveillance needed to strengthen heart disease and stroke prevention.
This 8th National Forum presents very exciting opportunities for anyone committed to the vision of a heart healthy and
stroke free society.
Although today and tomorrow will be very busy, we hope that you meet colleagues from the various organizations
represented in the National Forum. It is our hope that these connections and the 8th National Forum content will support your
work in preventing heart disease and stroke when you return home.
Welcome to the 8th National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention “Creating the Will for A Heart Healthy and
Stroke Free Society.” We are excited about your attendance and the planned agenda. This year’s Plenary Sessions will focus
on ways to create and develop the will to prevent and manage cardiovascular diseases, the IOM reports on hypertension and
sodium, and the definition of cardiovascular health. Concurrent sessions highlight the work of National Forum Implementation
Groups and Partners.
We look forward to our continued partnership with you in making measureable strides towards a heart healthy and stroke
free society. We also want to give a special thanks to our Planning Committee for all their hard work planning the Forum,
DESA Inc. for their extraordinary in-kind support, and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for their
generosity in continued sponsorship and support.
Sincerely,
Mark Schoeberl, MPA
National Forum Chair
Executive Vice President, Advocacy
American Heart Association
Thomas Pearson, MD, MPH, PhD
8th National Forum
Annual Meeting Chair
Senior Associate Dean for
Clinical Research
University of Rochester Medical Center
Keith Mason
Executive Director
National Forum for Heart Disease
and Stroke Prevention
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SPECIAL THANKS TO THE
8th NATIONAL FORUM PLANNING COMMITTEE
Coordinating Board and Committee Representatives:
National Forum Chair – Mark Schoeberl
National Forum Incoming Chair and 8th National Forum Chair – Thomas Pearson
Executive Committee – Emmeline Ochiai
Membership Committee – Tim Hutchinson, Margaret Casey
Implementation Group Representatives:
Action Priorities – Jill Birnbaum
Communications – Kristen Betts
Monitoring and Evaluation – Steve Sidney, Dorothy Coverson
Organizational Capacity – Marti Macchi, Margie Tate
Policy Research – Diane Orenstein, Alexander White
Public Health Leadership – Jay Glasser
Regional and Global Collaboration – Arun Chockalingam
Organizational Members:
Stephen Samis
Center for Disease Control and Prevention:
Kathy Gallagher, Brett Miner
National Forum Staff:
Faith Berrier, D’Lovely Gibson, Mike Greenwell, Julie Harvill,
Eunice Mafundikwa, Keith Mason
DESA Inc. for in-kind support
Danya International, Inc.
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National Forum Exhibitors and
Exhibit Hours of Operation
AF Stat
FDA Office of Women’s Health
www.afstat.com
Exhibit Contact: Maegan Grilles
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 202-609-6022
www.fda.gov/womens
Exhibit Contact: Susana Perry
Phone: 301-827-0350
Heart and Stroke Foundation
of Canada
www.heart.org
Exhibit Contact: Ashley Bell
Phone: 214-706-1241
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
www.cdc.gov
Exhibit Contact: Angela Soyemi
Phone: 770-488-8214
www.heartandstroke.ca
Exhibit Contact: Ann Nguyen
Phone: 613-569-4361 Ext. 262
The Society for Cardiovascular
Angiography and Interventions
Monday, April 26 1:00 pm – 5:15 pm
Tuesday, April 27 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
www.scai.org
Exhibit Contact: Kathy David
Phone: 202-552-0789
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about the national forum
Heart disease and stroke are among the nation’s leading causes of death and major causes of disability, costing our nation
hundreds of billions of dollars annually. In the next two decades, these conditions are expected to increase sharply as the
country’s ‘baby boom’ generation ages. Fortunately, these conditions are largely preventable. To reverse this epidemic of
heart disease and stroke through increasingly effective prevention, action is needed now.
• The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• The Cardiovascular Health Council
• The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
• The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
• The Association of State Health and Territorial Officials
• Healthy People 2010 Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Partnership
These organizations were involved at the outset and dedicated resources to the creation and organization of the
National Forum.
The National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention was established in 2003, and over time has included participants
from more than 175 diverse national and international organizations — public and private, health care, faith, advocacy,
academic, policy and community — working together to implement A Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease
and Stroke.
The Action Plan provides a comprehensive public health strategy and a framework to guide health practitioners’ and policy
makers’ actions in heart disease and stroke prevention. There are proven strategies to prevent and manage heart disease and
stroke, but they are not universally applied. The National Forum is committed to working with partner organizations to act
now to put these strategies into practice.
The founding members of the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention are:
Membership in the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention provides an effective way for organizations to
add their voice to the national call for urgent action to prevent heart disease and stroke.
Seven Implementation Groups carry out our mission of providing leadership and encouraging collaboration among
organizations. Each implementation group focuses on a key area from the Action Plan and its members represent diverse
organizations and points of view.
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The Implementation Groups of the National Forum are:
• Action Priorities
• Communications
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Organizational Capacity
• Policy Research
• Public Health Leadership and Partnership
• Regional and Global Collaboration
Implementation Group meetings held during the 8th National Forum are open to all attendees. All attendees are invited and
encouraged to participate. Please stop by a meeting and get involved today!
Membership in the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention is open to any organization or individual who
supports the vision of a heart healthy, stroke free society. We invite you to learn more about the National Forum membership
and the work we do, by visiting our website at www.hearthealthystrokefree.org or by calling 678-510-7078.
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ABOUT THE 8TH NATIONAL FORUM CONFERENCE
Each spring, the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention holds its annual meeting. This meeting provides the
opportunity for National Forum members to be exposed to the latest innovations in heart disease and stroke prevention, as
well as conduct the business of the National Forum as an organization. As an organization of national leaders, the National
Forum is gaining momentum as a national force for heart disease and stroke prevention.
8th National Forum Goals:
1. Increase collaboration for heart disease and stroke prevention.
2. Promote innovations in science translation, policy and action.
3. Identify key opportunities to drive tangible progress towards achieving the recommendations in A Public Health
Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke.
The 8th National Forum theme is “Creating the Will for A Heart Healthy and Stroke Free Society.”
The capacity to reduce the burden of heart disease and stroke in the United States requires a stable health infrastructure and
the will to maximize it at a national, state, and local level. Societal will is created by an awareness of the disease burden
and scientific evidence of the efficacy of interventions, harnessed by champions of change to create programs which impact
people where they live, work, study, and play. As the debate for national reform of healthcare and its funding continues,
state and local health stakeholders will continue to create population-level interventions that meet the needs of their
communities. Successful state and local programs illustrate the continued leadership and opportunity to address a major
cause of death, disability, and healthcare costs in our communities throughout the United States. Without such leadership,
neither an infrastructure nor the will to use it will be possible, and without this capacity, the cardiovascular epidemic will
continue unabated. Plenary sessions have been structured to explore ways to create and develop the will to prevent and treat
cardiovascular diseases, the IOM reports on hypertension and sodium, and the definition of cardiovascular health. Concurrent
sessions highlight the work of National Forum Implementation Groups and Partners.
4. In the context of current political, social and economic environments, enhance awareness and build a sense of
urgency for heart disease and stroke prevention and management.
8th National Forum Objectives:
1. Identify at least two major political, social or economic issues and their implications that significantly impact
progress towards achieving the recommendations within A Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke.
2. Describe at least two major heart disease and stroke prevention opportunities facing the nation over the next five years.
3. Demonstrate organizational support for advancing one or more of the 8th National Forum’s Calls to Action.
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agenda at-a-glance
Monday, April 26
8:00 am – Noon Coordinating Board Meeting
Columbia B
1:00 pm – 5:15 pmExhibits Open
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm Plenary Session I
Creating the “Will” for a Heart Healthy and Stroke Free Society
Columbia AB
2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Plenary Session II
Institute of Medicine Reports on Hypertension and Sodium:
Findings, Recommendations, and Next Steps
Columbia AB
4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
I: Policy, Environment, and Systems Change: Challenges,
Opportunities, and Recommendations for Evaluation
Columbia A
II: Health Economics of Cardiovascular Disease:
Defining the Research Agenda
Columbia B
III: Sleep Apnea, Atrial Fibrillation and Their Contribution to
Heart Disease and Stroke
Capitol Room B
IV: Preventing Stroke and Heart Disease: Connecting Traditional
and Emerging Communication Approaches to Change Behavior Columbia C
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm
New Member OrientationThornton Room
(Coordinating Board and New Members)
6:30 pm – 8:00 pmAmerican Heart Association Networking ReceptionThornton Room
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agenda at-a-glance
Tuesday, April 27
8:00 am – 5:30 pmExhibits Open
8:30 am – 10:45 amIMPLEMENTATION GROUP MEETINGS
11:00 am – 1:00 pmLuncheon Plenary III
American Heart Association’s Life’s Simple Seven – Definition of Cardiovascular Health
Capitol Room
Annual Business Meeting
Recognition of Awards and Outgoing Leaders
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
V: Making the Case: Cardiovascular Disease Surveillance System
in the U.S.
Congressional A
VI: Organizing Global Initiatives to Improve Education & Training
in CVD Prevention
Concord
Action Priorities
Concord
Communications
Columbia C
Monitoring and Evaluation
Columbia B
Organizational Capacity
Congressional A
Public Health Leadership and PartnershipBryce
Policy Research
Columbia A
Regional and Global CollaborationLexington
VII: Using PRISM (Prevention Impacts Simulation Model)Lexington
for Cardiovascular Health Planning and Evaluation
VIII: Heart Attack Signs and Symptoms for Women –
Nationwide Awareness Campaign
Columbia C
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Plenary Session IV
Develop the “Will” in the Private Sector to Prevent Heart Disease
and Stroke
Columbia AB
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Closing Plenary Session V
The Future “Will” for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
Columbia AB
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Detailed Agenda - Monday, April 26
8:00 am – Noon Coordinating Board Meeting 1:00 pm – 5:15 pm
Exhibits Open
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
Plenary Session I
Creating the “Will” for a Heart Healthy and Stroke Free Society
Columbia B
Columbia AB
In 1998, the Singapore Declaration stated that Capacity = Infrastructure + Will. In 2003,
the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention developed the Public Health
Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke to increase efforts to build the infrastructure,
develop the “Will” and thus, create the capacity to prevent heart disease and stroke. In 2010,
amid economic turmoil, an on-going health care reform debate, and competing domestic and
international policy priorities, how can the “Will” be further increased in order that, with a
solid “Infrastructure,” the U.S. will have the “Capacity” to prevent heart disease and stroke
at the national, state, and local levels? Participants will better understand what is needed
at the national, state, and local levels to increase the “Will” to prevent heart disease and
stroke and use this understanding as the context by which to integrate additional meeting
information and materials.
Facilitator:
Dr. Thomas Pearson, 8th National Forum, Chair
Presenters:
Senator Tom Harkin (Iowa), Chairman, HELP Committee or representative (Invited)
Dr. Jeff Levi, Executive Director, Trust for America’s Health
Jessica Donze Black, National Healthy Schools Program Director, Alliance for A Healthier
Generation
Joy Johnson Wilson, Health Policy Director/Federal Affairs Counsel, National Conference of
State Legislatures
Presentation of the National Forum Public Policy Award
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm
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Break – Networking Opportunity
2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Plenary Session II
Institute of Medicine Reports on Hypertension and Sodium:
Findings, Recommendations, and Next Steps
Columbia AB
Facilitator:
Mark A. Schoeberl, Chair, National Forum, American Heart Association
Presenters:
Dr. Jane Henney, Chair, IOM Committee on Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake
Dr. David Fleming, Chair, IOM Committee on Public Health Priorities to Reduce Sodium Intake
Misty Jimerson, Chair, Cardiovascular Health Council, National Association of Chronic Disease
Directors
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm
Break – Networking Opportunity
On February 22, the Institute of Medicine released a report titled “Public Health Strategies
to Reduce and Control Hypertension in the U.S. Population,” and this month the organization
released another report titled “Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake.” This session highlights
the findings, recommendations and next steps related to both reports. Participants will better
understand the contents of the IOM reports as well as the next steps related to implementation
of the recommendations.
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4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
I: Policy, Environment, and Systems Change: Challenges, Opportunities and Recommendations for Evaluation
Columbia A
In the summer of 2007, a watershed event took place bringing 75 experts together to discuss
challenges, opportunities and recommendations for policy, environmental and systems change
evaluation. A panel will discuss the recommendations and proceedings for four sectors – training
and academics, state base programs, funding and policy makers. Discussions will include plans
for adopting recommendations and methods for implementation. Participants will be able to
identify recommendations for building capacity in policy, environmental and systems change
evaluation in four sectors.
Facilitator:
Dr. Alice Ammerman, Director, Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, UNC
Presenters:
Dr. Semra Aytur, Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire
Dr. Wayne Rosamond, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, UNC at Chapel Hill
Dr. Albert Tsai, Principal Epidemiologist, Minnesota Department of Health
4:00 pm – 5:15 pm II: Health Economics of Cardiovascular Disease:
Defining the Research Agenda
Columbia B
In May 2009, the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention’s Policy Research
Implementation Group convened a symposium to develop priorities for research on the
economics of CVD primary prevention and elimination of CVD disparities. Suggested areas
for future efforts include expanded CVD surveillance, advances in evaluation and economic
modeling of primary prevention, and use of behavioral economics to identify new prevention
strategies. Enhanced policy, funding, and leadership support is vital to realizing this research
agenda. Targeted research on the health and economic value of CVD prevention, especially to
eliminate CVD disparities, would bolster the case for increased investment in cardiovascular
health. Achieving this research agenda will require support from health research funders and
policy makers, but policy leadership would greatly benefit from a larger body of evidence to
guide decision making. Participants will be able to identify prevention research priorities in the
areas of surveillance, evaluation, economic modeling and behavioral economics, and needed
support for achievement.
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Facilitator:
Dr. Keith Ferdinand, Chief Science Officer, Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc.
Presenters:
Dr. Yuling Hong, Associate Director for Science, CDC Division for Heart Disease and
Stroke Prevention
Dr. Justin G. Trogdon, Health Economist, RTI International
III: Sleep Apnea, Atrial Fibrillation and Their Contribution to
Capitol Room B
There is a relationship between sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation. Breathing difficulties during
sleep can affect heart failure patients. Participants will be able to identify the risks associated
with sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation and the purpose and consumer/professional tools of the
sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation associations.
Facilitator:
Dr. Brian Bilchik, Director, ProCor, Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Presenters:
Michelle Baker, PR Specialist, A F Stat, Chandler Chicco
Ed Grandi, Executive Director, American Sleep Apnea Association
4:00 pm – 5:15 pm IV: Preventing Stroke and Heart Disease: Connecting Traditional and Emerging Communication
Approaches to Change Behavior
Dr. Viola Vaccarino, Professor and Chair, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Columbia C
The NIH presented a two day workshop in November 2009 on traditional and emerging
approaches to creating behavior change, including communications strategies and the use of
social marketing and social media to encourage healthy behaviors reduce the incidence of heart
disease and stroke. This session will feature highlights from some of the key presentations from
that workshop. Participants will be able to identify science-based communication strategies and
technologies for facilitating behavior change around the primary risk factors for heart disease
and stroke, and identify ways to leverage social marketing techniques to reduce stroke and
create healthier communities.
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Facilitator:
Marian Emr, Director, Office of Communications and Public Liaison (OCPL), National Institute
of Health
Presenters:
Dr. Robert Gould, President and CEO, Partnership for Prevention
Susannah Fox, Associate Director, Digital Strategy,
Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project
Dr. Jay Bernhardt, Distinguished Consultant, Office of the Associate Director for Communication,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm
New Member Orientation
Coordinating Board and New Members
Thornton Room
New to the National Forum? Come and learn about the National Forum’s leadership, operational
structure, and implementation groups’ activities to help you decide how your skills and
experience can mutually benefit the National Forum, you, and your organization.
Facilitators:
Keith Mason, Executive Director, National Forum
Dr. William Caplan, Membership Chair, National Forum
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm American Heart Association Networking Reception Thornton Room
The American Heart Association is hosting National Forum attendees for an evening
of networking in a business casual atmosphere and a celebration of member
accomplishments. Come and enjoy heart healthy, low fat, low sodium hor d’oeuvres listening to
cool sounds of a local jazz trio.
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Detailed Agenda - Tuesday, April 27
8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Exhibits Open
8:30 am – 10:45 am
Implementation Group Meetings
All National Forum Attendees are welcome to participate in any of the
Implementation Group Meetings.
Concord
Columbia C
Columbia B
Congressional A
Bryce
Columbia A
Lexington
10:45 am – 11:00 am Break – Networking Opportunity
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Luncheon Plenary III
11:00 am – 11:30 am American Heart Association’s Life’s Simple Seven –
Definition of Cardiovascular Health
Capitol Room
Capitol Room
For the first time, the American Heart Association has defined poor, intermediate and ideal
cardiovascular health — using seven easy-to-understand measures. This new definition,
focusing on health factors and lifestyle behaviors, comes when an association survey finds
that nearly four in 10 American adults (39 percent) think they have ideal heart health; yet 54
percent of them reported that a health professional had told them they had a risk factor for
heart disease and/or needed to make a lifestyle change to improve their heart health. Armed
with these findings, the American Heart Association has launched a national goal to not only
reduce deaths from cardiovascular diseases and stroke but also to improve the cardiovascular
health of Americans. Participants will be able to identify seven health measures known as Life’s
Simple Seven and how to use a new online resource that helps them assess their health and
develop unique steps to change behavior and improve heart health goals.
Action Priorities
Communications
Monitoring and Evaluation
Organizational Capacity
Public Health Leadership and Partnership
Policy Research
Regional and Global Collaboration Facilitator:
Dr. Darwin Labarthe, Director, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention,
Presenters:
Dr. Don Lloyd-Jones, Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University
Chair, American Heart Association Statistics Committee
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12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Annual Business Meeting
Welcome and Introductions – Mark Schoeberl, Chair, National Forum
Roll Call – Sharon Moffatt, Secretary, National Forum
Consent Agenda
Action Items:
• March 18, 2009 Meeting Minutes
• Election of At Large Coordinating Board Member
A Year of Achievements – Mark Schoeberl, Chair, National Forum
Executive Director’s Report – Keith Mason, Executive Director, National Forum
The National Forum Honors – Sharon Moffatt, Secretary, National Forum
National Forum Awards
A Tribute to Outgoing Leadership
Introductions of Incoming Leadership
Into the Future – Tom Pearson, Incoming Chair, National Forum
Activities and Priorities for 2010 – 2011
New Business – Tom Pearson, Incoming Chair, National Forum
Adjourn – Keith Mason, Executive Director, National Forum
1:00 pm – 1:15 pm Break – Networking Opportunity
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm Concurrent Sessions V: Making the Case: Cardiovascular Disease
Surveillance System in the U.S.
Congressional A
This session will provide an update and overview on the Institute of Medicines current activities
around CVD surveillance and discuss ongoing and future opportunities for providing input on the
IOM’s reports and activities. An open discussion will yield concepts and ideas around surveillance
that could be considered by the IOM, and possible mechanisms to advocate their support of these
ideas. Participants will be able to identify ways to implement recommendations for developing a
comprehensive surveillance system in the U.S.
