HEALTH CARE AND ACCESS RESOURCES
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.samhsa.gov/
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/hlthins.html
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.insurekidsnow.gov/states.asp
Carsey Institute, University of New Hampshire
http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/082807childpoverty.htm
Columbia University
http://www.nccp.org/publications/pub_860.html?utm_sourc
American Enterprise Institute
http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.26881,filter.all/
National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
http://www.nccp.org/publications/pub_864.html?utm_sourc
First Focus
http://www.firstfocus.net/Download/CostNothing.pdf
Columbia University
http://www.nccp.org/publications/pub_864.html?utm_sourc
Program Manager
University of Michigan
National Poverty Center
Address:
Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, Suite 5100
735 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3091
Phone:
734.615.5312
E-mail:
npcinfo@umich.edu
Web:
www.npc.umich.edu...
The center promotes high-quality research on the causes and consequences of poverty, evaluating and analyzing policies to alleviate poverty, and training the next generation of poverty researchers. Based at the University of Michigan, it has a network of roughly 40 scholars nationwide.
Professor
Department of Spanish and Portugese
San Diego State University
Address:
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-1234
Phone:
619.594.1678
E-mail:
claudia.angelelli@sdsu.edu
Web:
http://angelelli.sdsu.edu...
Angelelli developed the first empirically driven language proficiency and interpreter readiness test. She serves on the Board of Directors of the American Translators Association and the American Translation Studies Association and as an advisor for the National Council of Interpreters in Healthcare and Hablamos Juntos.
Morris Ardoin
Director of Communications and Public Affairs
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
National Center for Children in Poverty
Address:
215 W. 125th St., 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10027
Phone:
646.284.9616
E-mail:
ardoin@nccp.org
Web:
www.nccp.org...
A division of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, the nonpartisan research organization promotes the economic security, health and well-being of America’s low-income families and children. It pushes family-oriented solutions at the state and national levels, producing reports and fact sheets that highlight strategies to end child poverty. The site has a basic-needs budget calculator, plus demographics and policy tools to create custom tables of national- and state-level statistics about low-income or poor children. In October, it published two reports: “Who Are America’s Poor Children” and “Basic Facts About Low-Income Children.” Founded in 1989 at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, the nonprofit research center promotes the economic security, health and well-being of America’s low-income families and children. It pushes family-oriented solutions at the state and national levels, producing reports and fact sheets that highlight strategies to end child poverty. (See its fact sheet, “Basic Facts About Low-Income Children in the United States,” http://www.nccp.org/topics/childpoverty.html)
Adrienne Asch Ph.D.
Professor
Biology, Ethics and the Politics of Human Reproduction
Yeshiva University
Address:
500 West 185th Street
New York, NY 10033
Phone:
212.960.5400
E-mail:
asch@yu.edu
Web:
http://www.wellesley.edu/ReproIssues/homepage.html...
Asch is the Henry R. Luce Professor in Biology, Ethics and the Politics of Human Reproduction at Wellesley College. She is currently on leave and is working at Yeshiva University in New York. Her work focuses on issues regarding human reproduction and the family. Areas of interest include abortion rights; the rights of women, minorities and the disabled; prenatal testing; the parent-child relationship; and assisted reproduction such as sperm and egg donations and surrogate motherhood.
Christopher Auffrey Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Planning
University of Cincinnati
Address:
P.O. Box 210016
University of Cincinnati
Cincinatti, OH 45221
Phone:
513.556.0579
E-mail:
chris.auffrey@uc.edu
Web:
http://www.daap.uc.edu/people/faculty.php?userID=a...
Christopher Auffrey, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of health planning for the Health Planning/ Administration Program at the University of Cincinnati which combines professional education in health care planning and administration with the School of Planning's traditional emphasis on research program planning and policy analysis. Auffrey's areas of expertise include urban community health planning and environmental planning. Recently, he has used geographic information systems (GIS) to assess the impact of community structure on infant mortality. He also has used GIS to analyze the health effects of environmental hazards. Other recent work includes measuring the cost-effectiveness of medical procedures and evaluation of an Internet-based health information network.
Alan Barber
Communications Coordinator
Center for Economic and Policy Research
Address:
1611 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 400
Washington, DC 20009
Phone:
202.293.5380 x115
E-mail:
barber@cepr.net
Web:
www.cepr.net...
Through research and public education, the nonprofit center promotes democratic debate on economic and social issues. Shawn Fremstad co-directs its Inclusion initiative, which develops policy ideas to foster social and economic inclusion. It focuses on improving job quality, wages and benefits.
Carol Berkowitz M.D.
Executive Vice Chair, Professor of Pediatrics
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Address:
1000 W. Carson St., Box 437
Torrance, CA 90509
Phone:
310.222.3091
E-mail:
carolb@pol.net
Berkowitz is executive vice chair of pediatrics at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, Calif., and professor of clinical pediatrics at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine. Her clinical interests are in general and emergency pediatrics, with a focus on child maltreatment. As president of the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2004-2005, she focused on setting a national agenda for child health and well-being -- including providing access to care.
Sandra J. Bishop-Josef Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy
Yale Univeristy
Address:
310 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Phone:
203.432.9935
E-mail:
sandra.bishop@yale.edu
Web:
www.yale.edu/bushcenter...
Robert W. Blum M.D.
William H. Gates Sr. Professor of Pediatrics
Chair, Department of Population and Family Health Sciences
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Address:
615 N. Wolfe St., Suite E4527
Baltimore, MD 21205
Phone:
410.955.3384
E-mail:
rblum@jhsph.edu
Claire D. Brindis Ph.D.
Executive Director
National Adolescent Health Information Center
University of California - San Francisco
Address:
3333 California St., Box 0503
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone:
415.502.4856
E-mail:
brindis@itsa.ucsf.edu
Web:
http://nahic.ucsf.edu/...
Brindis' research interests are in the area of developing and evaluating community-based services for children and youth. Her writings in the field of adolescent pregnancy prevention were extensively utilized in the planning and implementation of various state and federal initiatives. Brindis is also Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine at UCSF, an Associate Director of the Policy Center for Middle Childhood and Adolescenc, and Director of the Center for Reproductive Health Policy Research at the Institute for Health Policy Studies, UCSF.
E. Richard Brown Ph.D.
Professor of Public Health and Director
Center for Health Policy Research
UCLA School of Public Health
Address:
10960 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1550
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Phone:
310.794.0812
E-mail:
erbrown@ucla.edu
Web:
http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/bio.asp?staffID=4...
Brown has studied and written about a broad range of issues and policies that affect the access of disadvantaged populations to health care. His research focuses on health insurance coverage, the lack of coverage, and the effects of public policies, managed care, and market conditions on access to health services, particularly for disadvantaged populations, ethnic minorities and immigrants.
Jessie Buerlein
Project associate, Improving perinatal and infant oral health
Children's Dental Health Project
Address:
2001 L St. N.W.
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
Phone:
202.833.8288
E-mail:
jbuerlein@cdhp.org
Web:
www.cdhp.org...
The nonprofit program works to improve oral health for children, especially those who have limited resources. Its executive director is Nancy Gralla, at ngralla@cdhp.org
Arthur Caplan
Head of Medical Ethics
Center for Bioethics
University of Pennsylvania
Phone:
215.898.7136
E-mail:
caplan@mail.med.upenn.edu
Randy Capps Ph.D.
Senior Policy Analyst
Immigration Studies
Migration Policy Institute
Address:
1400 16th St. NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036
Phone:
202.266.1938
E-mail:
rcapps@migrationpolicy.org
Web:
http://migrationpolicy.org/...
Capps researches welfare and immigration policy. Formerly an analyst at the Urban Institute, his recent report, “The Health and Well-Being of Young Children of Immigrants,” centered on the 5.1 million children of immigrants under age 6 in the U.S. and their access to TANF, food stamps, center-based child care and schooling. Other areas of study include illegal immigration, the application and eligibility determination process for immigrants, and the role of immigrants in the No Child Left Behind Act.
Nancy Cauthen
Deputy Director
National Center for Children in Poverty
Address:
215 W. 125th St., 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10027
Phone:
646.284.9626
E-mail:
cauthen@nccp.org
NCCP is dedicated to promoting the economic security, health, and wellbeing of America’s low-income families and children. It seeks to advance family-oriented solutions and the strategic use of public resources at the state and national levels to ensure positive outcomes for the next generation.
Mark Chaffin
Director of Research
Center on Child Abuse and Neglect
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Address:
P.O. Box 26901, CHO 3B3406
Oklahoma City, OK 73190
Phone:
405.271.8858
E-mail:
mark-chaffin@ouhsc.edu
Web:
http://devbehavpeds.ouhsc.edu/ccanindex.asp...
The Center on Child Abuse and Neglect conducts research in several areas related to child maltreatment. These include research on child abuse fatalities in Oklahoma, children and adolescents with sexual behavior problems and their caregivers, physically abusive parents and their children, drug effected infants and their mothers, Family Preservation and Family Support programs in Oklahoma, Oklahoma Children's Services programs statewide, and prevention of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in children. Chaffin has studied children with sexual behavior problems for nearly 25 years.
Claude M. Chemtob Ph.D.
Visiting Clinical Professor, Psychology and Pediatrics
Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Address:
One Gustave L. Levy Place
Box 1230
New York, NY 10029
Phone:
808.780.4443
E-mail:
claude.chemtob@mssm.edu
Web:
http://www.directory.mssm.edu/faculty...
Chemtob is a clinical psychologist and researcher specializing in trauma in adults and children. He pioneered the use of community-based interventions following disasters and terrorist attacks as well as information processing approaches to understanding trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Chemtob recently served as a consultant to the National Advisory Committee on Children and Terrorism; he was also a consultant to the Presidential Commission of the French Republic that established France’s post-terrorism recovery system. His current research and publications focus on public health approaches to the identification and treatment of children in the wake of terrorism, natural disasters and domestic violence. Chemtob is the principal investigator of a National Institute of Mental Health-funded collaborative between Mount Sinai and JBFCS aimed at translating evidence-based approaches to child trauma assessment and intervention to community service settings. He also directs several child recovery projects in New York City, including a program providing long-term services to the bereaved children of 9/11 and the Ground Zero Infant and Toddlers screening and treatment initiative. The treatment methods developed in the latter initiative have been disseminated to Jerusalem, Netanya and Sderot, Israel; for the past four years he has also served as the UJA Federation’s adviser on its trauma initiatives and has helped guide the development of the Israel Trauma Coalition. He received his doctorate at the University of Michigan in 1980.
Rebecca Clark
Program Official
Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Address:
Building 31, Room 2A32, MSC 2425
31 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone:
301.496.5133
E-mail:
rclark@mail.nih.gov
Web:
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/about.cfm...
NICHD is part of the National Institutes of Health. It sponsors research on development before and after birth; maternal, child and family health; reproductive biology and population issues; and medical rehabilitation.
Denice Cora-Bramble M.D.
Executive Director
The Diana L. and Stephen A. Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health
Children's National Medical Center
Address:
111 Michigan Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20010
Phone:
202.884.5857
E-mail:
dcorabra@cnmc.org
Web:
http://www.dcchildrens.com...
Denice Cora-Bramble, M.D., is executive director of The Diana L. and Stephen A. Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. As a bicultural and bilingual pediatrician, Cora-Bramble has developed a number of programs to help people get access to health care. A native of Puerto Rico, Cora-Bramble completed her medical training at Howard University College of Medicine in Washington. She has held several faculty positions at the George Washington University Medical Center, including course director at the School of Public Health and Health Services. She also worked at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as director of the quality center in the Bureau of Primary Health Care. Cora-Bramble is a recent graduate of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Leadership Fellowship and is completing a master’s degree in business administration at Johns Hopkins University. She is an expert in the cultural competence field and has been a consultant throughout the United States, South America, Europe and the Caribbean.
Allen Crocker
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Childrens Hospital
Harvard University
Address:
Childrens Hospital, Pediatrics
300 Longwood Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Phone:
617.355.6509
E-mail:
allen.crocker@tch.harvard.edu
Crocker is director of the Down Syndrome Program at Children's Hospital Boston.
Alan DeCherney M.D.
Professor and Physician
Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Gynocology Practice
UCLA
Address:
10833 Le Conte Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone:
310.794.1884
E-mail:
adecherney@mednet.ucla.edu
Web:
http://www.healthcare.ucla.edu/institution/physici...
Dr. DeCherney's clinical interests include: endometriosis, infertility and reproductive endocrinology
Angela Diaz M.D.