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Facilitator:
Dr. David Goff, Professor, Wake Forest University
Presenters:
Dr. Sara Huston, Epidemiologist, Cardiovascular Health Council Delegate – North Carolina
Dr. Rob Merritt, Health Scientist, DHDSP/NCCDPHP CDC
Jill Birnbaum, Vice President, State Advocacy and Public Health, American Heart Association
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm
VI: Organizing Global Initiatives to Improve Education & Training
in CVD Prevention
Concord
Current global capacity to prevent cardiovascular diseases is poor and the situation is only
getting worse as the epidemic grows. There is no clear organizational body providing leadership
and advocacy for assessing current education needs, identifying available training resources,
and highlighting innovative strategies to increase global training. The sheer magnitude of
the burden of heart disease and stroke will require a larger workforce to provide clinical and
preventive services along with public health programs and policies. Participants will gain insight
into the current needs for and supply of personnel with expertise in cardiovascular health,
opportunities and barriers posed by different educational venues that could be employed to train
cardiovascular health practitioners, available sources for support and funding of global training
programs in CVD prevention, and a plan of action to seize the opportunities and overcome the
barriers to global training in CV health as identified by the Global Summit.
Dr. Steve Sidney, Associate Director for Clinical Research, Kaiser Permanente
Facilitator:
Dr. Brian Bilchik, Director, ProCor, Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Presenters:
Dr. Arun Chockalingam, Professor and Director of Global Health, Simon Fraser University
Dr. Thomas Pearson, Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Research, University of Rochester
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1:15 pm – 2:30 pm
VII: Using Prevention Impacts Simulation Model (PRISM)
for Cardiovascular Health Planning and Evaluation
Lexington
This session will introduce, demonstrate, and describe the application of PRISM, a system
dynamics simulation tool for public health leaders at the national, state, and local levels. PRISM
Online, to be released later in 2010, integrates many disparate pieces of evidence about
cardiovascular risk, allowing leaders to experiment with the 22 policy intervention levers to
better understand the short-term and long-term effects of those interventions on mortality,
morbidity, and cost. Participants will be able to identify the cardiovascular risk areas included in
the PRISM tool, experiment with PRISM Online, and understand three ways PRISM can be used
by public health leaders.
Facilitator:
Dr. Diane Orenstein, Behavioral Scientist, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, CDC
Presenters:
Kristina Wile, Consultant, Sustainability Institute
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm
VIII: Heart Attack Signs and Symptoms for Women –
Nationwide Awareness Campaign
Columbia C
The session is designed to address the issue of heart attacks in women, to discuss previous
campaign efforts surrounding this problem, and to introduce the new Office of Women’s Health
heart attack campaign set to be launched in January of 2011. The session will detail the mission
and messages of the campaign, as well as highlight opportunities for partner engagement
and involvement. Participants will gain an understanding of the heart attack campaign being
launched by the Office of Women’s Health.
Facilitator:
Sharon Moffatt, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Presenters:
Dr. Suzanne Haynes, Senior Science Advisor, DHHS, Office of Women’s Health
Dr. Ann Taubenheim, Branch Chief, Health Campaigns and Consumer Services,
DHHS Office of Women’s Health
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2:30 pm – 2:45 pm Break – Networking Opportunity
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Plenary Session IV
Columbia AB
As stated in the Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke, the U.S.
must “broaden, strengthen, and sustain public health partnerships as an essential force
for implementing and institutionalizing the plan. Include public health agencies at all
levels (national, state, and local) and a range of other federal, state, and local agencies
(e.g., education, agriculture, transportation, housing, environment, tribal organizations);
private organizations (e.g., faith-based organizations, business, labor, media, foundations); and
academia (e.g., schools of public health, departments of preventive and community medicine,
family practice, pediatrics, internal medicine, geriatrics).” This session highlights the private
sector’s role in developing the “Will” to increase the “Capacity” and ensure the “Infrastructure”
exists to prevent heart disease and stroke. Participants will better understand the role of the
private sector stakeholder in developing the “Will” to prevent heart disease and stroke in their
sphere(s) of influence.
Facilitator:
Keith Mason, Executive Director, National Forum
Presenters:
Developing the “Will” in the Private Sector to Prevent
Bill Bruning, President and CEO, Mid America Coalition on Health Care
Dr. Karyn Wills, Aetna Medical Director, Mid-Atlantic Region
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Plenary Session V
The Future “Will” for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
Columbia AB
As stated in the Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke, the U.S.
must “establish active collaboration among public health agencies, clinical preventive service
providers, and other partners at all levels (e.g., purchasers of health care insurance, insurers,
providers of care, health counselors, patient groups) to implement effective policies and
programs that address CVH promotion and primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular
disease (CVD).” This session highlights the federal stakeholder’s role in developing the “Will”
to increase the “Capacity” and ensure the “Infrastructure” exists to prevent heart disease and
stroke. Participants will better understand the role of the federal sector stakeholders in creating
the “Will” to prevent heart disease and stroke in their sphere(s) of influence.
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Facilitator:
Dr. Keith Ferdinand, Chief Science Officer, Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc.
Presenters:
Penelope Slade-Sawyer, Rear Admiral, Director, HHS Office of Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion
Dr. Ursula Bauer, Director, National Center for Chronic Disease and Health Promotion, CDC
Peter Briss, Captain, U.S. Public Health Service, CDC
Co-Chair, National Quality Forum, National Priorities Partnership, Population Health Workgroup
5:00 pm
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Closing
Dr. Thomas Pearson, National Forum Chair
National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
Coordinating Board
Implementation Group and
Committee
Year End Reports
April 1, 2009 – March 31, 2010
www.hearthealthystrokefree.org
Coordinating Board
Year End Report
April 1, 2009 – March 31, 2010
Members: James B. Baranski, CPA, National Stroke Association; Kristen Betts, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention; Jill Birnbaum, JD, American Heart Association; William Caplan, MD, University of Wisconsin Medical
Foundation; Arun Chockalingam, Simon Fraser University; Linda Faulkner, Cardiovascular Health Council Delegate;
Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, Association of Black Cardiologists; Jay Glasser, PhD, Medicine and Public Health
Initiative; David C. Goff, Jr., MD, PhD, FACP, FAHA, Wake Forest University School of Medicine; Michael S. Lauer,
MD, FACC, FAHA, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Branka Legetic, MD, MPH, PhD, Pan American Health
Organization; Sharon Moffatt, RN, BSN, MSN, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials; Emmeline Ochiai,
DHHS/Office of Public Health and Science; Elizabeth (Libby) Puckett, PT, National Association of Chronic Disease
Directors; Wayne Rosamond, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Namvar Zohoori, MD, MPH, PhD,
National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
Staff: Mike Greenwell, Julie A. Harvill, Keith Mason
Mission: The Coordinating Board serves as the decision making and coordinating body for the National Forum so that it
may effectively and efficiently achieve the vision and mission of the National Forum and support implementation of A Public
Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke.
Chair: Mark Alan Schoeberl, MPA, Executive Vice President, Advocacy, American Heart Association
Vice-Chair: Thomas Pearson, MD, MPH, PhD, University of Rochester Medical Center
Past-Chair: Darwin R. Labarthe, MD, MPH, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Accomplishments: (April 1, 2009 – March 31, 2010)
Libby Puckett filled the vacant position on the Executive Committee. It is comprised of three officers and three elected
members with the term ending April, 2010.
Non Profit Leadership recommendations were approved and included in a grid for monitoring.
Terms and conditions to engage and Executive Director were approved.
Legal counsel was obtained for guidance and processing for Incorporation.
A Mid Year Membership Call will be initiated in the fall of 2010. The Communications Implementation Group will take the
lead on development and work in collaboration with Implementation Groups and Committees. The focus will be on member
organizations and progress on priorities following Annual Meeting.
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Policy Statement on Biomarkers was developed and approved.
National Forum Sponsored Event – Global Summit on Education and Training for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention,
October 15 - 16, 2009.
National Forum Sponsored Event – OCIG Webinar on Applied Epidemiology Competencies, October 20, 2009.
National Forum participated in the Sodium Stakeholders Meeting on November 4, 2009.
Namvar Zohoori, MD, MPH, PhD replaced Jennifer Smith on the Coordinating Board representing the National Association of
Chronic Disease Directors.
Sharon Moffatt, National Forum Secretary Treasurer is serving on the DHHS, OWH Heart Attack Campaign Expert Panel
representing the National Forum.
Keith Mason was hired in December 2009 as the National Forum’s first Executive Director. He was formerly employed by Eli
Lilly and Company.
The End of Year Giving Program led by Mark Schoeberl, National Forum Chair and Thomas G. Durham, PhD, Executive
Director, Danya Institute raised over $2,000.
The Action Priorities, Communications, Membership and Public Health Leadership Chairs and Vice-chairs met on December 9,
2009. The participants identified opportunities to link with key policy and communication leaders and experts from member
organizations which are addressed in the Membership Recruitment Plan. Participants also discussed ways to position members
to serve in leadership and advisory roles within member organization boards and committees.
During the January Coordinating Board meeting, the 2010 Priorities for the National Forum were approved: Sodium,
Surveillance and Health Reform related to prevention.
Dr. Keith Ferdinand was elected by the Coordinating Board in January as the National Forum Chair-elect. He will begin his
term following the Annual Business Meeting on April 27, 2010.
The Coordinating Board approved the Articles of Incorporation and filing for Incorporation as a nonprofit. The current
Coordinating Board will be appointed as the Board of Directors. The National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention,
Inc. was established on February 15, 2010. The next step is filing for tax exempt status.
A Membership Recruitment Plan developed by the Membership Committee was approved by the Coordinating Board.
The 8th National Forum will be held April 26 – 27, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, Washington D.C. The theme is
“Creating the Will for A Heart Healthy and Stroke Free Society”. The Annual Business Meeting for the organization will be
held April 27, 2010.
For More Information Contact: Keith Mason at [email protected] or Julie Harvill at [email protected].
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Action Priorities Implementation Group (APIG)
Year End Report
April 1, 2009 – March 31, 2010
Chair: Jill Birnbaum, JD, American Heart Association
Staff: D’Lovely Gibson
Mission Statement: To identify effective policies in cardiovascular health (CVH) promotion and cardiovascular disease
prevention at the national, state, and local levels to ensure effective public health action against heart disease and stroke.
The APIG has been following the issues surrounding health reform, second hand smoke, sodium and surveillance to keep the
National Forum implementation groups and coordinating informed on ongoing initiatives to help craft messages, activities,
and advocacy strategies.
Members: Calvo Ahmed MD, MPH, FAAFP, Health Resources and Services Administration; Nicole Blair, MPH,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; William Caplan, MD; Ron Finch, EdD, National Business Group on Health;
Bernadette Ford-Lattimore, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Robinson Fulwood, PhD, MSPH,
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Jason Hsieh, MPH, National Governors Association; Sara Koka, MPH, MS,
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials; Kenneth LaBresh, MD; Rian Landers, National Association for Sport
and Physical Education; Debra Lubar, MSW, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Julia Pekarsky Schneider,
MPH, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials; Ron Todd, MSED, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
In its continued efforts to provide insight for National Forum activities, APIG has been reviewing policy issue brief on funding
for state heart disease and stroke prevention programs, and reviewing literature for drafts of policy statement on issue of
elimination of disparities and social determinants of health.
The APIG also secured the National Forum’s support of the Prevention and Wellness Reform Letter that encouraged
establishment of a National Prevention Strategy and a Public Health and Wellness Trust Fund, and cites other areas of health
reform legislation. (Trust for America’s Health)
The APIG developed a working group on Surveillance to set priorities and needs for a surveillance unit.
For More Information Contact: D’Lovely Gibson at [email protected] or 404-679-7933.
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Communications Implementation Group (CIG)
Year End Report
April 1, 2009 – March 31, 2010
Members: Kristen Betts, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; Marian Emr, National Institute of Neurologic
Disorders and Stroke; Suzanne Ffolkes, American Heart Association; Crystelle Fogle, RD, Cardiovascular Health Council
Delegate Montana; Norma Goodwin, MD, HealthPower for Minorities; Dennis Milne, American Heart Association;
Susanna Perry, MS, FDA Office of Women’s Health
Staff: Eunice Mafundikwa
Mission Statement: To effectively communicate the urgency and importance of preventing heart disease and stroke
through a long-term strategy of public information and education.
Developed a CIG 2009/10 Action Plan and accomplished the following activities to meet objectives within this plan:
1. Increase membership and participation in the CIG:
• Recruited the FDA/Office of Women’s Health as a new National Forum member; Representative serves on the
Communications Implementation Group.
Chair: Kristen Betts, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Vice-Chair: Peg O’Connell, JD, Fuquay Solutions
2. Maintain and enhance internal communication systems to meet needs of Implementation Groups and
Coordinating Board members.
• Updated and enhanced the design of sections of the National Forum Website.
• Provided communications support to other IGs:
○○ RGCIG: Issued a media statement regarding the RGCIG Global Summit on Education and Training in HDSP;
○○ PHLIG: Consulted with the Public Health Leadership IG on a membership survey;
○○ PRIG: Posted presentations from the PRIG Symposium “Economics of Cardiovascular Disease; reviewed draft
summary document.
○○ APIG: Conducted an environmental scan of existing surveillance programs to identify various messaging
terms used to describe “surveillance” to use in advancing the National Forum’s policy work on this issue.
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3. Disseminate information/resources/tools for member organizations.
• Sent out timely information to members on significant reports released on heart disease and stroke issues:
○○ AHA 2020 goals report
○○ IOM Report on Secondhand Smoke and Acute Coronary Events
○○ IOM Report on Public Health Strategies to Address Hypertension
○○ IOM Report on Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake
• Wrote and disseminated bi-monthly National Forum Action Updates for members:
○○ Past issues are posted at www.hearthealthystrokefree.org/resources-newsletter.aspx.
• Disseminate monthly “In the News” e-bulletins for members, which have become a regular feature of the National
Forum web site. Monthly e-bulletins include current published news articles on heart disease and stroke and links to
upcoming events, resources, and published research.
• Created a slide show about the National Forum and posted on the web site for use by members. Members can use
the slideshow as is or customize it for their specific presentation needs.
4. Use the media to educate the public about the National Forum’s priority issues.
• Developed a media outreach plan for the year to include upcoming reports and events, as well as annual health
observations related to heart disease and stroke.
• Wrote and pitched a variety of news releases/statements on behalf of the National Forum to targeted media outlets:
These included the following:
○○ February 24, 2010: Op-Ed: National Forum Calls for Collective Will and More Funding to Fight Hypertension
»» Conducted an evaluation following release of LTE.
○○ October 15, 2009: Exposure to Second Hand Smoke Can Lead to a Heart Attack ○○ October 15, 2009: National Forum Cites Poor Global Capacity to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke ○○ April 26, 2009: National Forum Honors Members and Partners with Annual Awards 5. Develop a two-way communication system between the National Forum and its members.
• Created a web-based resource library on the National Forum web site to share member organizations’
communication materials and resources.
For More Information Contact: Eunice Mafundikwa at [email protected] or call 404-679-7922.
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Monitoring and Evaluation Implementation Group (meig)
Year End Report
April 1, 2009 – March 31, 2010
Members: Alice Ammerman, DrPH, RD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Semra Aytur, PhD, Seattle King
County Health Department; Jay Bae, PhD, Eli Lilly; Diane Bild, MD, MPH, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute;
Ed Chao, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists; Eileen Franco Chappelle, MPH, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention; Dorothy Coverson, PhD, RN, Morehouse School of Medicine; Kelly Evenson, PhD, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill; David Goff, MD, PhD, FACP, FAHA, Wake Forest University School of Medicine; Virginia
Howard, PhD, FAHA, MSPH, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Judith Lichtman, PhD, MPH, Yale University
School of Medicine; Laura Linnan, ScD, CHES, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Russell Luepker, MD, MS,
FAHA, University of Minnesota; Rob Merritt, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Rose Marie Robertson,
MD, American Heart Association; Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH, FAHA, Kaiser Permanente; Jane Sisk, PhD, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention; Albert Tsai, PhD, MPH, NACDD Cardiovascular Health Council (Minnesota);
Mark Veazie, DrPH, Indian Health Service; Andy Weilgosz, Msc, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FACC, Public Health Agency
of Canada
Mission Statement: To monitor the burden of heart disease and stroke and measure progress in the prevention and
treatment of heart disease and stroke by:
Chair: Wayne Rosamond, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Vice-Chair: Sara L. Huston, PhD, NACDD Cardiovascular Health Council (North Carolina)
• Expanding and standardizing population-wide data sources and activities
• Establishing frameworks, methods, and core indicators for evaluation of policy, environmental and systems change
interventions
• Developing professional staff capacity for monitoring and evaluation
The MEIG Surveillance Project Team partnered with the NF Action Priorities Implementation Group (APIG) to develop and
implement a specific strategy to advocate for the establishment of a national heart disease and stroke (HDS) Surveillance
Unit. Together, they developed a National Forum Position Statement on this issue. In addition, the Project Team developed an
issue brief that will be used to inform National Forum members and partners about this issue, and to engage key partners in
the process of advocating for establishment of a national HDS Surveillance Unit. Plans were completed to conduct a breakout
session on late breaking surveillance issues at the April 2010 Forum meeting.
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The MEIG Evaluation Project Team completed a “consensus” paper on recommendations for advancing evaluation of policy
and environmental change, based on the issues and recommendations from the watershed conference on evaluation of policy
and environmental change for heart disease and stroke. Plans were completed to conduct a breakout session on this topic at
the April 2010 Forum meeting.
The Capacity Project Team has been developing a white paper which includes specific recommendations on how the National
Forum and its partners can assist organizations in assessing and improving their capacity and professional competencies for
heart disease and stroke surveillance and evaluation.
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Organization Capacity Implementation Group (OCIG)
Year End Report
April 1, 2009 – March 31, 2010
Members: J. Nell Brownstein, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Linda Faulkner, NACDD
Cardiovascular Health Council (Arkansas); Karen Friedl, MSN, ANP, RN, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium,
Jennifer Lemmings, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists; Marti Macchi, Kansas Department of Health and
Environment; Sharon Moffatt, RN, BSN, MS, Association of State and Territorial Public Health Officials; Gary Myers,
PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Linda Redman, MPH, MA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
Jennifer Smith, MSHP, Texas Association of Local Health Officials, Margie Tate, MS, RD, Directors of Health Promotion
and Education
Mission Statement: To assist federal, state and local public health agencies, including laboratories, to address heart disease
and stroke as a priority within a strong chronic disease prevention effort, and develop the needed competencies and resources
by facilitating:
• Establishment of definable entities with responsibility and accountability for heart disease and stroke prevention
• Creation of a training system to develop and maintain appropriately trained public health workforces
• Identification and dissemination of model performance standards and core competencies in heart disease and stroke
prevention and cardiovascular health promotion
Chair: Libby Puckett, PT, National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
Vice-Chair: Joan Ware, NACDD Cardiovascular Health Council
• Provision of ongoing access to technical assistance and consultation for agencies and partners in heart disease and stroke
prevention
• Integration and collaboration with all relevant programs and partners
The OCIG worked in partnership with the laboratories section at CDC, NACDD and the National Forum’s Action Priorities
Implementation Group (APIG) to develop a National Forum Position Statement supporting the Cardiovascular Biomarkers
Standardization Program and the resources necessary to support the Program. In addition, the OCIG provided National Forum
members with a fact sheet describing the Program, and explaining the negative consequences that would result in terms of
the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease should the Program be discontinued or under-funded.
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The OCIG also worked in close partnership with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) to plan and conduct
a successful free, one-hour webinar on the Applied Epidemiology Competencies developed by CDC and CSTE. This webinar took
place on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET. The primary audience included state and territorial chronic
disease directors, heart disease and stroke prevention program managers and staff, and chronic disease epidemiologists. The
secondary audience included faculty and students of schools of public health. Over 80 people participated in the webinar.