Jean C. and James W. Crystal Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Address:
320 East 94th St., Second Floor
New York, NY 10128
Phone:
212.423.2900
E-mail:
angela.diaz@msnyhealth.org
Web:
http://www.mountsinai.org/msh/msh_program.jsp?url=...
Diaz is the director of Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center. She is also director of Health Services for the Children’s Aid Society in New York City and is active in adolescent health advocacy and policy in the United States. Dr. Diaz's practice and policy work is focused on providing comprehensive mental and primary health services to trauma-affected adolescents. She has published numerous articles on topics such as child and adolescent sexual abuse, adolescents' access to health care and health services for immigrants.
Elisabeth H. Donahue
Associate Editor of The Future of Children Journal
Woodrow Wilson School
Princeton University
Address:
Woodrow Wilson School
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544-1013
Phone:
609.258.0340
E-mail:
edonahue@Princeton.edu
Web:
http://webdb.princeton.edu/dbtoolbox/query.asp?qna...
Donahue worked for the National Women’s Law Center, focusing on child support, welfare reform and child care issues. She has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses on child support, welfare reform, childcare, children’s health, family policy and social policy financing.
Assoc.Professor, Senior Advisor
Center for Healthier Children Families and Communities (CHCFC)
University of California, Los Angeles
Address:
1100 Glendon Avenue, Suite 850
Los Angeles, CA 90024-6946
Phone:
310.794.2583
E-mail:
hduplessis@verizon.net
Burton Edelstein M.D.
Professor of Clinical Dentistry
College of Dental Medicine - Community Health
Columbia University
Address:
Physicians & Surgeons
601 West 168th Street, Suite 32
New York, NY 10032
Phone:
212.342.3550
E-mail:
ble22@columbia.edu
Web:
http://dental.columbia.edu/research/edelstein_b.ht...
Dr. Edelstein is founding director of Children's Dental Health Project, a Washington based research and advocacy organization committed to improving children's oral health and dental care. He is professor and chair of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, where he is also Clinical Professor of health policy and management in the Mailman School of Public Health. He practiced pediatric dentistry in Connecticut and taught at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine for 21 years before committing to full time health policy practice. As a 1996-97 Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, he served as health aide to U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle during development of the State Child Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Dr. Edelstein was dental consultant to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on its oral health initiatives from 1998-2001, chaired the US Surgeon General's Workshop on Children and Oral Health and authored the child section of the U.S. Surgeon General's Report "Oral Health in America."
David Fassler M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Address:
C/O Otter Creek Associates, 86 Lake St.
Burlington, VT 05401
Phone:
802.865.3450
E-mail:
David.Fassler@uvm.edu
Web:
http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/experts/?Page=experts.ph...
Fassler researches child and adolescent mental health issues such as the effects of stress and trauma, divorce, depression and the use of psychotropic drugs. He is the co-author of several books, including: "Help Me, I'm Sad: Recognizing, Treating, and Preventing Childhood and Adolescent Depression" (Penguin Books, 1997), "Coming to America: The Kids' Book About Immigration" (Waterford, 1993).
Glenn Flores M.D.
Director, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Epidemiology, and Health Policy
Center for the Advancement of Underserved Children
Medical College of Wisconsin
Address:
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Phone:
414.456.8273
E-mail:
gflores@mail.mcw.edu
Web:
http://www.mcw.edu/display/router.asp?docid=2249...
Dr. Flores speaks nationally and internationally on Latino children's health, access to health care, and culture and clinical care. His current research includes an investigation of medical interpreter errors and their clinical consequences, studies of innovative interventions for insuring uninsured children, a randomized trial of the effectiveness of parent mentors in improving childhood asthma outcomes, and a randomized trial of a culturally appropriate weight loss intervention for overweight Latino children.
Norman Fost M.D.
Director
Program in Medical Ethics
University of Wisconsin
Address:
600 Highland Avenue
H4/452 Clinical Science Center
Madison, WI 53792-4108
Phone:
608.263.8562
E-mail:
ncfost@facstaff.wisc.edu
Web:
http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/adminmed/faculty/nfost....
Fost is a professor of pediatrics and the former chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics National Committee on Bioethics. His current research interests include regulation of human subjects research and the use of so-called "enhancing" medical technologies such as growth hormone and anabolic steroids. He also has spoken on the issue of a federal law that allows doctors to use approved drugs and devices for unapproved procedures and patients, including kids.
E. Michael Foster
Professor of Maternal and Child Health
School of Public Health
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Address:
Rosenau Hall, CB# 7445
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7445
Phone:
919.966.3773
E-mail:
emfoster@unc.edu
Web:
www.unc.edu/~emfoster ...
E. Michael Foster, Ph.D., is a professor of maternal and child health in the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina. His work focuses on the social policies shaping the lives of children. His interests include identifying children in need and evaluating services, programs and interventions that might meet those needs, particularly those that are delivered in real-world settings. He is an associate member of the Network on the Transition to Adulthood sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation.
Greg Fritz M.D.
Professor, Director
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Brown University
Address:
P.O. Box 426
Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy St.
Providence, RI 02903
Phone:
401.444.7573
E-mail:
Gregory_Fritz@brown.edu
Web:
http://www.lifespan.org/services/childhealth/resea...
Dr. Fritz is the medical director of Bradley Hospital, as well as the media professor in the department of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown Medical School and director of child and adolescent psychiatry at Rhode Island Hospital. Fritz is an expert on emotional difficulties confronting children and adolescents, particularly those with asthma and other medical disorders. He is also a national authority on the shortage of child mental health professionals.
Francesca Gany M.D.
Founder and Director
Center for Immigrant Health/Division of Primary Care
New York University School of Medicine
Address:
550 First Ave., OBV, CD-402
New York, NY 10016
Phone:
212.263.8783
E-mail:
fg12@nyu.edu
Web:
http://www.med.nyu.edu/cih/about/index.html...
Dr. Gany has an extensive background in research, curriculum development, education, and program and policy development as it relates to immigrant health. She has served on a number of projects that have increased access to healthcare for New York’s large immigrant population. She teaches primary care, immigrant health, and health policy and medical economics.
Paula Gardiner M.D.
Research Fellow in Medicine
Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies
Harvard Medical School
Address:
Landmark Building
401 Park Drive, Suite 22A-West
Boston, MA 02215
Phone:
617.384.8550
E-mail:
paula.gardiner@hms.harvard.edu
Web:
http://www.osher.hms.harvard.edu/...
Dr. Gardiner has done extensive research on alternative therapies for children with special needs. She oversees the acupuncture and stress management clinic programs at the Tufts University Family Medicine Residency. Her main interest is the safety and efficacy of herbs and dietary supplements for children and their families -– a topic on which she has been widely published and quoted. A member of the panel on dietary supplements for the US., Gardiner is currently involved in two NIH educational grants regarding complementary and alternative medicine. She is a research associate at the Center for Holistic Pediatrics Education and Research at Children’s Hospital, an adjunct professor at the Mass College of Pharmacy, and a clinical instructor in Tufts Department of Family Medicine and Community Health.
President, Professor
Obstetrics & Gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART)
Address:
9000 Airline Highway Suite 670
Baton Rouge, LA 70815-4114
Phone:
225.926.6886
Web:
http://www.sart.org/index.html...
Dr. Gibbons is president of SART, which aims to promote and advance the standards for the practice of assisted reproductive technology. Dr. Gibbons also practices at A Woman's Center For Reproductive Medicine, which specializes in the treatment of infertility. His research interests include pre-implantation genetic diagnosis and other methods to screen embryos for genetic disease. He has been widely quoted on reproductive issues such as infertility, egg donation, sex selection, in vitro fertilization and stem cell research.
Mark Goldstein M.D.
Chief
Adolescent Medicine, Pediatrics
Massachusetts General Hospital
Address:
Adolescent Div, Yawkey 6C
55 Fruit St
Boston, MA 02114
Phone:
617.726.2730
E-mail:
mgoldstein@partners.org
Web:
http://www.mgh.harvard.edu/MGHfc/MGHfC_medspec_ado...
Dr. Goldstein is also an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Goldstein’s areas of interest include eating disorders, sexually transmitted disease, substance abuse, health insurance, gynecology and male health.
Mark Grey Ph.D.
Director
Iowa Center for Immigrant Leadership and Integration
University of Northern Iowa
Address:
Lang Hall 221
Cedar Falls, IA 50614
Phone:
319.273.3029
E-mail:
mark.grey@uni.edu
Web:
www.newiowans.com...
Grey is a professor of anthropology at the University of Northern Iowa and director of the Iowa Center for Immigrant Leadership and Integration. The Iowa Center provides consultation, training and publications to Iowa communities, as they deal with the arrival of new immigrants and refugees. Grey is also associate director of the Iowa Project EXPORT Center of Excellence on Health Disparities.
Neal Halfon M.D.
Professor, Pediatrics and Public Health; Director
Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities
UCLA School of Public Health
Address:
1100 Glendon Ave., Suite 850
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone:
310.206.1898
E-mail:
nhalfon@ucla.edu
Web:
http://www.healthychild.ucla.edu/DropDownMenu/Staf...
Neal Halfon, M.D., MPH, is director of the Center for Healthier Children, Families & Communities at UCLA, UCLA’s Child and Family Health Program at the School of Public Health, and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau’s National Center for Infancy and Early Childhood Health Policy Research. In addition, Dr. Halfon is a professor of pediatrics, community health sciences, and policy studies at UCLA’s Schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Public Policy & Social Research. He led the team that developed and implemented the “2000 National Survey of Early Childhood Health,” findings of which will be published as a supplement to the journal Pediatrics this fall. Dr. Halfon serves as co-chair of the Health Services Working Group for the planned National Children’s Study, an effort being led by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; and on the Board on Children, Youth and Families of the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of California, Davis; his master’s of public health degree from the University of California, Berkeley; and completed his pediatric residency at the University of California, San Diego and the University of California, San Francisco.
Neal Halsey
Professor and Director
International Health/Disease Prevention and Control, Institute for Vaccine Safety
Johns Hopkins University
Address:
Wolfe St W5041
Baltimore, MD 21205
Phone:
410.955.6964
E-mail:
nhalsey@jhsph.edu
Web:
http://faculty.jhsph.edu/?F=Neal&L=Halsey...
Halsey's primary research is toward the prevention of infectious diseases with the safest vaccines possible. He has conducted or participated in epidemiological studies of such vaccine-preventable diseases as hepatitis B and hepatitis A. The control of measles has been a particular focus of interest.
Christian Hanna
Program Director
National Farm Medicine Center
National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety
Address:
1000 N. Oak Ave.
Marshfield, WI 54449
Phone:
715.389.3116
E-mail:
neverswimalone@charter.net
Web:
http://research.marshfieldclinic.org/children/...
Hanna is the program director for the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety. The program is affiliated with the National Farm Medicine Center at the Marshfield Medical Research Foundation in Marshfield, Wis. The center provides technical assistance and research in injury control for children in rural and agricultural communities, with a focus on agricultural injuries, off-road recreation and violence. Hanna received a bachelor of science degree in natural resources from the University of Michigan and a master's degree in public health from the University of Northern Colorado. His previous work includes environmental education, community-based substance abuse prevention and rural community development. Current research includes the prevention of violence-related injuries to children in rural communities, particularly self-inflicted injury.
Ruth-Arlene Howe MSW
Professor
Boston College Law School
Address:
Law School
EW322
Boston, MA
Phone:
617.552.4377
E-mail:
howeru@bc.edu
Web:
http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/fac-staff/deans-facu...
Howe has written extensively regarding family law, foster care, adoption and child abuse and neglect. She was a member of the Board of Advisors for the 2002 PBS television film Outside Looking In: Transracial Adoption in America, and she has been a member of the Study Group on Intercountry Adoption since 1990.
Kathy Hudson
Director
Genetics and Public Policy Center
Johns Hopkins University
Address:
1717 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 530
Washington, DC 20036
Phone:
202.663.5971
E-mail:
khudson5@jhu.edu
Web:
http://www.dnapolicy.org/about/staff.jhtml.html...
Hudson is the founder of the Genetics and Public Policy Center and is an Associate Professor in the Berman Bioethics Institute, Institute of Genetic Medicine, and the Department of Pediatrics at The Johns Hopkins University. Hudson founded the Center to focus exclusively on public policy issues raised by advances in human genetics. Her special interests include the scientific, legal, ethical and social issues related to human reproductive genetic technologies, genetic testing, gene transfer and human cloning.