Members of the OCIG also built a partnership with the Regional and Global Collaboration Implementation Group. Their
input and participation was requested during the Global Training Summit held in October 2009. OCIG members provided
commentary on how the capacity building support for middle and low income countries is the same support needed by low
income communities in the US.
The OCIG forwarded a list of resource information and training opportunities to Danya, International, Inc. for posting on the
National Forum website. The OCIG will monitor this information to ensure that it remains current, and will add additional
resources and training information as it is identified.
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Public Health Leadership and
Partnership Implementation Group (PHLPIG)
Year End Report
April 1, 2009 – March 31, 2010
Members: Tim Elsner, The Mended Hearts, Inc.; Kathy Foell, Massachusetts Department of Public Health; Jay Glasser,
PhD, MS, FFPH, FRIPH, Medicine and Public Health Initiative; Dyann Matson-Koffman, DrPH, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention; Stan Shanedling, PhD, MPH, Minnesota Department of Health; Namvar Zohoori, MD, MPH,
PhD, National Associations of Chronic Disease Directors
Mission Statement: To foster effective leadership and partnership for preventing heart disease and stroke.
Opportunities for Leadership – The PHLPIG embarked on an effort to help the National Forum develop and effectively
utilize, as part of the way it operates, a process that proactively identifies opportunities for leadership and partnership
in heart disease and stroke prevention, and ensures that the National Forum and its partners take full advantage of such
opportunities. The PHLPIG developed a list of questions, along with a planning grid for use in identifying such opportunities.
The PHLPIG invited the National Forum’s Communications Implementation Group (CIG) to help pilot a process through which
National Forum leaders, members and implementation groups are asked to help identify opportunities for leadership and
partnership. This process was incorporated into the National Forum Membership Recruitment Plan to identify both internal and
external opportunities for leadership.
Chair: Jay Glasser, PHD, MS, FFPH, FRIPH, Medicine and Public Health Initiative
Vice-Chair: Stan Shanedling, PhD, MPH, Minnesota Department of Health
Leadership Prospectus – The PHLPIG presented to the Coordinating Board in January a Leadership Prospectus Outline
demonstrating the need to develop a “Leadership Prospectus” for leadership and partnership for the National Forum. The
board agreed and provided recommendations for inclusion. The PHLPIG is working to finalize the Leadership Prospectus which
identifies the definition, context, key issues, roles for the Coordinating Board, Implementation Group Members and other
National Forum members, short and long term activities for skill building and training and a timeline.
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Discussion with National Forum Executive Director – The PHLPIG met with the National Forum Executive Director
to address needs for the organization in the area of leadership development and opportunities to heighten the mission and
vision of the National Forum and its work.
8th National Forum Planning – The PHLPIG had a representative serving on the planning committee for the 8th
National Forum.
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Policy Research Implementation Group (prig)
Year End Report
April 1, 2009 – March 31, 2010
Members: Thomas T. Fogg, MS, Cardiovascular Health Intervention Research & Translation Network; Yuling Hong,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Meredith Kilgore, RN, PhD, University of Alabama; Diane Orenstein,
PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Guijing Wang, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
Alexander White, JD, MPH, Cardiovascular Health Council Delegate North Carolina; Armineh Zohrabian, PhD,
Staff: Faith Berrier
Mission Statement: To develop a comprehensive policy research agenda, foster translating this research into practice, and
investigate relevant economic models.
Expert Symposium, “Economics of Cardiovascular Disease: Defining the Research Agenda” May 14 – 15,
2009 in Washington, DC at the Embassy Suites Convention Center – Thirty experts in heart disease, stroke, health
policy, public health, health economics, and representatives from business participated in the symposium. A major goal for
convening these experts was to create a set of prioritized recommendations, including identifying gaps in current research,
that can be used to develop an economic and policy research agenda for heart disease and stroke prevention. The results
of the Symposium will be used to inform public health organizations, policymakers and research institutions about costeffective strategies and research needs for the prevention of heart disease and stroke at the population level. The results and
recommendations from the meeting are being be compiled into a journal article.
Chair: Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc.
Vice-Chair: Viola Vaccarino, MD, PhD, Emory University
The slide presentations for the Symposium can be found on the National Forum website:
www.hearthealthystrokefree.org/implementation-research.aspx
Enduring materials from the May Symposium include the development of a manuscript for submission to AHA’s journal,
Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. Final edits and clearance procedures are currently underway, and
submission is anticipated in by the end of April. Recommendations put forth in the paper address Surveillance, Evaluation,
Economic Modeling, and Behavioral Economics.
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A Concurrent Session at the 8th National Forum will provide an overview of the Symposium and address the topics covered
in the journal manuscript through a panel discussion. Speakers will present the recommendations put forth in the paper and
provide insight on the importance of defining a research agenda for the economics of cardiovascular health.
For More Information Contact: Faith Berrier at [email protected] or 404-604-2729.
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Regional and Global Collaboration (RGCIG)
Implementation Group
Year End Report
April 1, 2009 – March 31, 2010
Members: Deborah Baldwin, Public Health Agency of Canada; Gladys Branic, MD, NACCHO Representative;
Amy Carte, RNC, MS, Oklahoma State Health Department; Beatriz Marcet Champagne, PhD, InterAmerican
Heart Foundation; Sunita Dodani, MD, FCPS, MSc, PhD, FAHA, University of Kansas Medical Center; John W.
Farquhar, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine; Bernard J. Gersh, M.B.Ch.B, D.Phil., MD, Mayo Clinic;
Vilius Grabauskus, MD, Kaunas University; Benn Grover, ProCor; James Hospedales, MD, Pan American Health
Organization; Mark Huffman, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University; Tim Hutchison, Public Health
Agency of Canada; Randy Kirkendall, MPH, Platometrics; B. Waine Kong, JD, Heart Institute of the Caribbean;
Branka Legetic, MD, MPH, PhD, Pan American Health Organization; David R. MacLean, MD, Simon Fraser
University; David McQueen, MD, Centers for Disease and Control Prevention; Sayoki Mfinanga, National Institute
for Medical Research; Brett Miner, MPH, MA, Centers for Disease and Control Prevention; Andrea Neiman, PhD,
Centers for Disease and Control Prevention; Sania Nishtar, MD, HEARTFILE; Gilles Paradis, McGill University; Thomas
Pearson, MD, MPH, PhD, University of Rochester Medical Center; Sylvie Stachenko, MD, University of Alberta;
Kay Tee- Khaw, University of Cambridge, James T. Toole, MD, LLB, Department of Neurology Wake Forest University
School of Medicine International Stroke Society; Debra R. Wirth-Simmons, RN, MS, Consortium for Southeastern
Hypertension Control
Chair: Arun Chockalingam, MS, PhD, Professor and Director of Global Health, Faculty of Health Sciences,
Simon Fraser University.
Vice-Chair: Brian Bilchik, MD, Director, ProCor, Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Mission Statement:
• To engage with regional and global partners to mobilize resources in cardiovascular health promotion and
disease prevention.
• To develop and implement global cardiovascular health policies.
• To establish or strengthen liaison with international partners.
• Established the priorities listed below for the 2009/2010 year and developed a work plan for moving them forward.
• Renamed the digital library to the Philip Poole-Wilson National Forum Digital Library (Philip’s List).
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• Developed and launched a re-formatted website display of Philip’s List to make for easier updating and reading online.
• The RGCIG hosted Global Summit on Education and Training in Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention on October 15 –16
in Atlanta. Over 60 people attended the event, representing 20 countries. Findings from the conference are used
to identify opportunities and resources to develop the capacity of a broad workforce needed to collectively fight
cardiovascular diseases.
• Presented findings of a training survey at the Global Summit.
• Conducted the face-to-face RGCIG meeting held immediately following the Global Summit on October 16, 2009
to develop a follow-up plan for the Summit recommendations and next steps.
• In collaboration with the Communications IG developed a press release on the Global Summit.
• Prepared a manuscript of Global Summit findings for publication.
• Organized a dinner meeting to be held during the Global Summit between RGCIG and CINDI leadership to discuss a
possible collaboration on the development of a policy toolkit.
• Initiated collaboration with potential partners to support the development of a policy toolkit.
• Welcomed 11 new members: Deborah Baldwin, Sunita Dodani, Vilius Grabauskus, Tim Hutchison, B. Waine Kong,
Brett Miner, Andrea Neiman, Debra Wirth-Simmons, Mark Huffman, Sayoki Mfinanga, Benn Grover.
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Membership Committee
Year End Report
April 1, 2009 – March 31, 2010
Members: Jay H. Glasser, PhD, MS, FFPH, FRIPH, Medicine & Public Health Initiative; Judy Hannan, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention; Margaret Casey, Cardiovascular Health Council; Emmeline Ochiai, Health and Human
Services; Mark Schoeberl, MPA, American Heart Association
Mission Statement: To identify, recruit, and retain as members in the National Forum representatives of organizations and
individuals who provides expertise, support, and participation in joint actions that impact the recommendations in A Public
Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke and support the National Forums’ mission. The committee will also
conduct periodic evaluations of the National Forum.
1. Membership Recruitment Plan was presented at a face-to-face meeting with the Action Priorities, Communications
and Public Health Leadership Implementation Groups to seek input and reaction. The final plan was presented at the
January Coordinating Board for reaction and approval.
2. Implementation Group Infrastructure – Continued discussions with Implementation Group members on expansion
of Implementation Group membership with elected Advisory Council taking lead role.
Chair: William Caplan, MD, University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation
Vice-Chair: Tim Hutchinson, MSW, RSW, MPA, Public Health Agency of Canada
3. Incorporation – Action Item presented on Incorporation was approved by Coordinating Board in September 2009.
The National Forum was incorporated as a Domestic Non-Profit Corporation on February 15, 2010.
4. Mid Year Membership Meeting – The Coordinating Board approved the Action Item to establish a Mid Year
Membership meeting via conference call. The meeting will be initiated in the fall of 2010 (six months after Annual
Meeting). This will be a collaborative effort with the Communications and Public Health Leadership Implementation
Groups with the CIG charged with planning and coordination. The focus will highlight National Forum priorities and action
since the annual meeting and showcasing member organizations.
5. 2010 Membership Survey – A revised Membership Survey to be distributed to all National Forum members via
Magnet Mail in April 2010.
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Membership Recruitment and Engagement – Four new organizations, eight individuals and two appointed delegates
joined the National Forum since April 2009:
Organizations:
1. The American Sleep Apnea Association, represented by Executive Director, Ed Grandi
2. The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association, represented by Executive Director, Chris Chiames
3. Kaunus University of Medicine, represented by Chancellor Vilius J. Grabauskas
4. Texas Association of Local Health Officials, represented by Jennifer Smith
Individual Members:
1. Jay P. Bae, PhD
2. Suzanne Haynes, PhD
3. Mark Huffman, MD, MPH
4. Kenneth A. Labresh, MD, FAHA, FACC, RECE
5. Kari Moore, RN, BSN
6. Peg O’Connell, JD
7. Sayoki Mfinanga, MD, PhD
8. Larissa Avilés-Santa, MD, MPH, FACP, FACE
Delegates:
1. Karen Friedl, Alaska Native Health Center
2. Susana Perry, U.S. DHHS, Food & Drug Administration, Office of Women’s Health
3. Deb Spicer, CVH Council
4. Benn Grover, Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation (ProCor)
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Resource Committee
Year End Report
April 1, 2009 – March 31, 2010
Chair: James Baranski, CPA, National Stroke Association
Mission Statement: The mission of the Resource Committee (RC) is to secure and coordinate resources to support the
National Forum and implementation of the Action Plan.
1. Incorporation – Action Item presented on Incorporation was approved by Coordinating Board in September 2009.
The National Forum was incorporated as a Domestic Non-Profit Corporation on February 15, 2010.
2. End of Year Giving Program – The National Forum raised over $2,000 through its End of Year Giving Program.
3. Grant Awards – The National Forum received two grants during the reporting period:
• A grant was awarded to the National Forum for $75,000 by Sanofi Aventis to serve as the Public Health Advisor for
the AF Stat Call to Action.
• A grant was awarded to the National Forum for $25,000 by Astra Zeneca to revamp the website to allow for better
collaboration, communication, and interaction amongst members of the National Forum.
Members: Kathy Gallagher, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Sharon Moffatt, RN, BS, MSN, Association
of State and Territorial Officials; John Robitscher, MPH, National Association of Chronic Disease Directors; Tom Pearson,
University of Rochester; Mark Schoeberl, MPA, American Heart Association
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BIOGRAPHIES
Alice Ammerman, DrPH, RD
Director, Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Professor, Department of Nutrition
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Dr. Ammerman received her doctoral degree in nutrition from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has been
Director of the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention since 2004. In 2000, she received the Greenberg
Award for excellence in public health research, service, and practice. The American Public Health Association awarded her with
the Excellence in Dietary Guidance Award in 2006.
Dr. Ammerman has strong research and practice collaborations across the state addressing childhood obesity and was
appointed by the Lieutenant Governor to serve on the Childhood Obesity Study Committee, charged with recommending
legislative action around childhood obesity. She also serves on the Governor’s Task Force for Healthy Carolinians.
Dr. Ammerman is the author of more than 75 scientific articles and book chapters.
Semra Aytur, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
University of New Hampshire
Alice Ammerman’s research activities include design and testing of innovative clinical and community-based nutrition and
physical activity intervention approaches for chronic disease risk reduction in primarily low income and minority populations.
Her recent research interests focus on school nutrition policy associated with childhood obesity, sustainable agriculture as it
relates to improved nutrition, and social entrepreneurship as a sustainable approach to addressing public health concerns.
She is also interested in methods of research translation and dissemination and is currently the principal investigator of the
Center of Excellence for Training and Research Translation, charged with identification, translation, and dissemination of
evidence-based interventions for obesity and cardiovascular disease control and prevention.
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Semra Aytur is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of New
Hampshire. Her research focuses on relationships between policy, environment, and systems change with respect to health
behavior and CVD risk factors. She is particularly interested in health disparities and community-based participatory research.
Semra completed her PhD at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where she studied relationships between land use
policies, transportation infrastructure, physical activity, and obesity. She has also worked as a Policy Specialist in local public
health departments, focusing on policies related to nutrition, physical activity, and CVD.
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BIOGRAPHIES
Michelle Baker
Team Lead
Chandler Chicco Agency
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Michelle Baker of Chandler Chicco Agency focuses on disease and health awareness campaigns, materials development,
public affairs, and physician and patient communications. Among other skills, Michelle has extensive experience in building
coalitions among non-profit organizations, hospitals, medical schools, corporations and governmental agencies.
Ursula Bauer, PhD, MPH
Director
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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Ursula Bauer, PhD, MPH, is the director of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
(NCCDPHP), a position she assumed on January 4, 2010.
Prior to becoming director of NCCDPHP, Dr. Bauer was director of the Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention in
the New York State Department of Health. She was named to that post in March 2008. She provided leadership, vision, and
direction to the state’s chronic disease programs and efforts to integrate prevention activities into a focused set of strategies to
reduce the burden of chronic disease, reduce health care costs, and improve the health of New Yorkers.
Dr. Bauer joined the New York health department in 2001 as the director of its Tobacco Control Program. In that role Dr.
Bauer transformed the program into a focused, effective exemplar of tobacco control strategy and practice. She doubled the
program’s funding from $43 million to $85 million and implemented key evidence-based policy strategies, including two
cigarette excise tax increases and the statewide Clean Indoor Air Act.
Prior to her service in New York, Dr. Bauer worked as a chronic disease epidemiologist with the Florida Department of Health
and, as a CDC epidemic intelligence service officer, with the Louisiana Office of Public Health. She conducted public health
surveillance, led evaluation and research programs, and designed and implemented systems and studies to monitor and
demonstrate the impact of public health interventions. She was also an assistant professor at the University of South Florida’s
College of Public Health.
One of Dr. Bauer’s sentinel publications was an August 2000 JAMA article that documented a 40-percent reduction in smoking
among Florida middle school students and an 18-percent drop among the state’s high school students in a 2-year period
following implementation of the Florida Pilot Program on Tobacco Control.
Dr. Bauer received her PhD in Epidemiology from Yale University, an MPH in Family Health from Columbia University, and a
Master’s degree in Political Science from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She is married and has two daughters.
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Jay Bernhardt, PhD, MPH
Distinguished Consultant
Office of the Associate Director for Communication
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Dr. Bernhardt holds an Adjunct Associate Professorship at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. Prior to his
tenure at CDC, he was an Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education at Emory and the Founding Director
of the Emory Center for Public Health Communication. Previously, Dr. Bernhardt was Assistant Professor of Health Promotion
and Behavior at the University of Georgia. His PhD in Health Behavior and Health Education is from the School of Public
Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Dr. Bernhardt has more than 50 scientific publications, including book chapters and articles in leading scholarly journals.
He serves on three editorial boards, Social Marketing Quarterly, Health Education Research, and Journal of Health
Communication; is a member of five honor societies; and has received numerous prestigious awards. In 2001, Dr. Bernhardt
was the youngest member ever elected to the Executive Board of the American Public Health Association. During his term he
was elected to serve as Vice Chairperson of the Board.
A gifted and sought-after speaker, Dr. Bernhardt has delivered scores of keynote addresses and presentations since 2005.
He is a vocal advocate for the power of social media and networks and the need to increase connections between and among
professionals and communities, having founded the National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media,
now in its 4th year.
Dr. Jay Bernhardt is recognized internationally as a visionary leader, senior executive, and innovative scientist in the
application of communication, marketing, and media to public health, healthcare, and medicine. From 2005 to 2009, he
served as the first permanent Director of the National Center for Health Marketing (NCHM) at the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC). In Fiscal Year 2009, NCHM employed more than 500 staff with a budget of more than $110 million.
Brian Bilchik, MD
Director
ProCor, Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation
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Dr. Brian Bilchik is a Clinical Cardiologist and Co-Director of the Lown Cardiovascular Center in Boston, and a physician at the
Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a research associate at the
Harvard School of Public Health, and was appointed to the Chronic Disease Working Group of the Harvard Initiative of Global
Health (HIGH).
Dr. Bilchik is director of ProCor, a program of the Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation. ProCor is a global network and
electronic resource focusing on the promotion of cardiovascular health in low resource settings.
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Jill Birnbaum
Vice President of State Advocacy & Public Health
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Jill Birnbaum is the Vice President of State Advocacy & Public Health for the National Center of the American Heart Association
where she leads the Association’s state legislative and regulatory policy, public health, and state health alliance agendas. Prior
to her work at the American Heart Association, she spent five years as the Senior Director of Advocacy for the American Heart
Association in Minnesota where she was responsible for developing and coordinating state and local advocacy campaigns to
advance public policies to improve cardiovascular health.
Peter A. Briss, MD, MPH
Captain, U.S. Public Health Service
Office of the Director
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Peter Briss, MD, MPH, has been with CDC and the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service for 19 years. He has
participated in a broad range of cross-disciplinary research. His primary scientific interests are systematic reviews, evidenceinformed practice, program evaluation, policy analysis, and research translation. He has applied these interests across a broad
range of health and behavioral topics ranging from health care to community prevention. He has participated in public health
teaching, practice, and research at state and federal levels in the U.S. and internationally.