Michael Jellinek M.D.
Chief of Child Psychiatry
Massachusetts General Hospital
Address:
Massachusetts General Hospital
WAC 725
Boston, MA 02114
Phone:
617.726.2711
E-mail:
Mjellinek@partners.org
Web:
http://www.massgeneral.org/allpsych/PediatricSympt...
Dr. Jellinek specializes in both child and adult psychiatry. He developed the Pediatric Symptom Checklist as a screening tool to help pediatricians improve recognition of children with psychosocial dysfunction. He has served as a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Chair of Bright Futures: Mental Health.
Renee Jenkins M.D.
President
Pediatrics and Child Health
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Address:
141 Northwest Point Blvd.
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
Phone:
847.434.4000
E-mail:
rjenkins@howard.edu
Jenkins serves as the 2007-2008 American Academy of Pediatrics president. Jenkins also is a professor and chair of the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at Howard University, an adjunct professor of Pediatrics at George Washington University, and Principal Investigator at Howard for the DC-Baltimore Research Center on Child Health Disparities. Adolescent health and underserved children have been the focus of Jenkins' career. She has served on many AAP task forces and committees, including the Committee on Adolescence, the Task Forces on Pediatric AIDS and Reimbursement and the Committee on Teen Pregnancy Prevention.
Lloyd Johnston Ph.D.
Principal Investigator, Monitoring the Future Study
Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan
Address:
426 Thompson St., Room 2311
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
Phone:
734.763.5043
E-mail:
lloydj@umich.edu
Web:
http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/...
The Monitoring the Future Study is an ongoing investigation of the behavior, attitudes and values of America’s secondary school students, college students and young adults. Each year the study surveys a total of some 50,000 eighth-, 10th- and 12th-grade students. Study results are used to monitor trends in substance use and abuse among teens and young adults.
Theodore Joyce
Professor of Economics
Economics and Finance
Baruch College
Address:
Box B13/ 289
One Bernard Baruch Way
New York, NY 10010
Phone:
646.312.3541
E-mail:
Ted_Joyce@baruch.cuny.edu
Web:
http://www.healthcaremba.org/fac_tj.html...
Joyce's focuses are on health, healthcare policy, and the economics of infant and reproductive health. Joyce's present research includes the effect of cigarette excise taxes on maternal smoking and the impact of welfare reform on birth and abortion rates.
Francine Kaufman M.D.
Director
Comprehensive Childhood Diabetes Center
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Address:
4650 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Phone:
323.669.4606
E-mail:
fkaufman@chla.usc.edu
Web:
http://www.usc.edu/about/health_care/kaufman.html...
Dr. Kaufman is a pediatric endocrinologist and author of "Diabesity: The Obesity-Diabetes Epidemic That Threatens America - and What We Must Do to Stop It" (Bantam, 2005). A professor of pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, her research focuses on many aspects of diabetes, including prevention, treatment and complications. She is chair of the NIH-funded STOPP-T2 trials, which investigate strategies to prevent and treat (the TODAY trial) type 2 diabetes in children and youth. She was also a principle investigator in the Diabetes Prevention Trial - type 1 and is now an investigator in TrialNet-the NIH study to try to prevent type 1 diabetes and preserve beta cell function.
Kathi Kemper M.D.
Professor
General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Address:
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27157
Phone:
336.716.1292
E-mail:
kkemper@wfubmc.edu
Web:
http://www1.wfubmc.edu/oprd/physdetail.htm?Physici...
Dr. Kemper is also a practitioner at the university’s Brenner Children’s Hospital. Dr. Kemper’s focus is on complementary and alternative medicinal practice and research, such as that regarding culture, spirituality, herbs and dietary supplements. Among Kemper’s findings is the Center for Holistic Pediatric Education and Research at Boston's Children's Hospital, the Herb and Dietary Supplement Task Force at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, and the Section for Holistic and Integrative Medicine within the American Academy of Pediatrics. Her book, The Holistic Pediatrician, serves as a key reference for families and pediatric educators and clinicians.
Jonathan Klein
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
University of Rochester Medical Center
Address:
Adolescent Medicine
601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 690
Rochester, NY 14642
Phone:
585.275.7760
E-mail:
jonathan_klein@urmc.rochester.edu
Web:
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/gchas/s_f/KLEIN_J.HT...
Dr. Klein's research is on the organization and effectiveness of adolescent health services and on health promotion and disease prevention for children and adolescents. Klein’s ongoing studies address issues regarding adolescents such as access to health care, smoking cessation counseling, and obesity prevention.
Jacob Klerman
Director
Center for the Study of Social Welfare Policy
RAND Corporation
Address:
1776 Main St.
Santa Monica, CA 90407
Phone:
310.393.0411, Ext. 6289
E-mail:
klerman@rand.org
Web:
http://www.rand.org/labor...
Klerman led the official evaluation of welfare reform in California. His other research interests include: the determinants of recruiting into the armed forces, women's work behavior and fertility.
Anirudh Krishna Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Public Policy
Duke University
Address:
212 Sanford Institute
Box 90245
Durham, NC 27708
Phone:
919.613.7337
E-mail:
krishna@pps.duke.edu
Web:
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/centers/hlp/about/facul...
Krishna’s studies focus on democracy, community development (especially rural), political participation, social capital and poverty reduction. Most recently, Krishna has been working on poverty and democracy at the micro level. He has headed the International Poverty Study and has conducted field research on this subject in India, Kenya, Peru and Uganda.
Danielle Laraque M.D.
Professor, Chief
Department of Pediatrics
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Address:
One Gustave L. Levy Place
Box 1198
New York, NY 10029
Phone:
212.241.5866
E-mail:
danielle.laraque@mssm.edu
Web:
http://directory.mssm.edu/faculty/facultyInfo.php?...
Dr. Laraque is a professor of pediatrics and the chief of the Division of General Pediatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Her focus is injury prevention, child abuse, children with special health care needs, adolescent health risk behaviors and issues critical to health care delivery in underserved communities.
Barbara Lee Ph.D.
Director
National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety
Address:
Marshfield Medical Research Foundation
1000 N. Oak Ave.
Marshfield, WI 54449
Phone:
715.389.4999
E-mail:
lee.barbara@mcrf.mfldclin.edu
Lee directs this federally funded center to improve children's safety in rural areas, and lessen the number of agricultural injuries on U.S. farms and ranches.
Michael Lindsey Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Address:
525 W. Redwood St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone:
410.706.8781
E-mail:
mlindsey@ssw.umaryland.edu
Web:
http://www.ssw.umaryland.edu/faculty_and_research/...
Lindsey trained as a social worker, with a specialization in mental health services research. He studies African American males' development in high-risk communities, depressed African American youths' access to mental health services, school-based violence prevention and early interventions, and university and community partnerships.
Cyra Master
Communications Coordinator
Center for Law and Social Policy
Address:
1015 15th St. NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
Phone:
202.906.8027
E-mail:
cmaster@clasp.org
Web:
www.clasp.org...
The national nonprofit conducts research and policy analysis to improve low-income people’s economic security, educational and workforce prospects. Specifically, it aims to: increase adults’ access to quality education, training and transitional jobs; create universal opportunities for early childhood education; improve access to supports such as child care, food stamps, Medicaid and cash assistance; help young people avoid risky behavior; and help more kids grow up with two involved parents.
Anna Mastroianni
Assistant Professor of Law and Public Health Genetics
School of Law
University of Washington
Phone:
206.616.3482
E-mail:
amastroi@u.washington.edu
Web:
http://www.law.washington.edu/Faculty/Mastroianni/...
Mastroianni teaches health law and bioethics in the School of Law, the Institute for Public Health Genetics. She is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine and in the Department of Medical History and Ethics, School of Medicine. She is a Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholar in Bioethics and does research on policy gaps and conflicts in the use of stem cells, human embryos and reproductive technologies.
Rebecca Maynard Ph.D.
Professor
Graduate School of Education
University of Pennsylvania
Address:
3700 Walnut Street Room 409
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone:
215.898.3558
E-mail:
rmaynard@gse.upenn.edu
Web:
http://www.gse.upenn.edu/faculty/maynard.html...
Maynard has directed many large-scale social experiments and policy analyses on issues related to welfare policy, employment and training policy, services for teenage parents, teenage pregnancy prevention, and child care policy. She is director of an ongoing federally funded evaulation of abstinence programs. The first report is at: http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/publications/PDFs/e
valabstinence.pdf
Lolita McDavid M.D.
Director of Child Protection, Medical Director of Child Advocacy
Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
University Hospitals Health System
Address:
11100 Euclid Ave., Mailstop RBC 6003
Cleveland, OH 44106
Phone:
216.844.3886
E-mail:
lolita.mcdavid@UHhospitals.org
Web:
http://www.rainbowbabies.org...
Dr. McDavid, a pediatrician, is the medical director of child advocacy and protection at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, part of University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She oversees community outreach and programming and coordinates medical services for at-risk children and families in northeast Ohio.
State School Health Officer
Albuquerque Office of School Health
Address:
625 Silver Avenue SW, Suite 201
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone:
505.841.5877
E-mail:
jane.mcgrath@state.nm.us
Web:
http://www.health.state.nm.us/...
Jane McGrath, M.D., is a pediatrician with certification in adolescent medicine and an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of New Mexico. She is also the school health officer for the Albuquerque Office of School Health, where she is responsible for guiding the development of school health policy and overseeing a number of school health programs. She is a former member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on School Health and past president of the National Assembly on School-Based Health Care.
Constance Nathanson Ph.D.
Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Science
Sociomedical Science
Columbia University
Address:
722 W. 168th St., 9th Floor
New York, NY 10032
Phone:
212.305.1593
E-mail:
can2003@columbia.edu
Web:
http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/sms/faculty/nat...
Nathanson has published on gender and mortality, the social history of adolescent sexuality in the United States, teenage pregnancy, and policies in response to gun violence, smoking, and HIV/AIDS in injection drug users.
Sam Odom
Director
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG)
Address:
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CB#8180
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-818
Phone:
919.966.2622
E-mail:
slodom@mail.fpg.unc.edu
Web:
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/...
FPG consists of more than 200 researchers, students and staff working on projects dealing with parent and family support; early care and education; child health and development; early identification and intervention; equity, access and inclusion; and early childhood policy. They publish “Snapshots,” which provides an overview of recently published research ( http://www.fpg.unc.edu/news/fpg_snapshots.cfm). FPG distributes a monthly e-newsletter that highlights their latest research and resources (http://www.fpg.unc.edu/news/enews.cfm).
David Olds Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Director
Prevention Research Center for Family and Child Health
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Address:
1825 Marion St.
Denver, CO 80218
Phone:
303.864.5205
E-mail:
olds.david@tchden.org
Web:
http://www.uchsc.edu/peds/subs/prc/index.htm...
Olds researches the long-term impact of early preventive intervention on the health and development of children and their families, including the results of prenatal and infancy home visitation programs for low-income, first-time mothers. The center has been established to design, test and disseminate interventions that improve the health and development of low-income children and their families, particularly in the prevention of child abuse and neglect, unintentional injuries to children, welfare dependence and crime.
Yolanda Padilla Ph.D.
Professor of Social Work and Women's Studies
Population Research Center
University of Texas at Austin
Address:
School of Social Work
1 University Station D3500
Austin, TX 78712-0358
Phone:
512.471.6266
E-mail:
ypadilla@mail.utexas.edu
Web:
http://www.prc.utexas.edu/profiles/padilla_y.html...
Padilla’s research focuses on racial and ethnic disparities in health and well-being in the United States, particularly among Mexican Americans. She looks at poverty, immigration, family structure, early childhood health and development, and social welfare policy. Padilla also does research on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender populations. The Society for Social Work and Research gave her an outstanding research award for a study on factors influencing Mexican immigrants' earnings potential.
James Perrin M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Director, Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy
MassGeneral Hospital for Children
Address:
50 Staniford St., Suite 901
Boston, MA 02114
Phone:
617.726.8716
E-mail:
perrin.james@mgh.harvard.edu
Web:
http://www.massgeneral.org/mghfc/MGHfC_forprofessi...
Dr. Perrin's research has examined asthma, middle ear disease, children’s hospitalization and childhood chronic illness and disabilities, with a recent emphasis on studies of the Supplemental Security Income Program for children and adolescents. For the American Academy of Pediatrics, he also co-chairs a committee to develop a practice guideline for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. He served on the Institute of Medicine’s Committees on Maternal and Child Health under Health Care Reform and on Quality of Long-Term-Care Services in Home and Community-Based Settings, the National Commission on Childhood Disability, and the Disability Policy Panel of the National Academy of Social Insurance (Chair, Children’s Committee). He chaired the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Children with Disabilities and is past president of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association. A graduate of Harvard College and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, he trained in pediatrics at the University of Rochester and has been on the pediatric faculties of the University of Rochester and Vanderbilt University, with an additional appointment at the Institute for Public Policy Studies at the latter institution.
Joanne Pfleiderer
Director of Communications
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Address:
PO Box 2393
600 Alexander Park
Princeton, NJ 08543
Phone:
609.275.2372
E-mail:
jpfleiderer@mathematica-mpr.com
Web:
http://www.mathematica-mpr.com...
Mathematica conducts public policy research and surveys on health care, education, welfare, employment, nutrition, child development, and other policy issues. The Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) is an affiliate research organization that designs and conducts studies focused on the U.S. health care system.
William Pollack Ph.D.
Co-Director, Clinical Psychologist
Centers for Men and Young Men
Harvard University
Address:
115 Mill St.
Belmont, MA 02178
Phone:
617.855.2750
E-mail:
info@williampollack.com
Web:
http://www.williampollack.com/bio.html...
An authority on boys and men, Pollack's expertise includes boy's development and education; male violence, suicide and depression; school safety (including bullying prevention); workplace violence; and gender studies and parenting.
Alejandro Portes Ph.D.
Professor, Director
Center for Migration and Development (CMD)
Princeton University
Address:
Wallace Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544
Phone:
609.258.4870
E-mail:
aportes@princeton.edu
Web:
http://cmd.princeton.edu/index.shtml...
In addition to his position as co-founder and director of Princeton’s Center for Migration and Development, Portes is Chair of the Department of Sociology, as well as a faculty member of Princeton’s Office of Population Research. Portes’ research interests focus on immigration, Third World urbanization, and major issues faced by the U.S. Hispanic population, such as the assimilation of second-generation immigrant.
Deborah Prothrow-Stith M.D.
Director, Division of Public Health Practice and A
Dept. of Health Policy and Management
Harvard School of Public Health
Address:
1552 Tremont St.
Boston, MA 02120
Phone:
617.496.0713
E-mail:
dp-s@hsph.harvard.edu
Web:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/faculty/deborah-prothr...
As a physician working in inner-city hospitals and neighborhood clinics, Dr. Prothrow-Stith recognized violence as a significant public health issue that could be prevented through implementing effective public health strategies. She developed and wrote the first violence prevention curriculum for schools and communities and co-authored the first book to present the public health perspective on violence to a mass audience. She continues to develop programs and nurture partnerships with community-based programs. She has received many awards, including the World Health Organization’s 1993 World Health Day Award, and nine honorary doctorates.
Irwin Redlener M.D.
President and Co-Founder
The Children's Health Fund
The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Address:
317 East 64th Street
New York, NY 10021
Phone:
212.535.9400
E-mail:
iredlener@chfund.org
Web:
http://www.childrenshealthfund.org...
Dr. Redlener has researched, published and spoken widely on indigent children's access to preventive, hospital and specialized medical care. The Children's Health Fund initiates and supports pediatric programs that provide health care to underserved children in a variety of urban and rural communities. Redlener is also Associate Dean of the Columbia University Mailman School Of Public Health and directs its National Center For Disaster Preparedness.
Michael Rich M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine
Children's Hospital Boston
Address:
300 Longwood Ave.
1 Autumn-5
Boston, MA 02115
Phone:
617.355.5420
E-mail:
michael.rich@childrens.harvard.edu
Web:
http://www.childrenshospital.org/cfapps/research/d...
Dr. Rich focuses on media as a force that affects child development, health, and behavior. In 2002, he founded the Center on Media and Child Health (CMCH), which conducts research, clinical interventions and education on the effects of media on the physical, mental and social health of children and adolescents. The Society for Adolescent Medicine honored Dr. Rich in with their New Investigator Award in 1998 for the creation of Video Intervention/Prevention Assessment, a research method where child and adolescent patients make video illness narratives to show and tell their clinicians about their experience of illness. To date, VIA has been used with children and adolescents to study chronic health conditions ranging from asthma and obesity to spina bifida and HIV. (See http://www.viaproject.org).
Britt Rios-Ellis Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Director
Latino Health Professionals Project (LHPP)
California State University, Long Beach
Address:
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90840-4902
Phone:
562.985.4127
E-mail:
bellis@csulb.edu
Web:
http://www.csulb.edu/depts/urad/papubs/experts/peo...
The LHPP is a scholarship and training project for Latinos designed to ameliorate the lack of Latinos in management positions in the health care professions. Rios-Ellis teaches courses in Latino health care access, human sexuality, community health and maternal/child health promotion. She is also the project director of the National Council for La Raza’s Latino Family HIV/AIDS Prevention Project. Rios-Ellis’ doctoral research at the University of Oregon studied the HIV/AIDS-related experience of migrant Latina adolescents.
Thomas Robinson M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine
Stanford Prevention Research Center
Stanford University School of Medicine
Address:
1000 Welch Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Phone:
650.723.5331
E-mail:
tom.robinson@stanford.edu
Web:
http://prevention.stanford.edu/facultystaff/detail...
Dr. Robinson's research interests are child and adolescent obesity prevention and treatment, cardiovascular disease and cancer risk factor prevention, weight control, promotion of physical activity, nutrition, smoking prevention, effects of television viewing and video games on child health and behavior, health behavior change, school-based interventions and general pediatrics.
Jeannette Rogowski Ph.D.
Senior Economist
Center for the Study of Social Welfare Policy
RAND Corporation
Address:
1776 Main St.
Santa Monica, CA 90407
Phone:
310.393.0411, Ext. 5356
E-mail:
jeannette_rogowski@rand.org
Web:
http://www.rand.org/labor/staff/rogowski/...
Rogowski directs the RAND Center for Employer-Sponsored Health and Pension Benefits and co-directs RAND’s Center for Health Care Markets and Vulnerable Populations. Her research includes studying the effects of changing health care market structure on access to care for vulnerable populations and on the quality of care provided by safety net hospitals. Other work on vulnerable children includes developing measures of quality of care for high-risk infants and studying the effects of welfare reform on disabled children.
Helaine Ross M.D.
MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
University of Chicago
Phone:
773.702.1234
E-mail:
lross@uchicago.edu
Web:
http://medicine.uchicago.edu/faculty_profile/facul...
Dr. Ross serves on both the American Academy of Pediatrics Section of Bioethics and the American Philosophical Association Section on Medicine and Philosophy. Her research interests are research ethics, genetics and ethics, transplant ethics, and pediatric ethics. She is currently working on an NIH funded grant on newborn screening.
Lorry Rubin M.D.
Professor, Chief
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Schneider Children's Hospital
Address:
269-01 76th Avenue
New Hyde Park, NY 11040
Phone:
718.470.3480
E-mail:
Lrubin@lij.edu
Web:
http://www.schneiderchildrenshospital.org/...
Dr. Rubin is a professor of pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, as well as Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Schneider Children's Hospital. He has been quoted in numerous news stories about infectious diseases, immunizations and childhood vaccines.
John Santelli M.D.
Heilbrunn Professor of Clinical Populations & Family Health
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
Address:
60 Haven Ave. B-2
New York, NY 10032
Phone:
212.304.5634
E-mail:
js2637@columbia.edu
Web:
http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/popfam/...
Dr. Santelli has written extensively on adolescent risk behaviors, family planning, HIV/STD prevention, school-based health centers, clinical preventive services, and research ethics. He was formerly Chief of Applied Sciences in the Division of Reproductive Health at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the director of School and Adolescent Health Services for the Baltimore City Health Department. Dr. Santelli has served on editorial boards for Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, the Journal of Adolescent Health, and AIDS Education and Prevention, and he chaired the effort by the Society for Adolescent Medicine to create Guidelines for Adolescent Health Research.
Narayan Sastry Ph.D.
Research associate professor
Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan
Address:
426 Thompson St., Box 1248
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248
Phone:
734.936.0462
E-mail:
narayan_sastry@rand.org
At the center, Sastry focuses on child health, international child poverty, ethnic disparities, health insurance coverage of immigrants, and the effects of neighborhood and family on children’s well-being. He's also a senior social scientist for the RAND Corp., where he co-directs the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey, a longitudinal study. Sastry is the principal investigator for several other National Institutes of Health grants to analyze children’s health and development. He's examining the effects of Hurricane Katrina on family resettlement patterns and the future population of New Orleans.
David Satcher M.D.
Director
National Center for Primary Care
Morehouse School of Medicine
Address:
720 Westview Drive S.W., NCPC Building, Room 301
Atlanta, GA 30310
Phone:
404.756.5740
E-mail:
mbonds@msm.edu
Web:
http://www.msm.edu/ncpc/ncpc.htm...
David Satcher, M.D., is director of the new National Center for Primary Care at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta. Previously he was the U.S. surgeon general and assistant secretary for health. In that position, Satcher led the department’s effort to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health. He also released surgeon general’s reports on tobacco and health; mental health – including children’s mental health; and overweight and obesity. From 1993 to 1998, Satcher was director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Prior to those jobs, he was president of Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn. He was also professor and chairman of the department of Community Medicine and Family Practice at Morehouse and a faculty member of the University of California – Los Angeles School of Medicine and Public Health. Satcher graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Morehouse in 1963. He received his medical and doctorate degrees from Case Western Reserve University in 1970. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Preventive Medicine, and the American College of Physicians.
Isabel Sawhill
Vice President, Director
Economic Studies
The Brookings Institution's Center on Children and Families
Address:
1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone:
202.797.6058
E-mail:
communications@brookings.edu
Web:
http://www.brookings.edu/scholars/isawhill.htm...
Sawhill is vice president and director of the Economic Studies program at the Brookings Institution and a senior editor of The Future of Children. She co-directs the Welfare Reform and Beyond Initiative at Brookings and serves part-time as president of The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Her research focuses on children, education, the federal budget, poverty and inequality, social welfare policy and teen pregnancy.
Kristine Siefert
Associate Director and Professor of Social Work
Center for Poverty, Risk and Mental Health
University of Michigan
Address:
1080 S. University, 2846 SSWB
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone:
734.763.6201
E-mail:
ksiefert@umich.edu
Web:
http://www.ssw.umich.edu/faculty/profile-ksiefert....
Siefert's research investigates social and environmental risk factors for poor health and mental health among low-income women and children in diverse racial and ethnic populations. Recent studies include the impact of household food insufficiency on the physical and mental health of low income women and social and environmental determinants of major depression in low-income women.
Brian Skotko
Harvard Medical School
Harvard University
Phone:
617.432.0442 (press)
E-mail:
brian_skotko@hms.harvard.edu
Susan Solomon Ph.D.
Author
Address:
47 Hardy Drive
Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone:
609.937.6939
E-mail:
info@curatorialresources.com
Web:
http://www.recentamericanplaygrounds.com/...
Solomon is an expert in public playgrounds. She is the author of "American Playgrounds: Revitalizing Community Space" (University Press of New England, 1995), which examines problems with contemporary playgrounds, suggests improvements and addresses undervalued public space. She also explores American attitudes on safety and how that impacts play and places for public assembly. Trained as an art historian with a concentration on 20th-century architecture, she heads her own research firm, Curatorial Resources and Research, in Princeton, N.J.
Debora Spar Ph.D.
Professor of Business Administration, Director of Research
Harvard University
Harvard Business School
Address:
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163
Phone:
617.495.6000
E-mail:
research-site-mail@hbs.edu
Barbara Staggers M.D.
Director
Division of Adolescent Medicine/Teen Clinic
Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland
Address:
5400 Telegraph Ave.
Oakland, CA 94618
Phone:
510.428.3226
E-mail:
bstaggers@mail.cho.org
Web:
http://www.childrenshospitaloakland.org...
Barbara Staggers, M.D., MPH, is director of Adolescent Medicine and the Health Professions Internship Partnership at Children’s Hospital in Oakland, Calif. She served for six years on the National Committee on Adolescence for the American Academy of Pediatrics; her work included the development of the pediatrics residency training guidelines in adolescent health care. She is the recipient of numerous honors and awards including a National Child Labor Committee Award; National Violence Prevention Council Angel of Peace Award; and Alumna of the Year, School of Public Health, University of Calfornia, Berkeley. She attained her bachelor’s degree in psychology from UC Berkeley, her medical degree from UC San Francisco and a master’s degree in health education from UC Berkeley.