Dr. Briss began his public health career as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer assigned to the State Health Department
in Tennessee. His served his preventive medicine residency in CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. His
first staff assignment was in the National Center for Environmental Health’s Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch where he
authored CDC’s 1997 statement on screening young children for lead poisoning. He has spent nearly 10 years as an original
staff member, systematic review team leader, and chief of the Community Guide Branch at CDC. The Community Guide Branch
supports the non-Federal Task Force on Community Preventive Services and works with many partners to develop evidencebased community practice guidelines and encourage the adoption of effective practices in communities and health care
systems. From 2006 to 2009 he served as the Science Officer in the Coordinating Center for Environmental Health and Injury
Prevention performing many leadership roles related to science and research translation. Since June 2009 he has served as
CDC’s Acting Associate Director for Science.
Dr. Briss received his medical degree and training in internal medicine and pediatrics at the Ohio State University and he also
has an MPH in Health Management and Policy from the University of Michigan. He completed training in epidemiology and
preventive medicine at CDC, is board certified in internal medicine and preventive medicine, and continues to serve as an
active clinician at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. He has authored or coauthored approximately 80 scholarly publications
and co-edited the Guide to Community Preventive Services. He has received numerous Commissioned Corps awards including
the Outstanding Service Medal.
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Bill Bruning, JD, MBA
President and CEO
Mid-America Coalition on Health Care
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Arun Chockalingam, MS, PhD, FACC
Professor of Health Sciences
Simon Fraser University
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Dr. Arun Chockalingam is currently the Professor of Health Sciences and Director of Continuing Public Health Education at
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. He is also a Senior International Policy Advisor to the Public Health Agency
of Canada. Chockalingham serves as the Vice-Chair for the National Forum’s Regional and Global Collaboration and
Implementation Group. After receiving his Masters in Biomedical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology,
(Madras) Chennai, India, Chockalingam moved to Memorial University of Newfoundland where he completed his PhD and
later became a faculty member in the Faculty of Medicine. Chockalingam has focused much of his research on addressing the
global issue of hypertension as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Through serving in multiple organizations devoted to
combating hypertension, such as Health Canada, the Atlantic Canada Working Group on Hypertension, Blood Pressure Canada
and the World Hypertension League, he has worked to promote blood pressure awareness, monitoring and control as a policy
to approach the problem of hypertension on a global scale. He has a commitment for global health particularly on chronic
diseases. He has organized a number of international conferences focusing on heart health, hypertension, and preventive
cardiology, has published over 100 scientific/medical papers and has received numerous awards to highlight his achievements
in these areas. Chockalingam is particularly interested in addressing the growing global burden of non-communicable diseases
and cardiovascular diseases in particular. Through interdisciplinary research combining epidemiology, clinical research and
community-based interventions, he has contributed significantly to the field of global health and health promotion.
Bill Bruning is President and CEO of the Mid-America Coalition on Health Care, a non-profit organization of large employers
(500,000 total lives) and all stakeholders in Kansas City’s bi-state regional health care delivery system, including hospitals,
health plans, physicians, universities, public health and government. The Coalition’s unique collaborative model has led to
national pilots for community approaches to depression (with the American Psychiatric Association) and cardiovascular disease
(with the CDC), the design of patient ID cards (with WEDI) and of employer value-based benefit programs (with NBCH), and
public/private partnerships (with the CDC). Bruning holds a law degree and an MBA.
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Jessica Donze Black, MPH
National Director
Healthy Schools Program, Alliance for a Healthier Generation
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Jessica Donze Black is the National Director of the Healthy Schools Program for the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a joint
initiative of the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation. As such, Jessica leads a team of over sixty
people in thirty-seven states that are helping schools make healthy and sustainable changes in their environments, policies,
and practices. Prior to coming to the Alliance, Jessica served as the first Executive Director for the Campaign to End Obesity,
a non-profit organization focused on bringing together key stakeholders in order to drive national policy toward reversing the
obesity epidemic. Jessica’s other past work 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,
and practicing medical nutrition therapy at DuPont Hospital for Children. Jessica is a Registered Dietitian with a Bachelor of
Science from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Maryland
at College Park.
Marian Emr
Director of the Office of Communications and Public Liaison
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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Marian Emr is the Director of the Office of Communications and Public Liaison at the National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke. As the NINDS’ senior manager for public communications, she plans and directs the Institute’s program
of media relations, community relations, public education, and scientific information. Before joining the NINDS in 1990, Ms.
Emr served as the Deputy Information Officer for the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health. Prior to
that, she was a medical and science writer specializing in the areas of mental health and aging. Ms. Emr received her Bachelor
of Arts degree summa cum laude in journalism and political science from Syracuse University in 1976. She is a member of
the Executive Committee of the Brain Attack Coalition; the NIH MEDLINEplus Advisory Group: the National Stroke Association
Professional Advisory Committee and Prevention Advisory Board; the PDTrials Steering Committee and she is a founder of
the Alzheimer’s Association, a national voluntary health organization with more than 200 chapters worldwide. She was on
the Steering Committee for the inaugural WPC in 2006 and chaired the Communications Committee for that event. She has
received numerous awards for public service and is active in community affairs.
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Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA
Chief Science Officer, Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc.
Clinical Professor, Division of Cardiology, Emory University
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Ferdinand serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Clinical Hypertension and Journal of the Cardiometabolic Syndrome
and has authored or coauthored over 90 articles and book chapters. He is a board member and past Vice-President of the
American Society of Hypertension, past-President and current member of the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners,
past-President of the Orleans Division of the AHA Louisiana Affiliate, and past-Chairman of the ABC. Previously, Dr. Ferdinand
was a member of the ALLHAT Data Safety and Monitoring Board and chair of Section Four of the Sixth Report of the Joint
National Committee.
A Telluride Scholar at Cornell University, Dr. Ferdinand received his BA in Biology from the University of New Orleans and an
MD from Howard University College of Medicine. He completed an internship at the New Orleans U.S. Public Health Hospital
and a residency and fellowship at LSU Medical Center of New Orleans. He completed his cardiology training at Howard
University Hospital. He is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease, a diplomat in the subspecialty
of nuclear cardiology, an American Society of Hypertension certified specialist in clinical hypertension, and a Fellow of the
American College of Cardiology.
David Fleming, MD
Director and Health Officer
Seattle & King County
Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC is a clinical cardiologist. Prior to Hurricane Katrina, he was Medical Director of Heartbeats
Life Center and professor of clinical pharmacology at Xavier University, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He currently serves as
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Cardiology Division, Emory University; and Chief Science Officer at the Association of Black
Cardiologists, Inc (ABC), where he directs the Health Outreach Prevention and Empowerment (HOPE) project.
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David W. Fleming, MD, is Director and Health Officer for Public Health - Seattle & King County, a large metropolitan health
department with over 2400 employees, 28 sites, and a budget of $267 million, serving a resident population of 1.8 million
people. Department activities include core prevention programs, environmental health, community oriented primary care,
emergency medical services, correctional health services, public health preparedness, and community-based public health
assessment and practices.
Prior to assuming this role, Dr. Fleming directed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Health Strategies Program. In
this capacity, Dr. Fleming was responsible for the creation, development, and oversight of cross-cutting programs targeting
diseases and conditions disproportionately affecting the world’s poorest people and countries. He oversaw the Foundation’s
portfolios in vaccine-preventable diseases, nutrition, newborn and child health, leadership, emergency relief, and cross-cutting
strategies to improve access to health tools in developing countries.
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Dr. Fleming has also served as the Deputy Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While at CDC,
Dr. Fleming led efforts to develop the agency’s scientific and programmatic capabilities, and served as the principal source of
scientific and programmatic expertise in CDC’s Office of the Director. He provided oversight of CDC’s global health portfolio
through its Office of Global Health, and also oversaw the Director’s offices of Minority Health, Women’s Health, and the
Associate Director for Science.
Susannah Fox
Associate Director
Pew Internet Project
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Susannah Fox is an associate director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. She studies the cultural
shifts taking place at the intersection of technology and health care. Fox contributes to a health care blog, e-patients.net, and
you can follow her on Twitter: @SusannahFox.
David Goff, Jr. MD, PhD, FACP, FAHA
Co-Director
Center for Health Care Research and Quality
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David C. Goff, Jr., MD, PhD, was one of the original participants in the National Forum. Goff is Co-Director of the Center for
Health Care Research and Quality and a Professor of Public Health Sciences (Department of Epidemiology and Prevention)
and Internal Medicine (Section on General Medicine) at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He has published
numerous manuscripts related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) epidemiology and prevention including health care delivery for
CVD and diabetes.
Goff is the Principal Investigator of several NIH- and CDC-funded studies, including the Guideline Adherence for Heart
Health (GLAD HEART) trial, the Southeast Clinical Center Network in the Action to Control Cardiovascular Disease in Diabetes
(ACCORD) Trial, and the North Carolina Achieving Cardiac Excellence (NCACE) Project. In addition, he is a co-investigator for
the WFUSM field center for the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), the coordinating center for the Insulin Resistance
Atherosclerosis Study (IRAS), the IRAS Family Study, and the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering therapy to prevent Heart
Attack Trial (ALLHAT). He is the holder of an Established Investigator Grant from the American Heart Association. Goff served
as Chair of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Working Group for A Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart
Disease and Stroke, a member of the North Carolina Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force and Past Chair of the
Tri-State Stroke Network (Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina). He directs the Ten-Day Seminar on the Epidemiology
and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He is active in the
American Heart Association as Past Chair of the Committee on Statistics, Chair of the Steering Committee for the Quality of
Care and Outcomes Research Interdisciplinary Working Group and member of the Leadership Committee for the Council on
Epidemiology and Prevention and the Get With the Guidelines Science Advisory Subcommittee.
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Robert Gould, PhD
President & CEO
Partnership for Prevention
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As leader of Porter Novelli’s Health and Social Marketing practice, he worked on anti-tobacco accounts that included the
award-winning “Truth”™ campaign with the Florida Department of Health and the follow-on national “Truth”™ campaign
with the American Legacy Foundation. He also worked with public and private non-profit organizations that included the
American Cancer Society, the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Heart Lung and
Blood Institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Heart Association.
In the early 1990s, Gould was the lead researcher in the development of the now-iconic Food Guide Pyramid for the United
States Department of Agriculture. From 2001 to 2007, he was a partner at Porter Novelli and managing director of its
Washington office, the second largest operation within the firm. Prior to assuming the position of President and CEO at
Partnership, Dr. Gould served as the Director of Culture/Brand Integration at Crispin Porter + Bogusky Group.
In 1978, he received a PhD in social psychology at the University of Maryland, where he subsequently developed and taught
a four-course marketing specialty track for its Master’s of General Administration Degree program. He also taught in the
Executive Masters program and administered its Master’s thesis program. Gould graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Bucknell
University in 1973.
Edward Grandi
Executive Director
American Sleep Apnea Association
Robert J. Gould, a behavioral scientist who has helped lead some of the nation’s most successful social marketing campaigns,
was named President and CEO of Partnership for Prevention in April 2009. Gould brings more than 30 years of experience in
health promotion, including more than 20 years with the global communications firm Porter Novelli.
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Edward Grandi is the executive director of the non-profit American Sleep Apnea Association, located in Washington, D.C. The
association is dedicated to reducing injury, disability and death from sleep apnea and enhancing the lives of those affected by
this common disorder.
Mr. Grandi has authored a number of articles on sleep apnea for various health publications and serves as a spokesperson for
the association.
Prior to joining the ASAA, Mr. Grandi served as the development director for two Washington-based non-profit organizations.
Before entering the non-profit sector he worked for 25 years as an insurance executive, specializing in insurance and risk
management for non-profits.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Johns College in Annapolis, Maryland.
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Senator Tom Harkin, Iowa
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In September 2009, Tom succeeded Senator Ted Kennedy in becoming chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor
and Pensions (HELP) Committee. Born in Cumming, Iowa, Harkin was elected to Congress from Iowa’s Fifth Congressional
District in 1974. In 1984, after serving 10 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, Tom challenged an incumbent Senator
and won. Iowans returned him to the Senate in 1990, 1996 and again in 2002. In November 2008, Tom made history by
becoming the first Iowa Democrat to win a fifth term in the U.S. Senate.
Tom has long believed that in America, we have a “sick care” system, not a health care system. Rather than treating people
once they get sick, he believes that we should remove the barriers to a healthy lifestyle, reduce chronic disease and rein in
the high cost of health care, creating a “wellness society” in America.
He has done this in two ways — first as chairman of the Senate panel that funds medical research, where in tandem with
Senator Arlen Specter, he led the effort between 1998 and 2003 to double funding for research into cardiovascular disease,
cancer, Alzheimer’s and other diseases. Second, as a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP)
Committee, where he crafted the prevention and wellness title of the Committee’s health reform bill, The Affordable Health
Choices Act. The proposal creates incentives across the full health care spectrum focused on fighting disease and creating
healthier lifestyles and good nutrition with an aim toward doctor training and coverage of preventive services and the
elimination of co-pays and deductibles for these services; and at the grassroots level with grants for community initiatives that
will support more walkable communities, healthier schools and increased access to nutritious foods in safe environments.
Suzanne Haynes, PhD
Senior Science Advisor
DHHS-OWH
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Dr. Haynes joined the Office on Women’s Health in 1995 as the Senior Science Advisor for Women’s Health. Trained as an
epidemiologist at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health at Chapel Hill, she has published over 70 articles
and books on women’s health, topics, including heart disease (cholesterol, hypertension, tobacco use, diabetes, employment,
Type A behavior, spouse behavior), breast cancer (breast cancer screening interventions, recommendations, physician
practice), aging (epidemiology of aging, retirement age policies), environmental issues, breastfeeding, and women’s
health data.
She began her career at the National Heart Lung, and Blood Institute at NIH with the well-known Framingham Heart Study,
where she published the original study on women, work, and heart disease and developed the Framingham Type A scale. She
moved to a UNC faculty position in 1980 to become an Established Investigator of the American Heart Association, continuing
her work on women and heart disease. When an opportunity to become the Chief of the Health Statistics Branch at CDC arose
in 1984, she moved to the National Center for Health Statistics to oversee analysis of cardiovascular risk factors for the
National Health and Nutrition Examination II and the Hispanic HANES Surveys.
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Dr. Haynes has held key leadership roles at the request of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of Health during her tenure at
the Office on Women’s Health, including the 1996 Canada-USA Women’s Health Forum, and Chair of the Blueprint for Action
on Breastfeeding Committee in 2000, the Department’s first policy on breastfeeding. She launched the National Women’s
Health Information Service and helpline for OWH, as well as Quick Health data online, an easy-to-use database for women’s
health. During the last 5 years, she served as Project Director for the first National Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign, a
national, award winning, marketing campaign sponsored by OWH and the Ad Council. Dr. Haynes continues this important
work through a new HRSA-OWH partnership to promote the “Business Case for Breastfeeding.”
Dr. Haynes now chairs the Federal Interagency Working Group on Women’s Health and Environment, dealing with issues such
as personal protective equipment for women, lupus, and tobacco use in young, low SES women, dietary supplements, and
health education about this topic. Her vast experience and accomplishments in public health, epidemiology, health education,
and health policy have led to several awards and citations.
Jane Henney, MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Cincinnati
Chair, IOM Committee on Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake
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Three years later, Dr. Haynes was promoted to Chief, Health Promotion Sciences Branch at the National Cancer Institute,
where she managed several community breast cancer screening, dietary change, skin cancer prevention, and physician
early detection programs, the Cancer Information Service 1-800-994-cancer and the congressionally mandated National
DES Education Campaign. In 1990, the Governor of Maryland appointed Dr. Haynes to lead a Task Force which resulted in
mandated mammography benefits for all women in the State of Maryland. She was also appointed by the Director of NIH to
serve on the Women’s Health Initiative design working group, the most significant study on women and heart disease/cancer
in the last decade.
Jane E. Henney, MD is Professor of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati, where she was previously senior vice president
and provost of Health Affairs. She has held a series of senior health policy leadership positions including commissioner of
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; deputy director of the National Cancer Institute; vice chancellor, Health Programs, of
Kansas Medical Center; interim dean of the University of Kansas School of Medicine; and vice president for Health Sciences
at the University of New Mexico. She is an IOM member and served as Chair of the Committee on Strategies to Reduce
Sodium Intake.
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Yuling Hong, MD
Associate Director for Science
Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
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Dr. Hong joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as Associate Director for Science at the Division for Heart
Disease and Stroke Prevention in 2009. Prior to that, he was the Director of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the American
Heart Association’s National Center from more than 7 years. Dr. Hong has had faculty appointments at Washington University
School of Medicine and Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. He earned his Medical Degree from Shanghai
Medical University in China, an MSc degree in Epidemiology from Erasmus University in the Netherlands, and PhD in
Cardiovascular/Genetic Epidemiology from Karolinska Institute in Sweden. His areas of expertise include medical research
and epidemiological studies on heart diseases, stroke, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, the metabolic syndrome, disease
surveillance, scientific database management, quality of care and outcomes research, genetic epidemiology, and evidencebased guideline development. Dr. Hong has published over 90 articles in peer reviewed journals including JAMA, Circulation,
American Journal of Human Genetics, Stroke, Hypertension and Diabetes Care and has been an ad-hoc reviewer for more
than a dozen of medical journals. He is a fellow of the American Heart Association.
Sara L. Huston, PhD
Cardiovascular Health Council Delegate, North Carolina
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Sara Huston is the Cardiovascular Epidemiologist in the Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Branch of the North Carolina
Division of Public Health and Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at UNC-Chapel Hill. Sara
received her B.A. from Hampshire College and her Ph.D. in epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School
of Public Health. She is the Vice-Chair of the Monitoring & Evaluation Implementation Group of the National Forum and
also serves on the Executive Board of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists. In her current roles, she strives to
integrate multiple sources of epidemiologic data and interpret that data into useful, understandable information for public
health action.
Misty Jimerson, MCEP
Program Manager
Kansas Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program
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Jimerson has a Master’s degree in exercise physiology from Fort Hays State University. She and her husband moved to the
eastern side of Kansas in 2000 where she started the cardiovascular fight with the American Heart Association. She then
moved on to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and is now Program Manager for the Kansas Heart Disease
and Stroke Prevention Program Manager. In 2009, Misty was elected Chair of the Cardiovascular Health Council under the
National Association of Chronic Disease Directors. Her goal as the Chair of the CVH Council is to make sure that every state
is heard.
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Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, FACC, FAHA
Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine
Northwestern University
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He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association, a member of three panels of
the NHLBI’s current Clinical Guidelines for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction, and the recipient of numerous teaching awards.
Dr. Lloyd-Jones’ research interests lie in cardiovascular disease epidemiology, risk estimation, and prevention.
Darwin R. Labarthe, MD, MPH, PhD
Director, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
Immediate Past-Chair, National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
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Labarthe is the representative from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the National Forum and is the
organization’s immediate Past-Chair. Labarthe received the AB degree in history from Princeton University in 1961, the
MD degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, in 1965 and the MPH and PhD degrees in
epidemiology from the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, in 1967 and 1974, respectively. His
postgraduate medical training was in internal medicine (Washington University, St. Louis) and general preventive medicine
(Berkeley), in which he was certified by the American Board of Preventive Medicine in 1970.
Dr. Donald Lloyd-Jones is the Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of
Medicine in Chicago, IL. He is a tenured Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine and of Medicine, Director of the Program
for Cardiovascular Risk Estimation, Communication and Prevention and Interim Director of the Cardiovascular Clinical Trials
Unit at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
His professional activities over three decades were based primarily in the University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston
(1970–1973 and 1977–1999). In January 2000 he joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2000–present).