Matthew Stagner
Executive Director
Chapin Hall Center for Children
University of Chicago
Address:
1313 E. 60th St.
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone:
773.753.5900
E-mail:
mstagner@chapinhall.org
Web:
http://www.about.chapinhall.org/research/researchd...
Stagner is a nationally recognized authority on policies affecting children and families. His research includes work on youth risk behaviors, children aging out of foster care, and programs that support social services. Before joining Chapin Hall in 2006, Stagner directed the Center on Labor, Human Services and Population at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C. Earlier, Stagner directed the Division of Children and Youth Policy in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He has directed research for the National Research Council and the Center for the Study of Social Policy.
Ruth Striegel-Moore Ph.D.
professor and chairwoman
Psychology
Wesleyan University
Address:
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT 06459
Phone:
860.685.2328
E-mail:
rstriegel@wesleyan.edu
Web:
https://wesep.wesleyan.edu/cgi-perl/faculty/facult...
Striegel-Moore's areas of focus are etiology and the treatment of eating disorders, and gender and psychopathology. She has done studies about minorities and eating disorders, such as bulimia and anorexia.
Norida Torriente
Assistant Public Relations Director
National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions
Address:
401 Wythe St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone:
703.797.6059
E-mail:
ntorriente@nachri.org
Web:
www.childrenshospitals.net...
The 215-member organization, based in Alexandria, Va., conducts public policy research, analysis, education and advocacy on behalf of children. Its online media center offers extensive data on children’s health, as well as an interactive expert database of more than 500 contacts.
Stacey Tovino Ph.D.
Professor, Lawyer
School of Law
Hamline University
Address:
1536 Hewitt Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55104-1237
Phone:
651.523.2941
E-mail:
stovino01@gw.hamline.edu
Web:
http://www.hamline.edu/law/health/faculty/stacey_a...
Tovino's Her research interests lie in the areas of confidentiality and privacy, midwifery and the law, mental health care and health care ethics. She has written extensibly on legal and ethical issues regarding brain-injured subjects.
Leonardo Trasande M.D.
Instructor
Departments of Pediatrics and Community and Preventive Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Address:
One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box1512
New York, NY 10029
Phone:
212.241.8029
E-mail:
leo.trasande@mssm.edu
Web:
http://www.childenvironment.org...
Leonardo Trasande, M.D., is a pediatrician and environmental health specialist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He also is the assistant director for the school’s Center for Children’s Health and the Environment, a policy research center that works to protect children from environmental threats. After graduating from Harvard College cum laude in chemistry in 1994, Trasande earned his master’s degree in public policy from the Kennedy School of Government and a medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He later served as a Dyson Foundation health policy fellow to U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., on environmental and child health issues. In addition to his work at Mount Sinai, he practices clinically in New York and in Boston, where he is a faculty member of the pediatrics department at Harvard Medical School.
James Trussell
Director, Office of Population Research
Address:
Woodrow Wilson School
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544-1013
Phone:
609.258.4946
E-mail:
trussell@princeton.edu
Web:
http://www.wws.princeton.edu/trussell/...
Trussell also is the John Foster Dulles Professor in International Affairs; director of the Program in Population Studies; and professor of Economics and Public Affairs. His recent research has been focused in three areas: emergency contraception, contraceptive failure and the cost-effectiveness of contraception. He has actively promoted making emergency contraception more widely available as an important step in reducing the incidence of unintended pregnancy and the need for abortion; in addition to his research on this topic, he maintains an emergency contraception website (not-2-late.com) and designed and launched a toll-free emergency contraception hotline (1-888-NOT-2-LATE).
J. Richard Udry Ph.D.
Kenan Professor of Maternal and Child Health and Sociology
Carolina Population Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Address:
403D University Square East
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Phone:
919.966.2829
E-mail:
udry@unc.edu
Web:
http://www.cpc.unc.edu/projects/addhealth/...
The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) is a nationally representative study that explores the causes of health-related behaviors of adolescents in grades 7 through 12 and their outcomes in young adulthood. Add Health seeks to examine how social contexts (families, friends, peers, schools, neighborhoods, and communities) influence adolescents' health and risk behaviors. Udry's main research interest is the integration of biological and sociological models of human behavior, including studies of adult women's gendered behavior, sexual behavior and adolescents.
Sunita Vohra M.D.
Director
Complementary and Alternative Research and Education Program (CARE)
Stollery Children’s Hospital, University of Alberta
Address:
4051 Research Transition Facility
8308-114 Street
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E1
Phone:
780.407.2106
E-mail:
CARE@med.ualberta.ca
Web:
http://www.care.ualberta.ca/...
Vohra is a pediatrician and clinician scientist, as well as an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Alberta . She is also the founding director of the Canadian Pediatric CAM Network (PedCAM) and program director for Canada’s first fellowship program in pediatric integrative medicine. Her expertise in complementary and alternative medicine, or CAM, has been recognized internationally with invitations to sit on various committees and editorial boards. She has published widely on the efficacy of the use of natural health product in children.
Nora Volkow M.D.
Director
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Address:
NSC - Neuro Science Ctr, Room 5274
6001 Exec Blvd
Rockville, MD
Phone:
301.443.6480
E-mail:
nv29q@nih.gov
Web:
http://www.nida.nih.gov/about/welcome/Volkowpage.h...
Dr. Volkow is a recognized expert on the brain's dopamine system with her research focusing on the brains of the addicted, obese and aging. Her studies have documented changes in the dopamine system affecting the actions of frontal brain regions involved with motivation, drive, and pleasure and the decline of brain dopamine function with age. She has investigated the neurochemical mechanisms that influence the way individuals respond to drugs of abuse and the potential link to vulnerability to drug abuse, alcoholism, or other impulse behaviors.
Clarice Dibble Walker
Professor Emeritus
School of Social Work
Howard University
Web:
http://www.howard.edu/schoolsocialwork/default.htm...
Clarice Dibble Walker is Professor Emeritus at Howard University's School of Social Work. She previously was Commissioner of Social Services for the District of Columbia. Mrs. Walker is president of the board of Safe Shores-The D.C. Children's Advocacy Center, and is the former chair of the board of The National Black Child Development Institute. She also serves on a number of other boards, including The Freddie Mac Foundation, D.C. Action for Children, Covenant House (D.C.), and the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse.
Elizabeth Warren
Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law
Harvard Law School
Harvard University
Phone:
617.495.3101
E-mail:
segatore@law.harvard.edu
Web:
http://www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/facdi...
Warren's areas of expertise includes: consumer debt, divorce and bankruptcy, families in bankruptcy for medical reasons, health care economics, and medical debt. Warren worked on a study released jointly by Harvard Law School and Harvard Medical School in 2/05 that found that nearly half of all Americans who file for bankruptcy do so because of medical expenses.
Michael Weitzman M.D.
Executive Director
Center for Child Health Research
University of Rochester
Address:
1351 Mount Hope Ave., Suite 130
Rochester, NY 14620
Phone:
585.275.1544
E-mail:
mweitzman@aap.org
Web:
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/cchr/...
Dr. Weitzman is an authority on pediatric research and practice. He has been a practitioner, educator and researcher for more than 20 years, having served as Maternal and Child Health Director of the City of Boston and a professor and director of pediatrics at two universities; he has also trained more than three dozen active pediatric researchers. The center was created by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1999 to improve the physical, mental and social health of children by conducting and synthesizing research across academic disciplines and institutions and using the research to inform public policies and improve medical practices.
Nora Wells
Data Project Director
Family Voices, Inc.
Address:
2340 Alamo SE, Suite 102
Albuquerque, NM 87106
Phone:
505.872.4774
E-mail:
nwells@fcsn.org
Web:
http://www.familyvoices.org...
Nora Wells is a child advocate and project director of Family Voices, a national clearinghouse for information and education on the special health care needs of children, at the Federation for Children with Special Needs in Boston, Mass. She is one of the founding members of this grassroots network of families speaking for all children with special health needs. She has held numerous positions at the Federation and has been responsible for planning and facilitating national technical assistance training efforts for early intervention systems held around the country and establishing a parent-organized, coordinated national system to enhance family collaboration with public and private agencies and individuals promoting the welfare of children with special health needs. Wells has authored numerous publications, including ?What Parents Need to Know about Managed Care? in Early Childhood Bulletin of the Federation for Children with Special Needs (December 1997); a report on survey results with families of children with special needs and their experiences in non-managed care and managed care health plans; a survey and report on family participation in Title V Children with Special Health Care Needs programs in 50 states; and Paying the Bills: Tips for Families on Financing Health Care for Children with Special Needs. She taught a graduate level course on ?Family Support: Working with Families of Children with Special Needs? at Wheelock College. She was the first president and a founding member of Parents and Friends of Handicapped Children, a consumer group for parents of children with cerebral palsy, and is the parent of a young adult with cerebral palsy.
Rebecca Wind
Senior Communications Associate
Alan Guttmacher Institute
Address:
120 Wall St.
New York, NY 10005
Phone:
212.248.1111, ext. 2203
E-mail:
rwind@guttmacher.org
Web:
http://www.agi-usa.org/...
Paul Wise M.D.
Professor of Child Health and Society
Center for Health Policy, Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research
Stanford University
Address:
117 Encina Commons
Stanford, CA 94305-6019
Phone:
650.725.5645
E-mail:
pwise@stanford.edu
Web:
http://healthpolicy.stanford.edu/mediaguide/paulhw...
Wise’s areas of study focus on the health of children, women and families, particularly children's health policy; disparities in health outcomes by race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status; and the impact of medical technologies on disparities in health outcomes. Before coming to Stanford in July 2004, he was a professor of pediatrics at Boston University and vice chief of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Earlier, he directed emergency and primary care services at the Children's Hospital of Boston, and he led the Harvard Institute for Reproductive and Child Health. He also has served as a special expert at the National Institutes of Health and as special assistant to the Surgeon General.
Laurie Zoloth Ph.D.
Director, Professor
Medical Humanities and Bioethics; Religion
Center for Genetic Medicine
Address:
750 N. Lake Shore Dr., 6th floor
Chicago, IL 60611-625
Phone:
312.503.4621
E-mail:
lzoloth@northwestern.edu
Web:
http://www.cgm.northwestern.edu/faculty%20bios/zol...
Zoloth is director of bioethics at Northwestern University’s Center for Genetic Medicine. Her research focuses on ethics regarding religion and science, justice in health care and ethical issues in genetics, particularly abortion and stem-cell research.
Deputy Director
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Address:
1776 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
Phone:
202.478.8510
E-mail:
balbert@teenpregnancy.org
Web:
http://www.teenpregnancy.org/press/...
The campaign’s goal is to reduce the teen pregnancy rate by one-third between 2006 and 2015. From the campaign's 2007 report: -Teen pregnancy and birth rates in the United States have declined by about one-third since the early 1990's. -Even so, three in ten girls in the United States get pregnant by age 20. -Teens say parents most influence their decisions about sex. -The U.S. leads the fully industrialized world in teen pregnancy and birth rates by a wide margin. -Between 1995 and 2010, the number of girls aged 15-19 is projected to increase by 2.2 million. -About two-thirds of sexually active teens wish they had waited longer to lose their virginity.
Vernice Davis Anthony
President and CEO
Greater Detroit Area Health Council
Address:
Suite 1230, 333 West Fort St.
Detroit, MI 48226
Phone:
313.963.4990
E-mail:
vdanthony@gdahc.org
Formerly Senior VP of Community Health, St. John Health System The Greater Detroit Area Health Council (GDAHC) is a regional, multi-stakeholder coalition dedicated to improving health care quality, access and cost in southeastern Michigan with an end result of improving community health status. The Health Council is actively involved in issue analysis, health care planning, community education and developing solutions for regional health care delivery. In support of our mission, we educate, inform and influence change through partnership and collaboration.
Ann Avery
Director
Northwest Michigan Health Services
Address:
10767 Traverse Hwy., Suite B
Traverse City, MI 49684
Phone:
231.947.0351
E-mail:
aavery@nmhsi.org
Since 1968, Northwest Michigan Health Services, Inc. (NMHS) has been responsible for providing primary health care services to migratory farmworkers and their families in eight counties in Northwest Lower Michigan. Among the services offered are diagnosis and treatment by physicians, referrals, emergency medical care, follow-up, outreach, transportation, pharmaceutical services, dental care, and health education. Services are offered at three sites, and each site maintains evening hours, employs bilingual personnel, and establishes linkages with other service agencies in its area.
Richard Baron M.D.
President and CEO
Healthier Babies, Healthier Futures, Inc.
Address:
260 S. Broad St., Suite 1800
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone:
215.985.2517
E-mail:
hbabies@phmc.org
Healthier Babies was established in 1997 with funding received from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. as part of their national Medicaid Managed Care Program. The HB program was undertaken in an effort to improve birth outcomes in the Medicaid population.
Laura Beavers
Research Associate
Kids Count
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Address:
701 St. Paul St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone:
410.223.2975
E-mail:
lbeavers@aecf.org
Web:
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/...
The annual Kids Count Data Book is a national and state-by-state project of the Casey Foundation to track the status of children in the United States. Data from the 2008 “Right Start for America’s Newborns” report are available. State- and city-level data on birth outcomes are available on the online database, Kids Count Data Center, which allows users to generate custom graphs, maps, ranked lists, and state-by-state profiles; or download the entire data set. The 2007 Kids Count Data Book, to be released on June 26, 2007, looks at the goal of permanence or ensuring that every child and young person served by the child welfare system achieves a lifelong family connection. Alternative Kids Count contact: William O'Hare, senior fellow, Annie E. Casey Foundation; WOhare@aecf.org; 410.547.6600, ext. 2049; 443.472.7434 (cell)
Carl Bell M.D.
President and CEO
Community Mental Health Council
Address:
8704 South Constance Ave.
Chicago, IL 60617
Phone:
773.908.0076
E-mail:
carlcbell@pol.net
Helen Blank
Director of Leadership and Public Policy
National Women's Law Center
Address:
11 Dupont Circle, N.W., # 800
Washington, DC 20036
Phone:
202.588.5180
E-mail:
hblank@nwlc.org
Web:
http://nwlc.org/index.cfm...
The National Women's Law Center works on getting new laws on the books and enforced; litigating ground-breaking cases in state and federal courts all the way to the Supreme Court; and educating the public about ways to make the law and public policies work for women and their families. The center's focus is on education, employment, family economic security, and health -- with special attention given to the needs of low-income women and their families.
Mollyann Brodie Ph.D.
Vice President
Director of Public Opinion and Media Research
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Address:
2400 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Phone:
650.854.9400, ext. 212
E-mail:
mbrodie@kff.org
Web:
http://www.kff.org/about/publicopinion.cfm...
Brodie directs a variety of public knowledge and survey-related projects including ongoing survey partnerships with The Washington Post, National Public Radio and "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer." She also directs the Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health program on the public and health policy. Previously Brodie was a health policy fellow and the assistant director of the Program on Public Opinion and Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. She received her Ph.D. in health policy from Harvard University, holds a master's degree in health policy and management from Harvard's School of Public Health, and a bachelor's degree in kinesiology from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Charlene Burgeson
Executive Director
National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE)
Address:
1900 Association Drive
Reston, VA 20191
Phone:
703.476.3410
E-mail:
cburgeson@aahperd.org
Web:
http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/template.cfm?template...
Charlene R. Burgeson is executive director of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE), a nonprofit membership organization of over 18,000 professionals in physical activity and fitness. NASPE is dedicated to strengthening basic knowledge about sport and physical education among professionals and the general public and putting that knowledge into action in U.S. schools and communities. From 1997-2003, Burgeson worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta as a health scientist in the Division of Adolescent and School Health and a public health advisor in the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity. In 2000 she co-authored a report from the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Education to the President of the United States titled “Promoting Better Health for Young People through Physical Activity and Sport.” She was also the lead author for the physical education chapter of the 2000 School Health Policies and Programs Survey published by CDC. In 2001, Burgeson was honored by the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance with the Mabel Lee Award for achieving national recognition as a professional leader before reaching age 36. A former elementary physical education teacher in the Fairfax County, Va., public schools, she also coached local youth sports. Burgeson received her master’s degree in physical education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and bachelor’s degree in health and physical education from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.
William Butz
President
Population Reference Bureau
Address:
1875 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 520
Washington, DC 20009
Phone:
202.483.1100
E-mail:
wbutz@prb.org
The PRB offers information about reproductive health and fertility; children and families; population and the environment; and population futures—aging, inequality and poverty, migration and urbanization, and gender. Butz's research has focused on the adequacy of the scientific and technical work force in the United States; the technology transfer process that links basic science to industrial production; implications of the worldwide adoption patterns of genetically modified crops; and fertility and migration policy options for the European Union.
Steven Camarota
Director of Research
Center for Immigration Studies
Address:
1522 K St. N.W., Suite 820
Washington, DC 20005
Phone:
202.466.8185
E-mail:
sac@cis.org
The center supports admitting fewer immigrants to the United States but providing “a warmer welcome” for those who have been admitted. It conducts research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal and other impacts of immigration on the U.S. Research director Steven Camarota is author of a 2007 report that found that immigrants and their U.S.-born children account for one in four people living in poverty and that they’ve contributed to nearly three-fourths of the increase in the uninsured population since 1989. His most recent report is “How Many Americans.”
Sara Collins Ph.D.
Assistant Vice President
Program on the Future of Health Insurance
The Commonwealth Fund
Address:
One East 75th Street
New York, NY 10021
Phone:
212.606.3800
E-mail:
src@cmwf.org
The Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation that promotes better access to healthcare, improved quality and greater efficiency of healthcare -- particularly for low-income people and the uninsured, minorities, children and the elderly. Collins is an economist whose responsibilities include research and policy analysis, and program management for the Fund's health care coverage and access program.
Susan Crockin
Attorney, Author
Adoption, Reproductive Law
Law Office of Susan L. Crockin
Address:
29 Crafts Street, Suite 500
Newton, MA 02460
Phone:
617.332.7070
E-mail:
susan.crockin@crockinlaw.com
Web:
http://www.seronosymposia.org/reproductive/cme_fac...
Crockin heads a private legal and consulting practice specializing in adoption and reproductive law. She has dealt with legal issues related to parenthood after cancer, stem-cell research, in-vetro fertilization, prepregnancy testing, embyro and egg donation and abortion. In addition to her law practice, Crockin has taught bioethics at Northeastern University School of Law and is an active lecturer and author.
Halle Czechowski
Communications Vice President
Voices for America’s Children
Address:
1000 Vermont Ave., NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20005
Phone:
202.289.0777, Ext. 8
E-mail:
czechowski@voices.org
Web:
www.voicesforamericaschildren.org...
The nonpartisan national organization advocates for the well-being of children at the federal, state and local levels of government. It is an advocacy network with 60 members in 46 states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands.
Jennifer Dalven
Deputy director
Reproductive Freedom Project
ACLU
Address:
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10004
E-mail:
media@aclu.org
Web:
http://www.aclu.org/ReproductiveRights/Reproductiv...
The ACLU works in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. The Reproductive Freedom Project includes information on sex education and teen sexuality. Reporters can find local affiliates at http://www.aclu.org/Affiliates/.
Hannan Deep
Communications director
Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services
Address:
2651 Saulino Ct.
Dearborn, MI 48120
Phone:
313.842.5128
E-mail:
hdeep@accesscommunity.org
Web:
http://www.accesscommunity.org/...
ACCESS is a human services organization committed to developing all aspects of economic and cultural life in the Arab-American community. Launched in 1971 in Dearborn, Mich., it now has with seven locations and more than 90 programs involving human and cultural services as well as advocacy.
Jane Delgado Ph.D.
President and CEO
National Alliance for Hispanic Health
Address:
1501 16th St., NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone:
202.797.4321
E-mail:
dmorrison@hispanichealth.org
Web:
www.hispanichealth.org...
The Alliance is organized into different centers and provides Hispanics with information about health and human services. The work of the Alliance builds on the commonalities that exist among Hispanics while allowing for the unique circumstances of each community, i.e., different countries of origin, different state and local health infrastructure, and variations by generation, income and legal status.
Anne Dunkelberg
Assistant Director
Center for Public Policy Priorities
Address:
900 Lydia St.
Austin, TX 78702
Phone:
512.320.0222, Ext. 102
E-mail:
dunkelberg@cppp.org
Web:
www.cppp.org...
Dunkelberg is a senior policy analyst with the Center for Public Policy Priorities, where she focuses on policy and budget issues related to health care access, as well as general issues related to immigrants' access to public benefits. She was previously with the State Medicaid director's Office at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, where she was primary author of the first edition of "Texas Medicaid in Perspective."
Carol Emig
President
Child Trends
Address:
4301 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 350
Washington, DC 20008
Phone:
202.572.6003
E-mail:
cemig@childtrends.org
Web:
http://www.childtrends.org/...
Emig has run Child Trends since late 2006. The nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization provides guidance to improve policies, programs and decisions affecting children and their families. Its major research areas include: early childhood development; child welfare; education; youth development and the transition to adulthood; health; teen sex and pregnancy; fatherhood and parenting; and marriage and family. It studies children and youth at every stage of development and in every important subgroup (by race/ethnicity, family income, parents’ marital status, immigrant status, etc.). Child Trends’ online DataBank provides the latest statistics on more than 100 key indicators of child and youth well-being.
Michael Fix
Vice President and Director of Studies
Migration Policy Institute
Address:
1400 16th St. N.W., Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036
Phone:
202.266.1924
E-mail:
mfix@migrationpolicy.org
Web:
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/...
Fix's work focuses on immigrant integration, citizenship policy, immigrant children and families, the education of immigrant students, the effect of welfare reform on immigrants and the impact of immigrants on the U.S. labor force. Fix served as a principal research associate at the Urban Institute, where he directed the Immigration Studies Program from 1998 through 2004. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences’ panel on the redesign of the U.S. citizenship test.
Ralph Forsht
Senior Vice President, Government Relations & Operations
First Focus
Address:
1110 Vermont Ave NW Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
Phone:
202.657.0670
E-mail:
ralphf@firstfocus.net
The bipartisan advocacy organization works to make children and their families a priority in federal policy and budget decisions. It focuses on three core areas – health, education and family economics – and lobbies for bipartisan support. It was launched in 2005 by America’s Promise Alliance, which includes scores of corporations, nonprofit service organizations, foundations, policymakers, advocacy organizations and faith groups collaborating on behalf of young people.
Beth Fredrick
Senior Vice President, Director of Communications and Dev
Alan Guttmacher Institute
Address:
1301 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Phone:
202.296.4012
E-mail:
bfredrick@guttmacher.org
Web:
http://www.agi-usa.org/...
The institute conducts research and gathers, analyzes and reports data related to sexual activity, contraception, abortion and childbearing. Its state-level report on "Parental Invovlement in Minors' Abortions" is at http://www.guttmacher.org/statecenter/spibs/spib_P
IMA.pdf.
Henry Freedman
Executive Director
National Center for Law and Economic Justice
Address:
275 7th Ave., Suite 1506
New York, NY 10001
Phone:
212.633.6967
E-mail:
freedman@nclej.org
Amy Garcia
Executive Director
National Association of School Nurses
Address:
8484 Georgia Avenue
Suite 420
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone:
240.821.1130
E-mail:
nasn@nasn.org
The association works to improve the health and educational success of children by advocating for school health services by professional registered school nurses. Garcia can speak to school nurse shortages and other topics.
Libby Gray
Director
Project Reality
Address:
1701 E. Lake Avenue
Suite# 371
Glenview, IL 60025
Phone:
847.729.3298
www.projectreality.org...
Project Reality specializes in the development, teaching and evaluation of abstinence programs. Gray is regularly involved in media communications on the subject of abstinence.
Senior Fellow
Center for American Progress
Address:
1015 15th St. NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
Phone:
202.906.8000
E-mail:
mhgreen@clasp.org
Greenberg is executive director of the Task Force on Poverty at the Center for American Progress. Prior to that, Greenberg was Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). He has focused on issues relating to federal and state welfare reform and workforce issues affecting low-income families, with particular attention to employment, education and training, child care and early education policy, and other supports for low-income families. Prior to coming to CLASP, Greenberg worked at Jacksonville Area Legal Aid in Florida and the Western Center on Law and Poverty in Los Angeles. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School.
Cornelia Grumman
Vice President
First Five Years Fund
Ounce of Prevention Fund
Address:
33 W. Monroe St., Suite 2400
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone:
312.922.3863
E-mail:
CGrumman@ffyf.org
Web:
http://www.ounceofprevention.org/...
The fund strives to give children who are born into poverty a chance for success in school and in life by providing direct services for at-risk children from birth to age five; training childhood professionals in Illinois; conducting research and advocating for sound public policies and sustained funding streams on early childhood development. Grumman, a former reporter and editorial board writer for the Chicago Tribune, is the recipient of three Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, a 2003 Pulitzer Prize and a 2001 Studs Terkel award.