There he has led the development and implementation the long-range public health strategic plan, A Public Health Action Plan
to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke.
Labarthe’s research and teaching activities have been primarily in the area of cardiovascular diseases and their prevention,
especially the early development of the cardiovascular risk factors in childhood, adolescence and early adulthood. He was
founder and for 25 years directed the US Ten-Day Seminars on the Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases
and is Co-Director of the International Ten-Day Teaching Seminars on Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular
Diseases, now in its 38th year. He has published more than 175 research articles and book chapters and the textbook,
Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases: A Global Challenge (Aspen Publishers, 1998).
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Jeffrey Levi, PhD
Executive Director
Trust for America’s Health
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Jeffrey Levi, PhD, is Executive Director of Trust for America’s Health (TFAH), where he leads the organization’s advocacy
efforts on behalf of a modernized public health system. Dr. Levi oversees TFAH’s work on a range of public health
policy issues, including its annual reports assessing the nation’s public health preparedness, investment in public health
infrastructure, and response to chronic diseases such as obesity. Dr. Levi is also an Associate Professor at The George
Washington University’s Department of Health Policy, where his research has focused on HIV/AIDS, Medicaid, and integrating
public health with the healthcare delivery system. He has also served as an associate editor of the American Journal of Public
Health, and Deputy Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy. Dr. Levi received a BA from Oberlin College,
an MA from Cornell University, and a PhD from George Washington University.
Keith Mason
Executive Director
National Forum on Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
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Keith Mason has enjoyed a career of more than 10 years in the health care field. In 2009, he joined the National Forum
for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention as its first Executive Director. “The National Forum is a unique entity which brings
together dedicated individuals from various sectors to prevent heart disease and stroke at a national, state, and local level.
The passion, drive, and possibilities are truly inspiring,” says Keith.
Prior to the National Forum, Keith was with Eli Lilly and Company where he worked to encourage collaboration between
professional organizations and consumer groups to improve outcomes for patients with cardiovascular disease. He currently
serves on the board of HealthNet, an Indianapolis-based community health organization providing health care regardless of
ability to pay.
He received a BA in political science from Wabash College and a MS in secondary education from Indiana University,
Bloomington. Keith resides in Crawfordsville, IN with his wife, Rebekah, and three boys, Aidan, Campbell, and Graeme.
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Rob Merritt, MA
Chief, Epidemiology and Surveillance
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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Mr. Merritt currently serves as Chief of the Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch (ESB), Division for Heart Disease and
Stroke Prevention (DHDSP), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) at the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A graduate of Washington and Lee University, with a major in Sociology and
Anthropology, Rob earned his Master’s degree in Medical Sociology at Emory University. His first appointment at CDC was
in 1988 as a statistical analyst in the areas of behavioral epidemiology, risk factor surveillance, and program evaluation.
He advanced to the position of Health Scientist broadening his research interests to cardiovascular disease, physical
activity and tobacco. Early on, Rob worked in the Cardiovascular Health Studies Branch of the former Division of Chronic
Disease Control and Community Intervention (DCDCCI). This period included participation in the Inter-Tribal Heart Project
(ITHP) – a collaboration with the Menominee and Chippewa Tribes. In the Division of Reproductive Health, Rob served as a
Deputy Branch Chief, with oversight of many research, surveillance and evaluation activities, including the Pregnancy Risk
Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) and the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program. From 2000 – 2005, Rob was Director
of Clinical Research and Research Integrity Officer at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc., one of the largest pediatric health
care systems in the United States. In that capacity, he was responsible for all research operations and fostered collaborations
with CDC, NIH, AHRQ, Emory University and Georgia Tech. These activities included participation in the Paul Coverdell National
Acute Stroke Registry (PCNASR) and the Metropolitan Atlanta Developmental Disabilities Surveillance Program (MADDSP).
Beginning in 2001, Rob became Adjunct Instructor at the Rollins School of Public Health and Schools of Medicine and Nursing
at Emory University, where he continues to teach courses that have included research methods, biostatistics, health policy
and management. He also holds a Visiting Instructor appointment at the College of Public Health and Health Professions at
the University of Florida. Immediately before joining the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention as Branch Chief
in 2007, Rob served as Evaluation Team Leader and Lead Health Scientist in the Epidemiology Branch, Office of Smoking
and Health. In addition, he is currently chair of two of CDC’s Institutional Review Boards. Rob brings a wealth of experience
related to epidemiology, surveillance, and health services research spanning over 20 years.
Sharon Moffatt, RN, BSN, MS
Chief, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
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Sharon Moffatt is the Chief of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for The Association of State and Territorial Health
Officials. She represents ASTHO on the National Forum Coordinating Board. ASTHO is the national nonprofit organization
representing the state and territorial public health agencies of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and the District of
Columbia. ASTHO’s members, the chief health officials of these jurisdictions, are dedicated to formulating and influencing
sound public health policy, and to assuring excellence in state-based public health practice. Prior to joining ASTHO, Moffatt
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served as Interim Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Health and Deputy Commissioner of Health for the state of
Vermont. She also served as the State Director of Public Health Nursing and Assistant Director of the Division of Community
Public Health for seven years. She worked as a public health nurse for over 25 years in clinics, homes, schools and numerous
other community settings. Moffatt was also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Vermont, School of Nursing.
Moffatt has also worked in the areas of environmental health, refugee health, maternal child health, school health, and
children’s mental health. Throughout her public health career, she has worked with a wide variety of public health and health
care professionals and key community partners to systematically improve the health of all Vermonters. Moffatt is an active
member of the American Public Health Association and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, and is a past
president of the Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing.
Diane Orenstein, PhD
Behavior Scientist
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Diane Orenstein, PhD is a Behavior Scientist in the Applied Research and Evaluation Branch, in the Division for Heart Disease
and Stroke Prevention (DHDSP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Orenstein’s work provides leadership on
programmatic and applied research that examines the disease and cost burden of chronic diseases and the cost effectiveness
of interventions. In addition, Dr. Orenstein has developed tools for public health practitioners and other key stakeholders
that provide guidance for economic policies and prevention including the Chronic Disease Cost Calculator and the Prevention
Impacts Simulation Model (PRISM). Dr. Orenstein has presented her research findings at numerous national meetings and in
professional journals.
Thomas Pearson, MD, MPH, PhD
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Research
University of Rochester
National Forum Chair-Elect
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Thomas A. Pearson is Albert D. Kaiser Professor in the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine and Professor of
Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. Dr. Pearson is also Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Research
at the University of Rochester Medical Center and directs the Rochester Prevention Research Center. He is Co-Principal
Investigator of the Rochester Clinical and Translational Science Institute. Pearson’s major research interests are in the
epidemiology and prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, with a special interest in the international trends of
coronary heart disease and stroke. Pearson was installed as National Forum Chair-Elect in October 2008 and also serves as
the Chair of the National Forum’s Regional and Global Collaboration Implementation Group. Pearson received his Doctor
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Wayne Rosamond, PHD, MS
Professor
University of North Carolina
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Wayne D. Rosamond, PhD, MS, is a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and an Adjunct Professor of Emergency
Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He serves as Chair of the Monitoring and Evaluation
Implementation Group and represents that group on the National Forum Coordinating Board. Dr. Rosamond’s research
interests include community based surveillance studies of coronary heart disease, heart failure and stroke. He is also involved
in studies of the etiology of cardiovascular disease including venous thromboembolism. Dr. Rosamond has collaborated
on various national and international cardiovascular disease epidemiology studies including the Atherosclerosis Risk in
Communities (ARIC) study, Hispanic Community Health Study, Minnesota Heart Study, WHO-MONICA Project, and the Stroke
Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network. He has served as Principal Investigator for the Coverdell National Acute Stroke
Registry in North Carolina, the Delay in Accessing Stroke Health care study, Stroke 9-1-1 Tapes Study and the Well-Integrated
Screening and Evaluation for Women across the Nation (WISEWOMAN) study. Rosamond has taught courses in epidemiology
research methods and cardiovascular disease epidemiology both nationally and internationally for over 15 years. He is a
graduate of the University of Minnesota earning both an MS in Nutrition and Physiology and a PhD in Epidemiology.
of Medicine, Master in Public Health, and Doctor of Philosophy in cardiovascular epidemiology, all from The Johns Hopkins
University, where he also completed residencies in preventive medicine and internal medicine and a fellowship in cardiology.
He is a Fellow of the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, the American College of Preventive
Medicine, and the American College of Physicians. Pearson has served as a member and chair of important committees of the
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the Institute of Medicine, the American Heart Association, and the American College
of Cardiology. He has lectured and published extensively in the prevention of cardiovascular disease, including research at the
patient, health care system, community, and public policy levels.
Mark Alan Schoeberl, MPA
Executive Vice President, Advocacy
Chair, National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
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Mark Schoeberl was installed as the Chair of the National Forum in March 2008 and serves as the American Heart
Association’s delegate to the Forum. As Executive Vice President of Advocacy for AHA, Schoeberl is responsible for the
strategic planning and direction of the American Heart Association’s public policy program, government affairs activities and
community-based advocacy initiatives. This includes managing the AHA’s DC-based policy research, grassroots and legislative
and regulatory advocacy operations as well as overseeing the technical assistance and support provided to the organization’s
state and local advocacy staff. Schoeberl previously served as the Association’s Vice President for State Advocacy and Public
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Health. In that role, he led state and local advocacy efforts, cultivated partnerships with public health officials at the federal,
state and local levels, and strategically guided the AHA’s alliances with government agencies and state-based organizations.
Prior to joining the AHA in 2002, Schoeberl was a deputy and executive staff director for the Iowa Department of Public
Health. Schoeberl, an Iowa native who now resides in Plano, Texas, received a Bachelor’s of Arts in Political Science from
Simpson College (Indianola, Iowa) and a Master’s of Public Administration from Iowa State University.
Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH
Associate Director for Clinical Research
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
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Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH, has been the Associate Director for Clinical Research of the Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Division of Research since 1998. He is board certified in internal medicine and certified as a preventive and rehabilitative
exercise program director by the American College of Sports Medicine. Dr. Sidney’s research interests include cardiovascular
disease, physical activity and fitness, obesity, acute coronary syndrome, and cerebrovascular disease. Dr. Sidney also serves as
a member of the Alameda County Public Health Advisory Board and board member of a support group for parents of students
with special education needs. Dr. Sidney has authored or co-authored more than 160 peer-reviewed scientific publications
while a researcher at the Division of Research. His research publications cover a diverse range of topics, primarily in the area
of cardiovascular epidemiology.
Rear Admiral Penelope Slade-Sawyer, PT, MSW
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
DHHS
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RADM Penelope Slade-Sawyer, PT, MSW, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
directs the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS) in the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). RADM Slade-Sawyer is a Commissioned Corps Officer in the U.S. Public
Health Service.
As the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, RADM Slade-Sawyer is responsible for
strengthening the disease prevention and health promotion priorities of the Department within the collaborative framework
of the HHS agencies. She is a senior health advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Health and to the Secretary of HHS.
RADM Slade-Sawyer leads the ODPHP in coordinating three key initiatives for HHS: Healthy People 2010, the Department’s
comprehensive set of national disease prevention and health promotion objectives developed to improve the health of all
people in the United States; the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, published jointly with the U.S. Department of Agriculture
every 5 years since 1980, this publication is the statutorily mandated basis for Federal nutrition education activities, and
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RADM Slade-Sawyer, as Director of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, has primary Federal leadership
responsibility for:
Healthy People 2020, a comprehensive set of science-based 10-year national objectives for promoting health and
preventing disease and a framework for public health priorities and actions. HHS is currently leveraging scientific insights,
new knowledge, lessons learned from the past decade, the recommendations of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on
National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020 (federal advisory committee), the work of a Federal
Interagency Workgroup, and public comments received via regional meetings and the Internet, to develop this next iteration
of national health promotion and disease prevention objectives – Healthy People 2020.
Healthfinder, the government’s premier gateway Web site linking consumers and professionals to over 6,000 health
information resources from the Federal government and its many partners.
The National Health Information Center (NHIC), an Internet-accessible clearinghouse with a toll-free number provides a
central health information referral service for consumers and professionals using a database of more than 1,700 national
associations, government agencies, and other organizations.
The National Health Information Infrastructure (NHII), which encompasses information and communication technologies to
advance personal health, population health, prevention, and health care.
currently in a revision year; and the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, published by HHS, designed to provide
information and guidance on the types and amounts of physical activity that provide substantial health benefits for Americans
aged 6 years and older. Together, these efforts focus both on preventing disease by addressing major risk factors (such as
physical inactivity and poor nutrition) and on reducing the burden of disease through appropriate health screenings and
prevention of secondary conditions. In leading these priorities for the Department, RADM Slade-Sawyer, through the HHS
agencies and within OPHS, builds on HHS policy and programs based on the best available evidence on how to prevent or
mitigate chronic disease through promotion of healthy lifestyle choices, medical screenings, and avoidance of risky behaviors.
Albert W. Tsai, PhD, MPH
Principal Investigator
Minnesota Stroke Registry Minnesota Department of Health
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Albert Tsai is the Principal Investigator for the Minnesota Stroke Registry, a CDC Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke
Registry program housed in the Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Unit at the Minnesota Department of Health. Albert
received his B.A. from Stanford University and his MPH and PhD in epidemiology from the University of Minnesota School of
Public Health. He is a member of the Monitoring & Evaluation Implementation Group of the National Forum. In his current
roles, he works on stroke quality of care, stroke system of care development, cardiovascular disease surveillance, and
risk factor prevention.
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Justin Trogdon, PhD
Health Economist, RTI International
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Justin G. Trogdon is a health economist in RTI International’s Public Health Economics Program. His current research agenda
includes methods for estimating the cost of disease with applications in obesity, chronic disease, cancer, and tobacco; program
evaluation and cost-effectiveness studies; systems modeling of cardiovascular disease; and the impact of social networks
on obesity. He has authored many publications in peer-reviewed journals, including Health Affairs, the Journal of Health
Economics, Health Services Research, and the American Journal of Public Health.
Viola Vaccarino, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair, Emory University
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Viola Vaccarino, MD, PhD, is the Rollins Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public
Health, Emory University. She holds a joint appointment at the Emory School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division
of Cardiology. She received an MD from the University of Milan, Italy, and a PhD in Epidemiology from Yale University.
Dr. Vaccarino’s research interests lie in cardiovascular epidemiology and prevention, with a focus on the study of social
and behavioral determinants of cardiovascular disease. She has an extensive record of research funding from the National
Institutes of Health and is past recipient of an Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association. She has
published over 200 research publications in highly-rated peer-reviewed journals and is highly recognized nationally and
internationally for her work.
Kristina Wile, MS
Consultant, Sustainability Institute
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Kris is a facilitator and consultant for system dynamics computer modeling. She has been working with organizations in the
public and private sectors for sixteen ears to help them understand the strategic implications of the complex systems in which
they work. She has been working with the CDC on the PRISM model team for the last three years to develop strategic tools
and processes for public health leaders in chronic disease.
Karyn Wills, MD
Medical Director, Aetna, Inc
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Dr. Karyn Wills is an Aetna Medical Director in the Southeast Region serving the Maryland and District of Columbia markets.
She has been with Aetna for nine years, working in the Patient Management Department. In addition to her utilization
management role, Dr. Wills currently supports ethnic and racial diversity activities in the market. She also works on Aetna’s
Health Literacy Workgroup which developed and implemented a multidimensional health literacy strategy to improve health
literacy awareness. She is a member of the American Heart Association Power to End Stroke Greater Washington Region Task
Force. She is board certified in emergency medicine.
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Joy Johnson Wilson
Federal Affairs Counsel and Health Policy Director, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
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Ms. Wilson has been with NCSL since 1978. She took a leave of absence in 1989 to serve on the staff of the U.S. Bipartisan
Commission on Comprehensive Health Care, better known as the “Pepper Commission.” On the Pepper Commission staff, she
was the liaison to groups representing state and local elected officials, organized field hearings and worked on issues related
to the impact of health care reform on small business. She recently served as a non-voting member of Medicaid Commission
established by Secretary Mike Leavitt of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during his tenure as Secretary.
Ms. Wilson currently serves on the Financing Working Group of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee.
Ms. Wilson received a Bachelor of Science from Keene State College in New Hampshire and a Master of Regional Planning
degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Ms. Wilson is Federal Affairs Counsel and Health Policy Director at the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).
NCSL represents the legislatures of the 50 states, its commonwealths, territories and the District of Columbia. As Federal
Affairs Counsel, she assists with overall government relations, administrative, and public affairs activities in the NCSL Washington Office. As Director of Health Policy, she designs and implements the lobbying strategy for the conference on health
care issues.