Daniel Hawkins, Jr.
Vice President
Federal, State and Public Affairs
National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
Address:
1400 Eye St. NW, Suite 330
Washington, DC 20005
Phone:
202.296.0131
E-mail:
dhawkins@nachc.com
Hawkins is vice president for federal and state affairs at the National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc. (NACHC). He provides NACHC's membership with federal and state health-related policy development and research. Prior to joining NACHC, Hawkins served as a VISTA volunteer, executive director of a migrant and community health center located in south Texas, and as an assistant to HHS Secretary Joseph Califano during the Carter administration. He has written numerous books and articles on health care and health center issues.
Sarah Heynen
Communications Coordinator
National Partnership for Women and Families
Address:
1875 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 650
Washington, DC 20009
Phone:
202.986.2600
E-mail:
info@nationalpartnership.org
Web:
www.nationalpartnership.org...
The nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, founded in 1971 as the Women’s Legal Defense Fund, promotes fairness in the workplace, quality health care, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and family. Its president is Debra L. Ness.
Judith Jackson MSW
National Office Consultant
National Association of Black Social Workers (NABSW)
Address:
2305 Martin Luther King Ave. S.E.
Washington, DC 20020
Phone:
202.678.4570
E-mail:
nabsw.harambee@verizon.net
NABSW was founded to address the social welfare needs of black people across the country. Jackson focuses the organization’s efforts in four areas: family preservation/child Welfare, youth development, health and wellness and civil liberties. Jackson is also interested in issues regarding blacks and education, family and community.
Stuart Kantor
Senior Public Affairs Associate
Urban Institute
Address:
2100 M St. NW
Washington, DC 20037
Phone:
202.261.5283
E-mail:
skantor@urban.org
Web:
http://www.uipress.org/Template.cfm?Section=Bookst...
The nonpartisan research institute investigates, analyzes and seeks solutions to U.S. social and economic problems. It works on issues involving work and income, housing and communities, child welfare, and civic engagement and philanthropy. Urban has 10 policy centers, including those focusing on low-income working families, economic security, education, health policy, criminal justice and taxes.
Martha Kempner
Director of Public Information
SIECUS/Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S.
Address:
130 W. 42nd St, Suite 350
New York, NY 10036
Phone:
212.819.9770, ext 324
E-mail:
mkempner@siecus.org
Web:
http://www.siecus.org/...
Each year, SIECUS distributes hundreds of thousands of print and electronic resources to educators, advocates, parents, researchers, physicians and others working to expand sexual health programs, policies and understanding. SIECUS also helps individuals locate research, write accurate news articles, create sexual health curriculum and build support for high quality programs in their community.
Julie Kerksick
Administrator
Division of Family and Economic Security
Wisconsin Department of Children and Families
Address:
P.O. Box 8916
Madison, WI 53708-8916
Phone:
608.267.3905
E-mail:
juliekerksick@hotmail.com
Web:
http://www.newhopeproject.org...
Kerksick most recently served as the Executive Director of the New Hope Project. Kerksick has spent her entire professional career working with and on behalf of unemployed and low-income workers. She has helped design public policy, but has also shared in the responsibility of translating those policies into operating programs and procedures. Kerksick also serves on the Steering Committee of the National Transitional Jobs Network and the Board of Directors for First Service Credit Union.
Dennis Kouba
Director of Communications
National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP)
Address:
50 Monument Square, Suite 502
Portland, ME 04101
Phone:
207.874.6524
E-mail:
dkouba@nashp.org
John Kulig M.D.
President
Society for Adolescent Medicine
Address:
1916 Copper Oaks Circle
Blue Springs, MO 64015
Phone:
617.636.4779
E-mail:
jkulig@tufts-nemc.org
Web:
http://www.adolescenthealth.org/...
Founded in 1968, the Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) is a multidisciplinary organization of professionals committed to improving the physical and psychosocial health and well-being of all adolescents. Kulig is president for 2005-2006.
Claire Lerner LICSW
Director
Parenting Resources
Zero to Three
Address:
2000 M St., NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone:
202.638.1144
E-mail:
clerner@zerotothree.org
Lerner is a licensed clinical social worker, child development specialist, and director of parenting information and resources at Zero To Three where she oversees development of all parenting content, including its web site and numerous publications. She is also the co-author of Zero To Three's parent books, "Learning & Growing Together" and "Bringing Up Baby." Lerner writes a regular column in American Baby Magazine on young children's behavior. She is frequently quoted in Parents Magazine, Parenting, Child Magazine and Fit Pregnancy. In addition, she has been quoted in numerous national daily newspapers such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe and London Times. Lerner has been a practicing clinician for over 17 years, providing parent education and counseling services to families with children of all ages. She also trains early childhood professionals and pediatricians on early childhood development and working effectively with parents. Lerner has participated on numerous national advisory panels and task forces related to early child development. She is currently on the Council of the National Parenting Education Network and is a liaison to the American Academy of Pediatric's Committee on Early Childhood Development.
Debbie Linchesky
Media Relations Manager
Public Affairs
American Academy of Pediatrics
Address:
141 Northwest Point Blvd.
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
Phone:
847.434.4000
E-mail:
dlinchesky@aap.org
The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 60,000 pediatricians committed to attaining optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents and young adults. Along with its monthly scientific and continuing education journals, Pediatrics (www.pediatrics.org) and Pediatrics in Review, the academy publishes patient education guides. Its Web site provides topical information on childhood health, on issues ranging from breast feeding to autism to obesity to disaster preparedness. It also posts policy statements, practice guidelines and other child health resources.
Linda Meric
National Director
9to5, National Association of Working Women
Address:
207 E Buffalo St. #211
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone:
303.628.0925
E-mail:
lindam@9to5.org
Web:
www.9to5.org...
The Milwaukee-based national, grassroots membership organization works for economic justice, including family-friendly policies for low-wage women. It also supports expanding family and medical leave benefits, including minimum requirements for paid sick leave, and increasing access to childcare and other family-flexible supports through TANF and other block grants.
Wanda Miller
Executive Director
National Association of School Nurses/Eastern Office
Address:
Box 1300
Scarborough, ME 04070
Phone:
207.883.2117
E-mail:
wmiller@nasn.org
The association works to advance the delivery of professional school health services to promote optimal health and learning in students.
Ann Morse
Program Manager
The Immigrant Policy Project
National Conference of State Legislatures
Address:
444 North Capitol Street, N.W., Suite 515
Washington, DC 20001
Phone:
202.624.8697
E-mail:
ann.morse@ncsl.org
The nonpartisan project represents the interests of local and state governments in dealing with federal immigration policies and programs. Based at NCSL’s offices in Washington, D.C., it’s a collaborative effort with five other organizations: the National Governors’ Association, the National Association of Counties, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the National League of Cities and the American Public Human Services Association. The conference works to develop a comprehensive body of knowledge on state and local roles in immigrant policy and the impacts of immigrants on U.S. communities. Its Multicultural Health Project examines barriers to health care faced by immigrants, particularly immigration status and cultural and linguistic differences.
Jose Padilla
Executive Director
California Rural Legal Assistance
Address:
631 Howard St., Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone:
415.777.2752
E-mail:
hn0097@handsnet.org
Padilla's work has focused on immigration, civil rights and education law. He became legal advisor to California’s Migrant Education Parent Advisory Council and co-drafted AB 1382, the Migrant Education Statute, which addresses the special educational needs of California’s migrant children. CRLA’s legal work emphasizes assistance to the special needs of the farm worker community with cases focusing on pesticide exposure, housing, labor, education, civil rights, immigration and environmental justice.
Craig Palosky
Communications Officer
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Address:
1300 G St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
Phone:
202.347.5270
E-mail:
cpalosky@kff.org
Web:
www.kff.org...
An independent philanthropy focused on major health care issues, the foundation runs research and communications programs. Its work includes health policy; media and public health, and health insurance. For its resources on child and family health coverage, including a link to state-by-state coverage initiatives, see http://www.kff.org/medicaid
Julia Paradise
Senior Associate
The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Address:
1330 G. St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
Phone:
202.347.5270
E-mail:
jparadise@kff.org
Paradise's research and writing focuses primarily on access to health care among those in Medicaid and among those who are uninsured. Paradise was a senior analyst in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for 11 years. She served earlier on the policy staff of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly known as the U.S. Health Care Financing Administration) and as a presidential management intern on the staff of the House Ways and Means Health subcommittee. She co-authored “Supporting Families in Transition: A Guide to Expanding Health Coverage in the Post-Welfare Reform World,” a federal publication used by state and local officials.
Terry Portis
Executive Director
SHHH (Self Help for Hard of Hearing People)
E-mail:
tportis@hearingloss.org
SHHH is the nation’s largest organization for people with hearing loss. According to 2003 CDC data, every day in the U.S., approximately 1 in 1,000 newborns (or 33 babies every day) is born profoundly deaf with another 2-3 out of 1,000 babies born with partial hearing loss.
Laura Rodriguez
Communication Director
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
Address:
634 South Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Phone:
202.746.7825, ext. 124
E-mail:
lrodriguez@maldef.org
Web:
www.maldef.org...
The national nonprofit protects and promotes civil rights for 40 million Latinos living in the United States. Based in Los Angeles, with several regional offices, it handles cases involving education, employment, political access, immigration and public resource equity.
Diane Rowland
Executive Director
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Address:
1330 G St., NW
Washington, DC 20005
Phone:
202.347.5270
E-mail:
kcmu@kff.org
Web:
http://www.cmwf.org/profiles/profiles_show.htm?doc...
Rowland is the executive vice president of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and the executive director of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. She is also an adjunct professor in the department of health policy and management at the Bloomberg School of Public Health of the Johns Hopkins University. Rowland is a noted authority on health policy, Medicare and Medicaid, and health care for low-income, elderly and disadvantaged populations, and has published widely on these subjects.
Alina Salganicoff Ph.D.
Vice President and Director
Women's Health Policy
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Address:
2400 Sand Hill Road
San Mateo, CA 94025
Phone:
650.854.9400, x244
E-mail:
alinas@kff.org
Web:
http://kff.org/...
Alina Salganicoff, Ph.D., is vice president and director of women’s health policy for The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. She focuses on health coverage and access to care for women and families, with an emphasis on challenges facing underserved populations, including low-income and uninsured women, and women of color. She also directs the KaiserEDU.org project, an online resource for students and faculty in health policy. Salganicoff was the director of the foundation’s California Health Policy Program and served as associate director of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. She has written numerous book chapters, journal articles and reports on health care access and financing for low-income women and children. She has a doctorate in health policy from The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health.
Amy Saltzman
Communications Director
Appleseed
Address:
727 15th St., NW, 11th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Phone:
202.347.7960
E-mail:
asaltzman@appleseeds.net
Web:
http://www.appleseeds.net...
Appleseed works at the local level, establishing and networking independent public interest law centers that identify and address issues community-by-community. As a legal pro bono network, Appleseed centers focus on public education, health care, child welfare, justice and immigration. Appleseed released the report, “It Takes a Parent: Transforming Education in the Wake of the No Child Left Behind Act.”
Alvaro Simmons
Chief operating officer
Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care
Address:
2333 Ontario Road, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009
Phone:
202.483.8196
E-mail:
ASimmons@maryscenter.org
Alvaro Simmons has served as Mary's Center's chief operating officer since early 2006. The center, established in 1988, serves families and individuals in metro Washington, D.C., who have limited or no access to health-related services. Alvaro has 18 years experience in the health care field, in addition to nearly 20 years as an educator in New York public schools and colleges. In his professional roles at various medical centers and hospitals, Alvaro has led multiple units working toward the best health care of patients in obstetrics, drug use treatment, mental health, and adolescent health units. For the past six years, Alvaro has worked in federally qualified health centers while leading the organizations to comply with FQHC regulations.
Rakesh Singh
Communications Officer
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Address:
1300 G St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
Phone:
202.347.5270
E-mail:
rsingh@kff.org
r state-level data, see www.statehealthfacts.org
Stephen Somers Ph.D.
President
The Center for Health Care Strategies
Address:
P.O. Box 3469
Princeton, NJ 08543
Phone:
609.895.8101
E-mail:
HR@chcs.org
Stephen A. Somers, PhD, is the President of CHCS, which he founded in 1995 with a major grant on Medicaid managed care from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. As CEO of CHCS, he is responsible for the organization's growth into a nationally recognized center of expertise on best practices in managed care for beneficiaries of this country's safety-net health coverage programs. CHCS now receives support from multiple philanthropies, including the Annie E. Casey, David and Lucile Packard, and California HealthCare Foundations, as well as The Commonwealth Fund. Prior to CHCS, Dr. Somers was an Associate Vice President and Program Officer at The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Before joining the Foundation, Dr. Somers was a staff member at the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, a Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania, and the Executive Secretary of the U.S. Commissioner of Education's Task Force on Urban High Schools in the former U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Dr. Somers serves as a Visiting Senior Research Scientist and Lecturer at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He earned his PhD in the Politics of Education from Stanford University.
Marjorie Speers Ph.D.
Executive Director
Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, Inc.
Address:
915 15th Street, N.W.
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
Phone:
202.783.1112
E-mail:
mspeers@aahrpp.org
Web:
http://www.aahrpp.org/www.aspx...
Dr. Speers served as Acting Executive Director at the National Bioethics Advisory Commission, where she oversaw the development of "Ethical and Policy Issues in Research Involving Human Participants." AAHRPP offers accreditation to institutions that conduct or review research with human participants.
Peter Sybinsky Ph.D.
CEO
Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
Address:
1220 19th Street, N.W., Suite 801
Washington, DC 20036
Phone:
202.775.0436
E-mail:
psybinsky@amchp.org
Web:
http://www.amchp.org/index.htm...
AMCHP represents state public health leaders and others working to improve the health and well-being of women, children, youth and families, including those with special health care needs. Collectively, its members manage public health programs that serve more than 27 million women, children and youth.
Paul Taylor
Acting Director
Pew Hispanic Center
Address:
1615 L St. NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036-5610
Phone:
202.419.3600
E-mail:
info@pewhispanic.org
The nonpartisan research organization aims to improve understanding of the U.S. Hispanic population and to chronicle its growing impact on the nation. Researchers have expertise in demographics, immigration and more. Based in Washington, D.C., it’s supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Carl Tubbesing
Deputy Director, D.C. headquarters
National Conference of State Legislatures
Phone:
202.624.5400
E-mail:
carl.tubbesing@ncsl.org
Web:
www.ncsl.org...
The bipartisan organization serves legislators and staffs. Its experts – on subjects from child well-being and social services to family economic success to immigration – can identify trends, and its Web site suggests story ideas.
Michele Waslin
Director
Immigration Policy Research
National Council of La Raza
Address:
The Raul Yzaguirre Building
1126 16th St., NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone:
202.776.1735
E-mail:
mwaslin@nclr.org
The National Council of La Raza – the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States – works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. NCLR conducts applied research, policy analysis, and advocacy, providing a Latino perspective in five key areas – assets/investments, civil rights/immigration, education, employment and economic status, and health. In addition, it provides capacity-building assistance to its affiliates who work at the state and local level to advance opportunities for individuals and families.
Maya Wiley
Founder and Director
Center for Social Inclusion (CSI)
Address:
50 Broad St., Suite 1820
New York, NY 10004
Phone:
212.248.2785
E-mail:
mwiley@thecsi.org
Joan Williams
Professor of Law, Director
Law
The Center for WorkLife Law (WLL)
Address:
200 McAllister St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone:
415.565.4640
E-mail:
williams@uchastings.edu
Web:
http://www.uchastings.edu/?pid=3624...
Williams is an author, who researches work and family issues. Her studies focus on social psychology, conflicts between work and family, caregiving issues and workplace bias against mothers. Williams also is founding director of the Center for WorkLife Law (WLL), a research and advocacy center that seeks to eliminate employment discrimination against caregivers such as parents and adult children of aging parents.
Andrea Young
Director of Public Policy
National Black Child Development Institute
Address:
1101 15th St. N.W., Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
Phone:
202.833.2220
E-mail:
ayoung@nbcdi.org
Young is director of public policy for the National Black Child Development Institute. She has more than 20 years experience in law and public policy and has served as a legislative policy aide for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., and chief of staff to Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga., as well as a program director for the United Church of Christ and vice president for external affairs for Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington. Young is the author of “Life Lessons My Mother Taught Me” (Tarcher/Putnam, 2000) and her articles have appeared in a number of publications. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College and her juris doctor from Georgetown University Law Center. She was admitted to the state bar of Georgia in 1979.
Director
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institutes of Health
Address:
Building 31, Room 2A32, MSC 2425
31 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone:
301.496.5133
E-mail:
da43@nih.gov
Web:
http://www.nationalchildrensstudy.gov/events/ncsac...
Dr. Alexander is the author of numerous articles and book chapters, most of which relate to his research in developmental disabilities. He was also instrumental in the founding of the journal Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. NICHD is part of the National Institutes of Health. It sponsors research on development before and after birth; maternal, child and family health; reproductive biology and population issues; and medical rehabilitation.
Elissa Bassler
Executive Director
Illinois Public Health Institute
Address:
James R. Thompson Center
100 W. Randolph, Suite 6-600
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone:
312.814.2610
E-mail:
ebassler@idph.state.il.us
Web:
http://app.idph.state.il.us...
S. Kimberly Belshe
Secretary
California Health and Human Services Agency
Address:
1600 Ninth Street, Suite 460
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone:
916.654.3345
Web:
http://www.chhs.ca.gov/...
Robert Bock
Press Officer
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Address:
Bldg 31, Room 2A32, MSC 2425
31 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892-2425
Phone:
301.496.5133
E-mail:
bockr@mail.nih.gov
Web:
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/...
NICHD, part of the National Institutes of Health, conducts and supports research on children, adults, families and specific populations. Its research touches all aspects of child health, from reproductive health to growth and development; from preventing and treating birth defects, mental retardation and developmental disabilities to improving health and rehabilitation over a lifetime. It leads the National Children’s Study, which is following 100,000 children from before birth to age 21 to examine the interaction of genes and environments.
W. Alan Coulter Ph.D.
Project Director
National Center for Special Education Accountability Monitoring
Phone:
504.556.7559
E-mail:
acoulter@lsuhsc.edu
Web:
http://www.monitoringcenter.lsuhsc.edu/aboutus.htm...
NCSEAM), also known as the National Monitoring Center, is federally funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) of the U.S. Department of Education to assist states, local agencies, and OSEP in the implementation of focused monitoring and evidenced-based decision-making about compliance with federal law so that improved results are achieved for children with disabilities and their families. NCSEAM is housed at the Human Development Center at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans.
Bill Crews
Public affairs specialist
Department of Health and Human Services
National Center for Health Statistics
Address:
3311 Toledo Road
Hyattsville, MD 20782
Phone:
301.458.4800
E-mail:
wgc1@cdc.gov
Web:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/...
Part of the Centers for Disease Control, NCHS collects data on the number of marriages and divorces in a given year, including first marriages and remarriages, brides’ and grooms’ ages, divorces and whether children are involved.
Katherin Galatas
Communications Officer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Address:
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30333
Phone:
404.639.3286
E-mail:
katherine.galatas@cdc.hhs.gov
Web:
www.cdc.gov...
The CDC covers the spectrum of child and youth disease prevention and health issues. It provides information on birth defects; vaccination; nutrition, overweight and obesity; reproductive and sexual health; and disease outbreaks or threats. Its Web site offers state fact sheets on healthy youth (see http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/profiles/facts.htm).
Deputy Director
Office of Clinical Practice
Child and Family Services Agency
Address:
400 Sixth St.SW, Suite 4000
Washington, DC 20024
Phone:
200.727.2388
E-mail:
roque.gerald@dc.gov
Web:
www.cfsa.dc.gov...
Gerald has provided training, technical assistance and clinical consultation to private and public child welfare agencies locally and nationally. His expertise and training is in child welfare clinical service delivery.
Shara Godiwalla
Director
Federal Agency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
Phone:
301.458.4256
E-mail:
sgodiwalla@cdc.gov
Web:
http://www.childstats.gov/topiccontacts.asp...
A collaboration of federal agencies and departments, the forum fosters coordination in collecting and reporting federal statistics on family and social environment, economic circumstances, health and health care, physical environment and safety, behavior and education. It releases an annual report, “America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-being,” each July. For 2007 data, see http://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/index.asp For federal statistics on a range of issues, see www.fedstats.gov
Michael Hogan Ph.D.
Director
Ohio Department of Mental Health
Address:
30 East Broad St., Eighth Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone:
614.466.2337
E-mail:
hoganm@mhmail.mh.state.oh.us
Web:
http://www.mh.state.oh.us...
Michael Hogan is director of the Ohio Department of Mental Health. Since joining the department 13 years ago, he has focused on moving mental health in Ohio from an institutionally oriented system to one focused on locally managed community care. President George W. Bush appointed him to chair the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health; the commission concluded its work in July 2003. He is the current president of the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors. Before taking his job in Ohio, Hogan held leadership positions with mental health agencies in Massachusetts and Connecticut. In Massachusetts, he helped make the western part of the state one of the only regions in the country where people with mental retardation and mental illness are treated almost entirely in community care instead of state institutions. As commissioner of mental health in Connecticut, Hogan was credited with reducing state hospital use and costs, and expanding and improving community services. Hogan holds a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a doctorate from Syracuse University. In 2002, Hogan was recognized with awards from the National Governor’s Association and the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.
Rosalind B. King Ph.D.
Address:
Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch
Executive Building, Room 8B07, 6100 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7510
Bethesda, MD 20892-7510
Phone:
301.496.1174
E-mail:
rozking@mail.nih.gov
Kenneth Meyer
Chief Public Information Officer
U.S. Census Bureau
Address:
4600 Silver Hill Road
Washington, DC 20233
Phone:
301.763.3100
E-mail:
pio@census.gov
The bureau’s population division disseminates data on households and families in the annual Current Population Survey, released in March. The American Community Survey covers the nation as well as states, large counties and cities. The bureau also estimates net international migration for the country, states and counties. The fertility and family statistics branch, at the Suitland, Md., headquarters, provides data on childbearing and more.
Martin O'Connell
Chief
Fertility and Family Statistics Branch
U.S. Census Bureau/Population Division
Address:
Room 2351, Building 3
Washington, DC 20233
Phone:
301.763.2406
E-mail:
martin.t.oconnell@census.gov
Web:
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fa...
O’Connell is the author of many papers on fertility, child-care and demographic issues related to children, youth and families. The division collects supplemental data regarding fertility for the most current U.S. population survey.
Trish Riley M.S.
Director
Office of Health Policy and Finance
Maine Governor John Baldacci
Address:
Office of the Governor
#1 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
Phone:
207.287.3531
Web:
http://www.maine.gov/governor/baldacci...
Riley serves as Director of Governor Baldacci's Office of Health Policy and Finance, leading his effort to develop a comprehensive, coordinated health system in Maine and to assure affordable health insurance for all Maine citizens. She was the principal architect of Dirigo Health Reform and is responsible for its successful implementation. She is the former executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy, a nonprofit forum of health policy leaders from the executive and legislative branches of state governments dedicated to excellence in health policy and practice
Thomas Sweeney
Public Affairs Director
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Indian Health Service
Address:
801 Thompson Ave., Ste. 400
Rockville, MD 20852-1627
Phone:
301.443.3593
E-mail:
thomas.sweeney@ihs.gov
Web:
www.ihs.gov...
HIS’ mission is to raise the physical, mental, social and spiritual health of American Indians and Alaska natives to the highest level. IHS has fact sheets on Indian populations, health disparities, diabetes, collaboration with states, and more.
Linda Wolfe
Education Specialist in Health Services
School Support Services
Delaware Department of Education
Address:
John G. Townsend Building
401 Federal St., Suite 2
Dover, DE 19901
Phone:
302.739.4676
E-mail:
lwolfe@doe.k12.de.us
Web:
http://www.doe.k12.de.us...
Linda C. Wolfe, RN, is the Delaware Department of Education’s educational specialist in health services. In this job, she works with the 300 nurses in public and private schools throughout Delaware. On the agency level, she advises the department on issues related to health and health services, and represents the agency on health issues. From 2001 to 2003, Wolfe was the president of the National Association of School Nurses (NASN), a professional organization with more than 12,000 members. She received her nursing degree at the University of Delaware and her master’s degree in education administration from Wilmington College, also in Delaware. She served on the American Academy of Pediatrics’ committee on school health between 1999 and 2001. In 1998, she was a member of the task force that created the current NASN/American Nurses Association standards of professional school nursing. She has written several articles for journals covering health care.