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2010 National Forum Attendees (as of April 16th)
Semra Aytur
University of New Hampshire
Assistant Professor
P.O. Box 59
Kittery Point, ME 03905
Phone: 919-360-8378
Michelle Baker
Chandler Chicco Agency
PR Specialist
500 New Jersey Avenue
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-609-6020
Ursula Bauer
Director, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion
4770 Buford Hwy, NE, MS K-44
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-5401
Ashley G. Bell
State Advocacy Consultant
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231
Phone: 214-706-1241
Jay M. Bernhardt
Director, National Center for Health Marketing
1600 Clifton Road, MS E-21
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 404-498-0949
Faith Berrier
Junior Health Communications Specialist
9 Corporate Boulevard, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30329
Phone: 404-604-2729
Kristen Betts
OSH National Tobacco Control Program
Communications Team Lead
2877 Brandywine Rd
Atlanta, GA 30043
Phone: 770-488-8352
Alice Ammerman
UNC Chapel Hill
Director, Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
1700 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Campus Box 7426
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7426
Phone: 919-966-6080
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Augusta Bilbro
Mississippi State Department of Health
Program Director
570 Woodrow Wilson
Jackson, MS 39215
Phone: 601-576-7781
Victoria Blakey
It’s Nice To Be Nice International
Chairperson
424 Park Ave, #504
River Forest, IL 60305
Phone: 773-503-4488
Brian Bilchik
ProCor, Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Director
21 Longwood Ave
Brookline, MA 02446
Phone: 617-732-1318
Caitlin Boon
Institute of Medicine
Program Officer
500 Fifth St. NW, Keck 738
Phone: 202-334-1989
Diane Bild
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Associate Director for PPS
6701 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, MD 20982
Phone: 301-435-0457
Deborah Borbely
Senior Advisor-WISEWOMAN
4770 Buford Hwy, MS K-47
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-8404
Jill Birnbaum
Vice President, State Advocacy & Public Health
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231
Phone: 214-706-1381
Ronette Briefel
Mathematica Policy Research
Senior Fellow
600 Maryland Ave, SW, Suite 550
Phone: 202-484-4835
Nicole Blair
Policy Lead
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-5363
Peter A. Briss
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
National Quality Forum
Captain, U.S. Public Health Service
1600 Clifton Road, NE, MS D-14
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-639-7000
Diane Canova
Vice President, Policy & Programs
1015 18th St, NW, Suite 300
Phone: 202-785-4943
Tynetta Brown
American College of Cardiology
Director, Corporate Relations
2400 N Street, NW
Phone: 202-375-6459
William Caplan
University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation
Associate Medical Director Care and Quality Innovation
3735 St. Francis Drive
Lafayette, CA 94549
Phone: 925-285-4030
William L. Bruning
Mid-America Coalition on Health Care President & CEO
One West Armour Blvd, Ste 204
Kansas City, MO 64111
Phone: 816-753-0654
Amy Carte
Oklahoma State Department of Health
Cardiovascular Program Manager
1000 NE 10th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73114
Phone: 405-271-9444 Ext. 57108
Ahmed Calvo
HRSA/OA/OPAE/OHITQ
Senior Medical Officer
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 7-100
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: 301-594-4293
Susan Campbell
WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with
Heart Disease
Director of Public Policy
818 18th Street, NW, Suite 1000
Phone: 202-728-7199
Margaret Casey
CVH Council
Public Health Consultant
124 Rogers Ave
Hoosick Falls, NY 12090
Phone: 518-686-3028
Sharon Brigner
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Deputy Vice President
950 F St NW
Phone: 202-835-3489
Beatriz Champagne
InterAmerican Heart Foundation
Executive Director
7272 Greenville Ave.
Dallas, TX 75231
Phone: 972-562-3806
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Tonya Chang
210 Malabu Drive, Suite 125
Lexington, KY 40502
Phone: 859-977-4606
Edward Chao
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
Research Analyst
2872 Woodcock Blvd
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-458-3811
Kathy David
Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Inteventions
2400 N Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20037-1153
Phone: 202-741-9854
Chris Chiames
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association
Executive Director
1133 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1100
Phone: 202-719-8919
Andrea Davis
George Washington University Hospital
Senior CV Specialist
1318 Upshur Street, NW
Phone: 202-715-4801
Arun Chockalingam
Professor and Director of Global Health
8888 University Drive
Room 11016, Blusson Hall
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
Phone: 778-782-7176
Sunita Dodani
University of Kansas Medical Center
Director, Center for Outcomes Research & Education
3901 Rainbow Blvd, MS 1037
Kansas City, KS 66160
Phone: 913-588-4031
Lisa Clough
WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with
Heart Disease
Director, Communications & Marketing
Phone: 202-464-8734
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Dorothy Coverson
Morehouse School of Medicine
Assistant Professor
720 Westview Drive, Suite 315-B
Atlanta, GA 30310
Phone: 404-752-8680
Rebecca Doigan
Research Fellow and Program Associate
1015 18th Street NW, Suite 300
Washington DC, DC 20036
Phone: 202-384-1503
Vance Farrow
DC Department of Health
Program Manager, CHP
825 North Capitol Street NE, Ste 3129
Phone: 202-442-5891
Jessica Donze Black
Alliance for a Healthier Generation
National Director, Healthy Schools Program
1150 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 300
Phone: 202-785-7925
Linda Faulkner
Arkansas Department of Health
Section Chief
Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention
4815 West Markham, Slot 6
Little Rock, AR 72205-3867
Phone: 501-661-2956
Tim Elsner
Mended Hearts
Executive Director
7272 Greenville Ave
Dallas, TX 75231
Phone: 214-360-6150
Marian Emr
National Institute of Health
Director, OCPL
31 Center Drive, Building 31, Room 8A07
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone: 301-496-5924
Franz Fanuka
Sanofi-Aventis
Director, Advocacy
801 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 725
Phone: 202-585-3029
Mary Fegenbush
Kentucky Department for Public Health
Nurse Consultant
275 E Main Street HS2WE
Frankfort, KY 40621
Phone: 502-564-7996 Ext.4591
Keith Ferdinand
Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc.
Chief Science Officer
5355 Hunter Road
Atlanta, GA 30349
Phone: 404-201-6632
Jill Dolgin
Daiichi Sankyo Inc
Director, Advocacy Development
2 Hilton Ct
Parsippany, NJ 07054
Phone: 973-944-2626
Maria Firvida
AstraZeneca
Associate Director, CV Alliance Development
1800 Concord Pike
Wilmington, DE 19850
Phone: 703-495-8768
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David Fleming
Public Health-Seattle & King County
Director and Health Officer
401 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1300
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-263-8695
Robinson Fulwood
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Acting Deputy Director/DARD
31 Center Drive, MSC 2480, Building 31, Room 4A-10
Bethesda, MD 20892-2480
Phone: 301-496-0554
Kathy Foell
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Director, Heart Disease and Stroke
250 Washington St
Boston, MA 1208
Phone: 617-624-5469
Tanya Funchess
Chronic Disease Bureau Deputy Director
P.O. Box 1700
Jackson, MS 39215-1700
Phone: 601-576-7781
Susannah Fox
Pew Internet Project
1615 L St NW, Suite 700
Phone: 202-419-4511
Kathy Gallagher
Associate Director
Planning, Partnerships, and External Relations
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion
Phone: 770-488-6484
John Francis
OSH
Program Consultant
4770 Buford Highway, MS K-50
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-6384
Molly French
Potomac Health Consulting, LLC
President
6122 11th Rd, N
Arlington, VA 22205
Phone: 703-473-1298
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James Galloway
HHS
Regional Health Administrator
233 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1300
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312-353-1385
D’Lovely Gibson
Health Communications Manager
Atlanta, GA 30329
Phone: 404-679-7933
Edward Grandi
American Sleep Apnea Association
Executive Director
6856 Eastern Avenue, NW, #203
Washington, DC 20009-2119
Phone: 202-293-3650
David Goff
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Professor
Medical Center Blvd
Winston-Salem, NC 27157
Phone: 336-716-9837
Julie Greenstein
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Deputy Director, Health Promotion Policy
1875 Connecticut Ave, Suite 300
Phone: 202-777-8331
Sarah Gonzales
Women In Government
Senior Program Associate
1319 F Street NW, Ste 710
Phone: 202-333-0825
Mike Greenwell
Vice President, Health Marketing
Atlanta, GA 30329
Phone: 404-604-2726
Norma Goodwn
Health Power for Minorities
President
3020 Glenwood Road
Brooklyn, NY 11210
Phone: 718-434-8103
Maegan Griles
AF Stat
500 New Jersey Ave NW, Suite 800
Phone: 202-609-6022
Robert Gould
President & CEO
1015 18th Street NW, Suite 300
Phone: 202-833-0009
Jay Glasser
Medicine and Public Health Initiative
President
5427 Valkeith
Houston, TX 77096
Phone: 713-729-2001
Benn Grover
ProCor
Editor
21 Longwood Ave
Brookline, MA 02446
Phone: 617-732-1318
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Janelle Peralez Gunn
DHDSP
4770 Buford Highway, NE, MS K-47
Atlanta, GA 30341-2877
Phone: 770-488-8231
Jane Henney
The University of Cincinnati
Professor of Medicine
260 Stetson Street, Suite 4200
Cincinnati, OH 45267
Phone: 513-558-4969
Virginia Bales Harris
Consultant
444 Ansley Walk Terrace
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: 404-892-6274
Mellanie True Hills
StopAfib.org, American Foundation for Women’s Health
CEO
P.O. Box 541
Greenwood, TX 76246
Phone: 940-466-9898
Julie Harvill
Operations Director
29 Covered Bridge Acres
Glenarm, IL 62536
Phone: 217-483-2828
Yuling Hong
CDC Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
Associate Director for Science
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-8387
Stephen Havas
Stephen W. Havas, MD, MPH, MS Consulting Services
Consultant
1002 Chestnut Ridge Drive
Timonium, MD 21093
Phone: 410-215-1428
Virginia Howard
School of Public Health, UAB
Associate Professor
1665 University Blvd, RPHB 210F
Birmingham, AL 35294-0022
Phone: 205-934-7197
Suzanne Haynes
HHS
Office on Women’s Health
Senior Science Advisor
200 Independence Ave SW
Phone: 202-205-2623
Jason Hsieh
National Governors Association
Health Policy Analyst
444 North Capitol Street, Suite 267
Phone: 202-624-7803
Michael Jacobson
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Executive Director
1875 Connecticut Ave, Suite 300
Phone: 202-332-9110
Sara Huston
NC Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Branch
Cardiovascular Epidemiologist
1915 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1915
Phone: 919-707-5363
Misty Jimerson
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Program Manager
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 230
Topeka, KS 66612
Phone: 785-291-3195
Tim Hutchinson
Public Health Agency of Canada
Director
785 Carling Ave, Rm 617B
Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9
Phone: 613-954-4901
Xavier Johnson
Heart Disease and Stroke Coordinator
570 Woodrow Wilson Drive
Jackson, MS 39215-1700
Phone: 601-576-7781
Lillian Ingster
NCHS
Epidemiologist
3311 Toledo Road, Room 4311
Hyattsville, MD 20782
Phone: 301-458-4286
Shirley Jones
HRSA
Senior Analyst
5600 Fishers Lane, Suite 7-100
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: 301-443-2989
Edward Ivy
Medical Officer
31 Center Drive, MSC2480, Building 31, Room 4A-10
Bethesda, MD 20892-2480
Phone: 301- 496-1051
Gertie Hurley
Taking Effective Action, Inc
Executive Director
P.O. Box 4433
Largo, MD 20775
Phone: 301-249-6233
Melinda Kelley
Policy Analyst
31 Center Drive, Building 31, Room 4A-11
Bethesda, MD 20854
Phone: 301-594-2726
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Ameet Khara
Sanofi-Aventis
55 Corporate Dr, Mail Stop: 55B-425A
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
Phone: 908-981-4296
Randahl Kirkendall
Platometrics
Consultant/Evaluator
411 Manitou St
Northfield, MN 55057
Phone: 507-301-6456
Sara Koka
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
2231 Crystal Drive # 450
Arlington, VA 22202
Phone: 571-522-2311
B. Waine Kong
Heart Institute of the Caribbean
Executive Vice President
3151 Rilman Road
Atlanta, GA 30327
Phone: 876-291-1506
Sue Koob
Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association
CEO
613 Williamson St, Suite 200
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: 608-250-2440
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Ambereen Kurwa
Georgetown Medical School
Medical Student
5015 Battery Lane, Apt. 804
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: 301-402-1390
Kenneth LaBresh
RTI International
Senior Health Scientist
1440 Main St
Waltham, MA 2451
Phone: 781-434-1706
Darwin Labarthe
Director, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-5629
Rian Landers
National Association for Sport and Physical Education
Program Manager for Research
1900 Association Dr
Reston, VA 20191
Phone: 703-476-3460
Branka Legetic
Pan American Health Organization WHO/PAHO
Regional Advisor
525 23rd St NW
Washington, D.C. 20037
Phone: 202-974-3892
Eunice Mafundikwa
Health Communications Specialist
Atlanta, GA 30329
Phone: 404-679-7922
Judith Lichtman
Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Associate Professor
60 College Street
New Haven, CT 06510-3210
Phone: 203-785-3025
Keith Mason
Executive Director
2370 W Country Club Road
Crawfordsville, IN 47933
Phone: 765-918-5888
Donald Lloyd-Jones
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine
680 N. Lake Shore Drive, Suite1400
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312-503-0196
Robert Merritt
Health Scientist
DHDSP/NCCDPHP
Atlanta, GA 30044
Phone: 770-488-5185
Russell Luepker
University of Minnesota
Mayo Professor
1300 South Second Street, Suite 300
Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015
Phone: 612-624-6362
Marti Macchi
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Director, Special Studies
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 230
Topeka, KS 66612
Phone: 785-291-3743
James Miner
Public Health Analyst
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-5108
Jeffrey Levi
Trust for America’s Health
Executive Director
1730 M Street NW, Suite 900
Phone: 202-223-9877
Sharon Moffatt
Chief of Health Promotion
2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 450
Arlington, VA 22202
Phone: 202-509-6338
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Kristy Mugavero
Public Health Analyst
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-2047
Martha Nolan
Society for Women’s Health Research
Vice President, Public Policy
1025 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 701
Phone: 202-496-4007
Melissa Musiker
Grocery Manufacturers Association
Senior Manager Science Policy, Nutrition and Health
1350 I Street, NW, Suite 300
Phone: 202-637-4811
Emmeline Ochiai
U.S. Department of Health
Health Advisor
1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite LL100
Rockville, MD 22066
Phone: 240-453-8259
Andrea Neiman
NCCDPHP/DHDSP
Coordinator, Global Cardiovascular Health
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-8255
Peg O’Connell
Fuquay Solutions
Senior Advisor Gov Affairs
P.O. Box 31341
Raleigh, NC 27622-1341
Phone: 919-783-7110
Jane Nelson Worel
President
717 Pebble Beach Drive
Madison, WI 53717
Phone: 608-417-4817
Ann Nguyen
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Information/Project Coordinator, Strategic Research
222 Queen Street, Suite 1402
Ottawa, ON K1P 5V9
Phone: 613-569-4361 Ext. 262
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Pedro Ordunez
Pan American Health Organization
Advisor, CVD/CNCD
525 23rd St, NW
Phone: 202-974-3838
Diane Orenstein
Behavioral Scientist
4770 Brandywine Rd, MS K-47
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-8003
Carol Payne
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Operations Specialist
10 South Howard Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410-209-6573
Thomas Pearson
University of Rochester
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Research
P.O. Box 278990
Rochester, NY 14627
Phone: 585-758-7805
Enrique Perez-Flores
PAHO/WHO
Director
525 23rd St NW
Phone: 202-974-3622
Maria Prince
Maryland Dept of Health & Mental Hygiene
Medical Director, Chronic Disease Prevention
201 W Preston St, 3rd Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410-767-5874
Stephen Prudhomme
American Stroke Association
Vice President
7272 Greenville Ave
Dallas, TX 75254
Phone: 214-706-1582
Elizabeth Puckett
Consultant
4204 Cole Pond Drive
Durham, NC 27705-1874
Phone: 919-384-1440
Jeff Ranous
State Advocacy Consultant
2419 Judith Lane
Waukesha, WI 53183
Phone: 262-271-4908
Terry O’Toole
Health Scientist
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-5569
Susana Perry
Acting Director, Health Programs
5600 Fishers Lane, HF-8, Room 16-65
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: 301-827-0350
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Linda Redman
NCCDPHP/DHDSP
Health Educator
4770 Buford Hwy NE, MS K-47
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-8056
Sarah Richardson
Avalere Health
1350 Connecticut Ave NW, Ste 900
Phone: 202-459-6254
John Robitscher
Executive Director
2872 Woodcock Blvd, Suite 220
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-458-7400
Wayne Rosamond
UNC Chapel Hill
Professor
137 E. Franklin St, Suite 306
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Phone: 919-962-3230
Stephen Samis
Director, Health Policy
222 Queen Street, Suite 1402
Ottawa, ON K1N 5G1
Phone: 613-569-4361 Ext. 262
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Julia Schneider
Associaiton of State and Terrritorial Health Officials
Director, Chronic Disease Policy
2231 Crystal Drive
Arlington, VA 22150
Phone: 571-527-3163
Mark Schoeberl
Executive Vice President
7272 Greenville Ave
Dallas, TX 75231
Phone: 214-706-1299
Michael Schooley
NCCDPHP/DHDSP
Branch Chief
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-2560
Stanton Shanedling
Minnesota Department of Health
Supervisor, Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Unit
85 E. Seventh Place
P.O. Box 64882
St. Paul, MN 55164
Phone: 651-201-5408
Nancy Sonnenfeld
National Center for Health Statistics
Science Officer, Division of Health Care Statistics
3311 Toledo Road
Hyattsville, MD 20782
Phone: 301-458-4156
Denise Simons-Morton
Director, DARD
31 Center Dr MSC 2480, Bldg 31, Rm 4A10
North Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone: 301-496-5437
Angela Soyemi
Health Communications Specialist
2877 Brandywine Rd, MS K-47
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-8214
Penelope Slade-Sawyer
HHS
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Director
1101 Wootton Parkway
Rockville MD 20852
Phone: 240-453-8279
Jason Spangler
Managing Senior Fellow & Senior Program Officer
Phone: 202-375-7819
Jennifer Smith
Texas Association of Local Health Officials
Chief Public Health Officer
715 Discovery Blvd, Suite 305
Cedar Park, TX 78613
Phone: 512-528-9691
Deborah Spicer
NYS Department of Health
Riverview Center – Room 350
150 Broadway
Albany, NY 12180
Phone: 518-474-6683
Steve Sidney
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
Division of Research
Associated Director for Clinical Research
2000 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94611
Phone: 510-891-3753
Sylvie Stachenko
University of Alberta, School of Public Health
Dean
302 University Terrace
Edmonton AB, AB T6G 2G3
Phone: 780-492-6682
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Margaret Tate
MJ Tate Consulting
3201 W Topeka Dr
Phoenix, AZ 85027
Phone: 623-581-9880
Ann M. Taubenheim
National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
Branch Chief, Health Campaigns & Consumer Services
Office of Communications and Legislative Activities
31 Center Drive, Building 31, Room 4A31
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone: 301-496-4236
Kimberly Thomas
Public Health Specialist
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 16-65
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: 301-827-0350
Julie Trocchio
Catholic Health Association of the United States
Senior Director, Community Benefit
1875 Eye Street, NW, Suite 1000
Phone: 202-721-6320
Justin Trogdon
RTI International
Health Economist
3040 Cornwallis Rd
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: 919-541-6893
Albert Tsai
Minnesota Department of Health
Epidemiologist Principal
P.O. Box 64882
St. Paul, MN 55164
Phone: 651-201-5413
Cynthia Tuttle
National Business Group on Health
Vice President
50 F Street, NW, Suite 600
Phone: 202-585-1834
Viola Vaccarino
Emory University
Professor and Chair
Rollins School of Public Health
1518 Clifton Rd, Room 430
Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone: 404-712-2288
Mark Veazie
Indian Health Service
Epidemiologist
1215 N. Beaver Street, Suite 201
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Phone: 928-214-3921
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Joan Ware
Consultant
5631 South Oakdale Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84121
Phone: 801-277-2353
Margo Warren
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Chief, Health Education and Public Liaison Section
9000 Rockville Pike
Building 31, Room 8A08
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone: 301-496-5751
Nancy Watkins
NCCDPHP/DHDSP
Branch Chief
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-8004
Alexander White
NC Division of Public Health/HDSP Program
P.O. Box 487
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Phone: 919-707-5365
Andreas Wielgosz
Professor
785 Carling Ave, Desk 903A3
Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9
Phone: 613-737-8153
Kristina Wile
Sustainability Institute
Consultant
91 Whitman Street
Stow, MA 1775
Phone: 978-897-5670
Andre Williams
Assocation of Black Cardiologists, Inc.
Executive Director
2400 N Street, NW, Suite 604
Phone: 202-375-6524
Thelma Williams
DHDSP/WISEWOMAN
Project Officer
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-5698
Charlene Ward
Providence Hospital/CHSWC
Nutritionist
Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center
3500 MLK, Jr. Ave, SE
Washington, DC, 20032
Phone: 202-563-7225
Karyn Wills
Aetna, Inc
Medical Director
1302 Concourse Dr, Suite 402
Linthicum, MD 21090
Phone: 301-249-1927
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Joy Johnson Wilson
Health Policy Director/Federal Affairs Counsel
National Conference of State Legislatures
444 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 515
Phone: 202-624-8689
Namvar Zohoori
Arkansas Department of Health
Chronic Disease Director
4815 West Markham St, Slot 6
Little Rock, AR 72205
Phone: 501-661-2546
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PROFILES OF PARTICIPATING NATIONAL FORUM ORGANIZATIONS: 1999 – 2010
American Heart Association (AHA)
Dallas, TX (www.americanheart.org)
The American Heart Association (AHA) is a national
voluntary health agency founded in 1924 by six
cardiologists. The organization’s earliest efforts were
to educate the public about heart disease, but AHA has
expanded to include research, education, and fundraising
efforts. Its mission is to reduce disability and death from
cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
The American Sleep Apnea Association (ASAA)
Washington, DC (www.sleepapnea.org)
The American Sleep Apnea Association (ASAA) is the
only non-profit organization dedicated to educating the
public about sleep apnea and to serving people with this
common disorder. The American Sleep Apnea Association
is dedicated to reducing injury, disability, and death from
sleep apnea and to enhancing the well-being of those
affected by this common disorder. The ASAA promotes
education and awareness, the ASAA A.W.A.K.E. Network of
voluntary mutual support groups, research, and continuous
improvement in care.
American Stroke Association (ASA)
Dallas, TX (www.strokeassociation.org)
The American Stroke Association (ASA), a division of
the American Heart Association (AHA), is a nonprofit
organization dedicated solely to reducing disability and
death from stroke through research, education, fundraising,
and advocacy. Even though AHA began funding stroke
research in the 1950s, ASA was not founded formally
until 1998. The renaming of AHA’s Stroke Division to ASA
was to show AHA’s commitment to stroke research and
increase AHA’s recognition by the general public as a stroke
advocate. ASA’s goal is to reduce stroke and risk of stroke
by 25 percent through a variety of collaborative ventures
and volunteer commitments at the local and national levels.
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Anchorage, AK (www.anmc.org)
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) is the
statewide organization in the Alaska Tribal Health System, a
network of tribes and tribal health organizations providing
health services to more than 130,000 Alaska Native people.
This system ensures the availability of small community
health centers, village utility systems, regional hospitals,
residential treatment facilities, and specialized clinical care
such as cardiology and neurology. ANTHC is comprised of:
• Division of Environmental Health and Engineering,
which constructs safe water and wastewater disposal
facilities, health clinics, and offers community-based
injury prevention.
• Alaska Native Medical Center, in Anchorage, a 150-bed
tertiary-care facility and a full range of specialty clinics.
• Division of Community Health Services, which
works with regional and local Alaska native health
organizations in support of effective community health,
wellness promotion, and disease prevention.
• Service focus areas include program development and
technical assistance, health research, epidemiology, and
health professional training.
• A vast telemedicine system links the tribal
organizations.
• Consortium Business Support Services, which provides
administrative and operational support to all Alaska
tribal health organizations.
Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc. (ABC)
Atlanta, GA (www.abcardio.org)
The Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc. (ABC) is a
nonprofit volunteer organization of over 800 black
cardiologists and medical professionals fully accredited by
the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.
ABC was founded in 1974 by Dr. Richard Allen Williams
and 16 other cardiologists to address the emerging need
for health providers to promote primary prevention,
quality of life, and culturally sensitive clinical management
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of cardiovascular diseases. The organization’s mission is
based on the belief that good health is the cornerstone of
progress. ABC is dedicated to making exemplary health care
accessible and affordable to all in need and lowering the
high rate of cardiovascular diseases in minority populations.
(ASTHO)
Washington, DC (www.astho.org)
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
(ASTHO) is a national nonprofit organization representing
the public health agencies of the United States, the US
Territories, and the District of Columbia. The organization’s
mission is to formulate and influence sound public health
policy and to assist state health departments in the
development and implementation of programs and policies
to promote health and prevent disease.
British Heart Foundation (BHF)
London, UK (www.bhf.org.uk)
The British Heart Foundation is a charity organization
fighting heart and circulatory disease. The British Heart
Foundation funds research, education and life-saving
equipment and helps heart patients.
Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC)
Rockville, MD (www.bphc.hrsa.gov)
The Bureau of Primary Health Care’s (BPHC) mission is to
support and provide leadership to Primary Care Associations
(PCA), Primary Care Offices (PCO), and other state/national
partners to ensure community- based access to health care
for all and eliminate health disparities, with a focus on
underserved people.
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
Washington, DC (www.tobaccofreekids.org)
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is a leader in the fight
to reduce tobacco use and its devastating consequences in
the United States and around the world. By changing public
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attitudes and public policies on tobacco, we strive to prevent
kids from smoking, help smokers quit and protect everyone
from secondhand smoke. We work to:
• Educate the public and policy makers about the tobacco
problem and its solutions.
• Expose and counter tobacco industry efforts to market
to children and mislead the public.
• Advocate for proven solutions that reduce tobacco use
and exposure to secondhand smoke.
• Mobilize organizations and individuals to join the fight
against tobacco use.
• Empower a tobacco-free generation by fostering youth
leadership and activism.
• Enhance tobacco prevention efforts worldwide by
sharing programs and information with international
partners.
Cardiovascular Health Council (CVHC)
Atlanta, GA
(www.chronicdisease.org/i4a/pages/Index.
cfm?pageID=3597)
The Cardiovascular Health Council (within the Association
of State and Territorial Chronic Disease Directors) provides
leadership for all state and territorial health departments in
building capacity for cardiovascular health promotion and
disease prevention. The Council’s mission is to link state/
territorial/tribal program directors, coordinators, and other
partners in a national forum; exchange ideas, strategies,
materials, and policies and procedures to improve and
enhance comprehensive public health programs/policies;
advocate for legislation, policies, and programs; provide
comments and recommendations to federal agencies
and the membership; and provide leadership and
develop partnerships with affiliates, private and public
associations, and industry to catalyze the promotion of
cardiovascular health.
Center for Outcomes Research & Education,
University of Kansas Medical Center (CORE)
Kansas City, KS (www2.kumc.edu/internalmedicine/core)
The mission of the Center is to collect and evaluate data that
reflects real world clinical practice and provides physicians
with research data that allows comparison of their practices
to evidence-based performance standards. The CORE aims
to improve healthcare, using healthcare outcomes research
and by teaching and mentoring clinicians. The CORE works
closely with researchers throughout the region assisting with
scientific clinical outcome research expertise. CORE provides
the scientific and clinical research infrastructure necessary to
develop and maintain national and international voluntary
databases for a wide range of health outcomes.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Atlanta, GA (www.cdc.gov)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is
one of the 13 major operating components of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS is
the principal agency in the U.S. government for protecting
the health and safety of all Americans and for providing
essential human services, especially for those people
who are least able to help themselves. The CDC Centers
include the Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, the
Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, the Office of
Global Health, the Coordinating Center for Environmental
Health, Injury Prevention and Occupational Health, and the
Office of Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response.
Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists
(CSTE)
Atlanta, GA (www.cste.org)
The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
was established in the 1950s. CSTE is an organization of
member states and territories representing public health
epidemiologists. CSTE works to establish more effective
relationships among state and other health agencies. It
also provides technical assistance to partner organizations
and federal public health agencies such as the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CSTE members have
surveillance and epidemiology expertise in a broad range
of areas including occupational health, infectious diseases,
immunization, environmental health, chronic diseases,
injury control, and maternal and child health. CSTE promotes
the effective use of epidemiologic data to guide public
health practice and improve health. CSTE accomplishes this
by supporting the use of effective public health surveillance
and good epidemiologic practice through training, capacity
development, and peer consultation, developing standards
for practice, and advocating for resources and scientifically
based policy.
Consortium for Southeastern Hypertension Control
(CSHC)
Winston-Salem, NC (www.cosehc.org)
COSEHC is a professional organization of physicians,
scientists, and health care providers working together
to reduce the incidence of high blood pressure and
hypertension-related cardiovascular disease outcomes (heart
attacks, strokes, renal disease and heart failure) in the
southeastern region of the United States.
CDC Foundation
Atlanta, GA (www.cdcfoundation.org)
The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention do more, faster by forging effective
partnerships between CDC and individuals, foundations
and corporations to fight threats to health and safety.
As an independent, nonprofit organization established
by Congress, the foundation offers individuals and
organizations a powerful way to participate in CDC’s mission.
Danya International
Silver Spring, MD (www.danya.com)
Danya creates, delivers, and evaluates innovative behavior
change strategies that empower people of all ages and
from all walks of life to live healthier and better educated
lives. Danya provides innovative services and solutions
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in the areas of public health communication, research
and evaluation, information technology, education and
training, program management support, and health product
development.
Delta Health Alliance
Stoneville, MS (www.deltahealthalliance.org)
The Delta Health Alliance was founded in 2001 to
support community-based healthcare initiatives that
would target critical health and wellness in the Mississippi
Delta. DHA functions by coordinating the delivery of
healthcare programs communities can access, providing
targeted education and training to facilitate consistency
across providers, and facilitating translational research
to replicate evidence-based healthcare programs that
work. In order to create successful communities across the
Delta, DHA works closely with its partner organizations
to increase adult literacy, enforce early childhood
interventions, provide appropriate healthcare, and enhance
workforce development.
Delta State Stroke Consortium
Birmingham, AL (www.deltastroke.org)
The Delta States Stroke Consortium (DSSC), a five-state
collaborative effort funded by the Centers for Disease
Control (CDC). The DSSC brings together academic,
government, business, and community leaders to identify
and address factors associated with the high rate of strokes
in the southeast. States represented by the consortium are
Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee
– five of eight southeastern states comprising the “stroke
belt,” where the stroke death rate is 1.5 times the national
average. The DSSC is divided into five working groups,
each include representatives from all five states: (1) Risk
Factor Prevention and Control; (2) Identification of the Signs
and Symptoms of Stroke; (3) Transportation, Emergency
Medical Services Care and Acute Care; (4) Rehabilitation
Management; (5) Secondary Stroke Prevention. The
groups have mapped out strategies for accomplishing
their objectives.
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Directors of Health Promotion and Education
(DHPE)
Washington, DC (www.astdhpphe.org)
The Directors of Health Promotion and Education (DHPE) is
a nonprofit organization of directors of health education/
health promotion units of state health departments and
the health departments of the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa as
well as the 11 directors of the health education of Indian
Health Service Offices. DHPE was founded in 1946 (as the
Conference of State Directors of Public Health Education)
as a joint effort between directors of health education in
state health departments and deans of health education in
schools of public health. Its mission is to strengthen state
public health education programs’ goals and objectives and
develop a network to share program efforts, ideas, and
materials.
Emory Program and Cardiovascular Outcomes
Research and Epidemiology (EPICORE)
Atlanta, GA (www.medicine.emory.edu/cardio/epicore)
The Emory Program in Cardiovascular Outcomes Research
and Epidemiology (EPICORE) is a multidisciplinary
research group concentrating on clinical and population
epidemiology, outcomes research, clinical trials and
translational research in cardiovascular diseases and
related disciplines. Main areas of interest include novel
biomarkers, subclinical cardiovascular disease, women’s
health, diabetes and metabolic syndrome, genetic
epidemiology, twin studies, cardiovascular outcomes
research, psychosocial factors and the effect of mindbody interactions on health. Funding for research comes
primarily from the National Institutes of Health, the
American Heart Association and philanthropic foundations.
In collaboration with Emory Heart Center Information
Services, EPICORE maintains, enhances, and utilizes as
an investigative resource the Emory Cardiac Database,
one of the nation’s original and largest computerized
cardiovascular databases. EPICORE is a unit of the Emory
University School of Medicine, Division of Cardiology.
Great Lakes Regional Stroke Network
Chicago, IL (www.uic.edu/depts/glstrknet)
The Great Lakes Regional Stroke Network was developed by
six state health departments’ cardiovascular program staff
and state stroke task force members in Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin to increase stroke
awareness and prevention and control activities with and
across the region. Priorities of the Network are evaluation
and surveillance, quality of care and EMS notification
and response.
Health Power for Minorities, LLC
Brooklyn, NY (www.healthpowerforminorities.org)
The mission of Health Power for Minorities (Health Power)
is to improve the health & multicultural populations,
and thus the health of society as a whole. Our mission is
pursued through: Health information – health promotion –
consultative services – and partnering/collaborating with
public, non-profit and private sector organizations.
Ottawa, ON (www.heartandstroke.ca)
The Heart and Stroke Foundation is a national voluntary
nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the
health of Canadians by preventing and reducing disability
and death from heart disease and stroke through research,
health promotion, and advocacy. The Heart and Stroke
Foundation of Canada is a Federation of 10 independent
Provincial Foundations and 1 National Office, led and
supported by a force of more than 130,000 volunteers.
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia
Ottawa, ON (www.heartandstroke.ns.ca)
The Heart and Stroke Foundation, a volunteer- based
health charity, leads in eliminating heart disease and stroke
through: the advancement of research and its application;
the promotion of healthy living; and advocacy. The Heart
and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia (HSFNS) works with
communities across the province to promote healthy living
through physical activity, improved nutrition, smoking
cessation, awareness, etc. HSFNS raises money to fund
research to find ways to prevent heart disease and stroke.
HSFNS lobbies government for better programs and
funding, and partners with other organizations to move
initiatives forward and maximize resources.
Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA)
Rockville, MD (www.hrsa.gov)
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),
an agency within the US Department of Health and Human
Services, provides access to essential health care services for
people who have low incomes, are uninsured, or live in rural
areas or urban neighborhoods where health care is scarce.
HRSA envisions optimal health for all, supported by a health
care system that assures access to comprehensive, culturally
competent, quality care. HRSA’s mission is to provide
national leadership, program resources, and services needed
to improve access to culturally competent, high-quality
health care.
Investigators are multidisciplinary, from the Emory
University School of Medicine, the Rollins School of Public
Health, the Emory University School of Nursing, Emory
University Hospital, Crawford W. Long Hospital of Emory
University, Grady Memorial Hospital, the Emory Clinic,
the Atlanta Veterans’ Administration Medical Center, and
the Morehouse College School of Medicine. Investigators
collaborate with, contribute to, and utilize the intellectual
and material resources of EPICORE.
Heartfile
Pakistan (www.heartfile.org )
Heartfile is a non-profit health sector NGO think tank, which
focuses on catalyzing change within the health system and
broader systems of government in order to improve health
and social outcomes. The organization is recognized as a
powerful and respected health policy voice within Pakistan
and a unique model for replication in other developing
countries.
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Heart Institute of the Caribbean
Kingston, Jamaica (www.caribbeanheart.com)
The Heart Institute of the Caribbean (HIC) is an innovative,
dynamic healthcare center that serves as the center of
excellence for cardiovascular diseases (CVD), occupational
health, diabetes care and general internal medicine in
the West Indies. The Heart Institute of the Caribbean is
located in Kingston, Jamaica and is the regional center
for comprehensive and sophisticated diagnosis and
management of all forms of heart diseases. HIC provides
expert diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular and
general medical conditions and consultative opinion locally
and also remotely via a network of specialists linked by a
global telemedical network. These services were previously
not available in Jamaica and the only option for patients
in the region is to seek or procure such services in the USA,
particularly in Florida.
Heart Rhythm Society
Washington, DC (www.hrsonline.org)
The Heart Rhythm Society is the international leader in
science, education and advocacy for cardiac arrhythmia
professionals and patients, and the primary information
resource on heart rhythm disorders. Its mission is to improve
the care of patients by promoting research, education and
optimal health care policies and standards.
Indian Health Service
Rockville, MD (www.ihs.gov)
The Indian Health Service is a federal agency functioning
to uphold the federal government’s obligation to promote
healthy American Indian and Alaska Native people,
communities, and cultures and to honor and protect the
inherent sovereign rights of Tribes. It was founded in 1787
as an agency within the Department of Health and Human
Services to provide health services to American Indians and
Alaska Natives. Its mission is to raise the physical, mental,
social, and spiritual health of American Indians and Alaska
Natives to the highest level.
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InterAmerican Heart Foundation (IAHF)
Dallas, TX (www.iahf.org)
The InterAmerican Heart Foundation (IAHF), a nonprofit
organization dedicated to reducing disability and death from
cardiovascular diseases and stroke in the Americas, was
founded in September 1992 under the auspice of the World
Heart Federation with the support of the American Heart
Association, the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada, the
InterAmerican Society of Cardiology, and heart foundations
and societies throughout the American continents. The
primary goals of the IAHF are to promote an environment
throughout the Americas that is conducive to the prevention
of heart disease and stroke; to promote the growth and
development of foundations that will take active roles in
public education; professional education; public advocacy,
and fundraising; and to foster partnerships between health
professionals, business, industry, and other sectors of society
for the accomplishment of IAHF’s mission and goals.
Kaiser Permanente – Division of Research
Oakland, CA (www.dor.kaiser.org)
Kaiser Permanente’s Division of Research program is built
on a base of rigorous epidemiologic investigation in a
large, well-characterized population. Many of the division’s
major contributions have been in the areas of risk factor
identification, prevention, and drug safety. The work of the
division’s researchers covers a wide range of topics including
epidemiologic and health services studies, clinical trials,
and program evaluations covering a wide range of topics,
including cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, substance
abuse, mental health, maternal and child health, women’s
health, drug safety, health care policy and health services,
and health and health care disparities.
Kaunus University of Medicine
Lithuania (www.kmu.lt)
Kaunas University of Medicine is the largest institution of
medical education and training in Lithuania. Established
in 1922 as the Faculty of Medicine of Kaunas University,
Medicine and Public Health Initiative
Houston, TX (www.mphi.net)
The Medicine and Public Health Initiative (MPHI) was
founded in 1994 as a result of a collaborative endeavor
between the leadership of the American Medical Association
(AMA) and the American Public Health Association (APHA) to
address the “costly estrangement” between clinical medicine
and public health practice. MPHI endeavors to develop
programs and activities to address chronic diseases, racial
and ethnic disparities in health, global health issues, and
universal access to health care.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN (www.mayoclinic.com)
Mayo Clinic is a not-for-profit medical practice dedicated
to the diagnosis and treatment of virtually every type of
complex illness. Mayo Clinic staff members work together to
meet your needs. You will see as many doctors, specialists
and other health care professionals as needed to provide
comprehensive diagnosis, understandable answers and
effective treatment.
The Mended Hearts, Inc.
www.mendedhearts.org
The Mended Hearts, Inc. is dedicated to inspiring hope and
encouragement to heart disease patients and their families.
Mended Hearts is affiliated with the American Heart
Association and was founded in1951. It operates through
250 chapters, 57 satellites, and 25 Mended Little Hearts
groups who, in turn, partner with 430 hospitals in delivering
a local patient-to-patient, caregiver-to-caregiver support
program. Chapters conduct monthly meetings as a way to
keep heart patients engaged and focused on their recovery.
McGill University
Quebec, Canada (www.mcgill.ca)
McGill University is one of Canada’s best-known institutions
of higher learning and one of the country’s leading
research-intensive universities. With students coming to
McGill from about 160 countries, our student body is
the most internationally diverse of any medical-doctoral
university in Canada. The oldest university in Montreal,
McGill was founded in 1821 from a generous bequest by
James McGill, a prominent Scottish merchant. Since that
time, McGill has grown from a small college to a bustling
university with two campuses, 11 faculties, some 300
programs of study, and more than 33,000 students. The
University partners with four affiliated teaching hospitals to
graduate over 1,000 health care professionals each year.
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA (www.msm.edu)
Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) was founded in 1975
as a two-year Medical Education Program at Morehouse
College with clinical training affiliations to established
medical schools for awarding the M.D. degree. In 1981,
MSM became an independently chartered institution
and the first medical school established at a Historically
Black College and University in the 20th century. MSM
is among the nation’s leading educators of primary care
physicians. Our faculty and alumni are noted in their fields
for excellence in teaching, research, and public policy, and
are known in the community for exceptional, culturally
appropriate patient care. MSM is dedicated to improving
the health and well-being of individuals and communities;
in 1950 the school was transformed into Kaunas Medical
Institute, and then reorganized into Kaunas Medical
Academy in 1989. In 1998, the Lithuanian Parliament
renamed the institution as the Kaunas University of
Medicine. Kaunas University of Medicine is an autonomous
medical institution financed by the State and governed
by an Academic Council. Kaunas University of Medicine
has 5 departments: the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty
of Stomatology, the Faculty of Pharmacy, the Faculty of
Nursing, and the Faculty of Public Health. Kaunas University
Hospital and four research institutes (biomedical research,
cardiology, endocrinology, physiology and rehabilitation)
complete the structure of the University.
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increasing the diversity of the health professional and
scientific workforce; and addressing primary health care
needs through programs in education, research, and service,
with emphasis on people of color and the underserved
urban and rural populations in Georgia and the nation.
National Association for Sport and Physical
Education (NASPE)
Reston, VA (http://www.aahperd.org/naspe)
The National Association for Sport and Physical Education
(NASPE) is a nonprofit organization of professionals who
are engaged in the study of human movement and the
delivery of sport and physical activity programs. NASPE’s
mission is to develop and support high-quality sport and
physical activity programs that promote healthy behaviors
and individual well-being.
(NACDD)
Atlanta, GA (www.chronicdisease.org)
The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
(NACDD) is a national public health association, founded
in 1988 to link the chronic disease program directors of
each state and U.S. territory to provide a national forum
for chronic disease prevention and control efforts. Since
its founding, NACDD has made impressive strides in
mobilizing national efforts to reduce chronic diseases and
the associated risk factors. The current NACDD Councils,
Interest Groups, and Work Groups include: Arthritis; Breast
& Cervical Cancer; Cardiovascular Health; Comprehensive
Cancer; Diabetes; Health Disparities; Healthy Aging;
Obesity, Osteoporosis; Physical Activity; Physicians; School
Health; Tobacco Control Network; Vision & Eye Health; and
Women’s Health.
National Association of County and City Health
Officials (NACCHO)
Washington, DC (www.naccho.org)
National Association of County and City Health Officials
(NACCHO) is a national organization representing local
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public health agencies, including city, county, metro,
district, and tribal agencies. NACCHO provides education,
information, research, and technical assistance to local
health departments and facilitates partnerships among
local, state, and federal agencies in order to promote and
strengthen public health. Its mission is to support efforts
which protect and improve the health of all people and
all communities by promoting national policy, developing
resources and programs, and supporting effective local
public health practice and systems.
National Business Group on Health (NBGH)
Washington, DC (www.wbgh.com)
The National Business Group on Health (NBGH) is a
nonprofit organization representing large employers
dedicated to being the voice for employers’ health care
issues. It provides business-focused member services
through peer-to-peer councils, workshops, and conferences.
In addition, NBGH maintains some focus on policy,
legislation, and regulations. NBGH’s mission is to find
innovative and forward-thinking solutions to the nation’s
most important health and related benefit issues.
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
Washington, DC (www.ncsl.org)
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) is
a bipartisan organization that serves the legislators and
staffs of the nation’s 50 states, commonwealths, and
territories. NCSL provides research, technical assistance,
and opportunities for policymakers to exchange ideas on
the most pressing states issues. Its mission is to improve
the quality and effectiveness of state legislatures, to
promote policy innovation and communication among
state legislatures, and to ensure state legislatures a strong,
cohesive voice in the federal system.
National Council of La Raza (NCLR)
Washington, DC (www.nclr.org)
The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) is a private,
nonprofit organization rooted in a strong and independent
National Governors Association (NGA)
Washington, DC (www.nga.org)
The National Governors Association (NGA) is a public policy
organization that represents the voice of the nation’s
governors. NGA was founded in 1908 for governors to
discuss interstate water problems. Since that time, governors
have worked through NGA to deal with issues of public
policy and governance relating to the states. Its mission is to
support the work of the governors by providing a bipartisan
forum to help shape and implement national policy and to
solve state problems.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Bethesda, MD (www.nhlbi.nih.gov)
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is
a research institution of the National Institutes of Health.
NHLBI’s mission is to provide leadership for a national
program in diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lung, and
blood; blood resources; and sleep disorders.
National Human Genome Research Institute
Bethesda, MD (www.genome.gov)
The National Human Genome Research Institute began as
the National Center for Human Genome Research (NCHGR),
which was established in 1989 to carry out the role of the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the International
Human Genome Project (HGP). The HGP was developed in
collaboration with the United States Department of Energy
and begun in 1990 to map the human genome. In 1993,
NCHGR expanded its role on the NIH campus by establishing
the Division of Intramural Research to apply genome
technologies to the study of specific diseases. In 1996,
the Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR) was also
established (co-funded by eight NIH institutes and centers)
to study the genetic components of complex disorders. With
the human genome sequence complete since April 2003,
scientists around the world have access to a database that
greatly facilitates and accelerates the pace of biomedical
research. The history of the HGP, the history of genomics,
and the history of NHGRI, are inextricably intertwined.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders
and Stroke (NINDS)
Bethesda, MD (www.ninds.nih.gov)
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
(NINDS) is a research institution of the National Institutes of
Health that studies neurological diseases. NIND’s mission is
to reduce the burden of neurological disease.
National Medical Association (NMA)
Washington, DC (www.nmanet.org)
The National Medical Association (NMA) is a nonprofit
national professional and scientific organization
representing the interests of more than 25,000 African
American physicians and the patients they serve. NMA
is committed to improving the quality of health among
minorities and disadvantaged people through its
membership, professional development, community health
education, advocacy, research, and partnerships with federal
and private agencies. Throughout its history the NMA
has focused primarily on health issues related to African
Americans and medically underserved populations; however,
its principles, goals, initiatives and philosophy encompass all
ethnic groups.
grassroots constituency of community-based organizations
serving Hispanic families throughout the country. NCLR
is one of a very few national Hispanic institutions serving
as a stable source of long-term assistance to local
Hispanic groups. NCLR’s mission is to reduce poverty and
discrimination and to improve life opportunities for Hispanic
Americans.
National Stroke Association (NSA)
Englewood, CO (www.stroke.org)
The National Stroke Association (NSA) is a nonprofit
organization committed to fighting stroke in the United
States. NSA provides expertise and leadership for those
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at risk, suffering, or recovering from stroke. Its mission is
to reduce the incidence and impact of this life-threatening
medical condition.
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Washington, DC (www.paho.org)
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is an
international public health agency dedicated to improving
the health and living standards of the people of the
Americas. As a part of the World Health Organization
(WHO), PAHO targets the most vulnerable groups, such
as mothers and children, workers, the poor, the elderly,
and refugees and displaced persons. The organization also
focuses on issues related to equity for those who lack access
to health. PAHO’s mission is to lead strategic collaborative
efforts among member states and other partners to promote
equity in health, to combat disease, and to improve the
quality of life and lengthen the lives of the people of
the Americas.
Madison, WI (www.pcna.net)
The Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA) is
a nonprofit organization for nurses in the area of preventive
cardiology. PCNA’s mission is to develop and promote nurses
as leaders in the prevention of cardiovascular disease.
Preventive Health Partnerships – ACS, ADA, AHA
(www.everydaychoices.org)
The American Cancer Society, American Diabetes Association
and American Heart Association have joined together in
a historic collaboration to encourage the prevention and
early detection of cancer, diabetes, heart disease and
stroke. “Everyday Choices For A Healthier Life” is a joint
initiative with the goal of stimulating improvements in
disease prevention and early detection by increasing public
awareness about healthy lifestyles, increasing the focus on
prevention among healthcare providers, and supporting
legislative action to increase funding for and access to
prevention programs and research.
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ProCor
Brookline, MA (www.procor.org)
ProCor is a global network promoting cardiovascular health
in developing countries and other low-resource settings.
ProCor uses low-cost communication technologies to provide
people in clinical, community, advocacy, and policymaking
settings with the information they need to promote heart
health. Founded by Dr. Bernard Lown in 1997, ProCor
promotes access to cost-effective preventive strategies and
non-invasive medical management of cardiac conditions.
According to the World Health Organization, “It is essential
to communicate the latest and most accurate knowledge
and information to front-line health professionals and
the public at large in order to strengthen chronic disease
prevention and control efforts.” ProCor is the only global
network promoting CVD prevention in low-resource settings,
and is recognized by world health leaders and—more
importantly—by front-line health care providers who
work in isolated or resource-constrained settings. ProCor
disseminates timely, relevant, unbiased information about
affordable, effective prevention strategies, and facilitates
discussion among a global community that is committed
to heart health. Free daily email updates deliver the
latest developments in research, policy, and community
interventions to members of ProCor’s email network, who
also can share their insights, ideas, and experiences with
colleagues around the globe
Vancouver, BC, Canada
(www.phac-aspc.gc.ca)
Established by the Government of Canada, this Canadian
federal agency’s mission is to promote and protect the
health of Canadians through leadership, partnership,
innovation and action in public health. The Public Health
Agency of Canada works closely with provinces and
territories to keep Canadians healthy and help reduce
pressures on the health care system. The agency is focused
on more effective efforts to prevent chronic diseases, like
cancer and heart disease, prevent injuries and respond
to public health emergencies and infectious disease
outbreaks.
Burnaby, BC Canada (www.sfu.ca)
Named after explorer Simon Fraser, SFU opened on
September 9, 1965. Taking only 30 months to grow from
the idea stage into an almost-completed campus with 2,500
students it was dubbed the “Instant University”. Just over
42 years later SFU has over 30,000 students and 100,000
alumni, more than 700 tenure-track faculty and 1,600
staff. The original campus has grown into three vibrant
campuses in Burnaby, Vancouver and Surrey and SFU’s
reputation has grown into one of innovative teaching,
research, and community outreach.
The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association
Washington, DC (www.suddencardiacarrest.org)
The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association (SCAA) is an
organization singularly focused on sudden cardiac arrest.
SCAA identifies and unites survivors, those at risk of sudden
cardiac arrest, as well as others who are interested in
being advocates on SCAA issues in their communities and
beyond. It’s membership is dedicated to promoting solutions
to prevent sudden cardiac death, including increased
awareness, immediate bystander action, public access to
defibrillation (PAD), cardiovascular disease prevention, and
access to preventative therapies. By sharing information,
Texas Association of Local Health Officials (TALHO)
Cedar Park, TX (www.talho.org)
TALHO members are local health department personnel in
the State of Texas. These members provide public health
services to over 80% of the Texas population. TALHO serves
as the official State Association of City and County Health
Officials. The Association represents the interests of local
public health by serving as a state-level representative
organization that partners with other public health
stakeholders’ state-level representatives in order to bring
a concerted voice to Texas lawmakers. The Health Alert
Network is available to all local public health departments
involved in preparedness and can be used for day-today operations including disease reporting, public health
emergencies, etc. TALHO also provides web-conferencing,
website design and hosting, helpdesk and other technology
support services.
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of
Public Health
Birmingham, AL (www.soph.uab.edu)
The University of Alabama at Birmingham is accredited by
the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools to award degrees at the baccalaureate,
master’s, specialist, and doctoral levels. Its history is
singular in higher education. Established as an extension
center of the University of Alabama in the mid-1930s,
with an inaugural class of 116 students, UAB became an
autonomous campus in 1969. In the four decades since, this
young, dynamic university has driven the social, cultural,
and economic revival of Birmingham and has evolved into a
world-renowned research university and medical center. The
rebirth of Birmingham required a Renaissance institution,
and UAB was and remains just that. UAB faculty are pushing
the frontiers of science, engineering, and medicine, as well
the social sciences, arts, and humanities. Consequently, the
Public Health-Seattle & King County
Seattle, WA (www.kingcounty.gov)
Public Health-Seattle & King County’s mission is to identify
and promote the conditions under which all people can
live within healthy communities and can achieve optimum
health. The office protects and improves the health and
well-being of all people in King County, as defined by
per person healthy years lived, and whenever possible,
employs strategies, policies and interventions to reduce
health disparities. The office’s responsibilities include health
protection, health promotion, and health provision.
resources and experiences in promoting policy changes and
community programs, SCAA aims to prevent loss of life from
sudden cardiac arrest.
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students they teach and mentor are among the top students
in the nation and true citizens of the world.
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, Canada (www.ualberta.edu)
Founded a century ago, the University of Alberta is one of
the top 100 teaching and research universities in the world
serving more than 36,000 students with 11,000 faculty
and staff. The U of A has an annual budget in excess of
$1 billion and attracts more than $480 million in external
research funding. It offers close to 400 undergraduate,
graduate and professional programs in 18 faculties.
Created – in the words of its first president, Henry
Marshall Tory – “for the uplifting of the whole people,” the
university is committed to inspiring the human spirit through
outstanding achievements in learning, discovery and
citizenship and building one of the world’s great universities
for the public good.
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ (www.arizona.edu)
The University of Arizona is the leading public research
university in the American Southwest. The UA produces
more than $530 million in annual research and is the state’s
only member of the prestigious Association of American
Universities. This is a diverse community of people who
thrive on innovation and collaboration. It’s world-class
faculty create discoveries that improve the human condition
and fuel the state’s economy. The research enterprise
provides undergraduate students with opportunities for
hands-on experiences that can be found in few universities
in the world. As the state’s land-grant university, the
research and resources enrich communities around the state
and around the world.
University of Minnesota
Rochester, MN (www1.umn.edu/twincities)
The mighty Mississippi River winds through the Twin Cities’
home of the University of Minnesota. Founded in 1851, the
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University has a presence throughout the state with its five
campuses and numerous research and outreach centers.
From the Crookston campus on the edge of the northern
prairie to the newest campus, Rochester, less than 50 miles
from the state’s southern border, the University serves
Minnesota’s families and businesses, while contributing
knowledge and innovations to help build a healthier,
sustainable world. With a graduate school established
in 1905, the University has helped lead the nation in
scholarship and higher learning. Life-changing work,
like the recent creation of a beating heart and stem cell
transplant to cure recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa
(RDEB), a once-fatal skin disease, shows the caliber of the
University’s research. Ranked among the top public research
universities in the world, the University of Minnesota is truly
driven to discover, and that goal reaches into every college
on every campus.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC (www.unc.edu)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a nonprofit
teaching and research institution. UNC Chapel Hill’s mission
is to serve all the people of the state, and indeed the nation,
as a center for scholarship and creative endeavor.
Rochester, NY (www.urmc.rochester.edu)
The University of Rochester Medical Center is a teaching
institution dedicated to the training of health professionals.
University of Wisconsin Medical School
Madison, WI (www.med.wisc.edu)
At the beginning of this century, Charles R. Van Hise vowed
that the impact of the University of Wisconsin would be felt
at the very boundaries of the state. This “Wisconsin Idea”
has been expressed in many ways but nowhere more vividly
than through programs of the University of Wisconsin
School of Medicine and Public Health. With a mission to
meet the health needs of Wisconsin and beyond, the UW
active participation in efforts to improve the health and
well-being of all.
US Public Health Service, Region V
Chicago, IL (www.hhs.gov/about/regions/r5contacts.html)
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
is the United States government’s principal agency for
protecting the health of all Americans and providing
essential human services, especially for those who are
least able to help themselves. HHS has a Headquarters
office and 10 Regional Offices that serve states and local
organizations. Region V serves Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin
World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland (www.who.int)
The World Health Organization (WHO) is the United Nation’s
specialized agency for health. WHO’s objective is the
attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of
health, defined in WHO’s Constitution as a state of complete
physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC (www.wfubmc.edu/school)
Wake Forest University School of Medicine is a learning
and research institution dedicated to training future health
professionals. The Medical Center commits itself to serve
society by providing superior education for students and
teachers of medicine and related health professions; by
rendering a continuum of exemplary and efficient patient
care in an environment which emphasizes scholarship
and human dignity and principles embodied in the
Judeo-Christian traditions; by fostering the discovery and
application of new knowledge through basic and clinical
research in the biomedical and relevant social sciences; by
cooperating with the community, region, and nation through
Women In Government
Washington, DC (www.womeningovernment.org)
Women in Government is a national 501(c)(3), nonprofit,
bi-partisan organization of women state legislators
providing leadership opportunities, networking, expert
forums, and educational resources to address and resolve
complex public policy issues. Women In Government leads
the nation with a bold, courageous, and passionate vision
that empowers and mobilizes all women legislators to effect
sound policy.
World Stroke Organization
Geneva, Switzerland (www.internationalstroke.org)
The mission of the World Stroke Organization (WSO) is to
provide access to stroke care and to promote research and
teaching in this area that will improve the care of stroke
victims throughout the world by:
1. Promoting prevention and care of persons with stroke
and vascular dementia
2. Fostering the best standards of practice
3. Educating, in collaboration with other international,
public, and private organizations
4. Facilitating clinical research
School of Medicine and Public Health established a statewide
campus extending to every corner of Wisconsin, bringing
better health care to all our communities. Recognized as an
international, national and statewide leader in educating
physicians, investigating the causes of disease, exploring
innovative solutions to medical problems and translating
research into compassionate patient care, UW School of
Medicine and Public Health seeks to attract the very best
students, educators and researchers in pursuit of our
Although it trains students to work in every area of patient
care and research, UW School of Medicine and Public Health
has chosen seven areas of medicine on which to focus
it’s resources.
The WSO works to increase visibility and credibility of
its activities among stroke clinicians, researchers, other
health professionals, international professional and lay
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organizations, and the general public. This is accomplished
through publications, surveys, campaigns, a website and
cooperation with other medical and lay organizations.
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT (www.medicine.yale.edu)
Founded in 1810, the Yale School of Medicine is a worldrenowned center for biomedical research, education and
advanced health care. Among its 27 departments are
one of the nation’s oldest schools of public health and the
internationally recognized Child Study Center, founded in
1911. Affiliated institutions include the 944-bed Yale-New
Haven Hospital—flagship of the Yale New Haven Health
System—and the Yale Cancer Center, Connecticut Mental
Health Center, Pierce Laboratory, and VA Connecticut
Healthcare System in nearby West Haven. The school’s
unique curriculum, known as the Yale system of medical
education, promotes teaching in small seminar, conference
and tutorial settings, and requires student self-evaluation,
independent thinking and investigation. Since 1839, Yale
has required that each student complete a thesis based
on original research prior to graduation. Graduates of the
school have gone on to significant leadership positions
in virtually every medical field, as well as many nonmedical areas.
YMCA of the USA
Chicago, IL (www.ymca.net)
Together, the nation’s more than 2,500 YMCAs are the
largest not-for-profit community service organizations in
America, working to meet the health and social service
needs of 18.9 million men, women, and children in 10,000
communities in the United States. YMCA’s mission is to put
Christian principles into practice through programs that build
healthy spirit, mind, and body for all.
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Staff Contact Information
Atlanta, GA 30329
Phone: (678) 510-7078 Fax (404) 679-7918
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Keith Mason – Executive Director
2370 W. Country Club Road
Crawfordsville, IN 47933
Phone: 765-918-5888
Julie Harvill – Operations Director
29 Covered Bridge Acres
Glenarm, IL 62536
Telephone: 217-483-2828
Coordinating Board, Executive Committee, and Officers
Mike Greenwell – Vice President,
Health Marketing
9 Corporate Boulevard
Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30329
Telephone: 404-604-2726
D’Lovely Gibson – Health Communications Manager
Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30329
Telephone: 404-679-7933
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Evaluation, Organizational Capacity, 8th National Forum
Planning Committee
Eunice Mafundikwa – Health Communications
Specialist
Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30329
Telephone: 404-679-7922
Implementation Groups: Communications, Public Health
Leadership and Partnership, Regional and Global Collaboration
Faith Berrier — Junior Health Communications
Specialist
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Atlanta, GA 30329
Telephone: 404-604-2729
Implementation Groups: Policy Research, Membership and
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