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Posted On December 18, 2020 11:10 pm
Associate Professor of Psychiatry University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson FOCUS Noshene has a passion for supporting others to find their voice, health, and a sense of fulfillment and community. As a young adult, she struggled with anxiety and depression, and found it difficult to access mental health support that was empowering or… View Article
Posted On December 18, 2020 10:44 pm
City Medical Specialist New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene FOCUS Dr. Watkins is a public health professional and clinician deeply concerned about the mass trauma inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic. He firmly believes that communities will need new and creative pathways to healing to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. He also believes… View Article
Posted On December 18, 2020 8:28 pm
Assistant Professor & Graduate Program Director University of Maryland, Baltimore FOCUS A Culture of Health begins by recognizing that health is a human right; and making quality healthcare accessible to all is considered an advocacy floor—not ceiling—to ensure all of us are able to realize our full potential by virtue of our humanity. As a… View Article
Posted On March 5, 2020 10:18 pm
Pediatric Services Medical Director Hidalgo Medical Services FOCUS Rural pediatrician Brian Etheridge is focused on improving pediatric health in southwest New Mexico, where he grew up. Dr. Etheridge sees firsthand what research tells us: Children living in rural areas often experience worse health outcomes. Rural children are more likely to live in poverty, experience food… View Article
Posted On March 5, 2020 10:17 pm
Founder and Executive Director Back to the Start FOCUS Back the Start’s vision is to reshape our nation’s social contract with the most vulnerable of our society to focus on investments in upstream development and growth rather than paying an even higher price on downstream systems, such as mass incarceration, that are only treating the… View Article
Posted On March 5, 2020 10:01 pm
Founder Refugee Dream Center; Global Survivor Leadership Institute; Attuned & Inclined LLC FOCUS Omar Bah’s focus area is refugees and their support needs in integrating into American society—for self-sufficiency, for preservation of their life and cultural identities, and for addressing cultural barriers to accessing and seeking health and mental services. MORE ABOUT OMAR Omar is… View Article
Posted On February 26, 2020 11:42 pm
Project Director, Just Say Yes Franklin County Health Department FOCUS Amelia Berry believes that health requires connectedness—to family and community, to one’s own valued purpose, and to equitable public goods and services that put well-being within reach for all. Amelia leads Yes Arts, a non-profit in Frankfort, Ky., that mobilizes the power of community and… View Article
Posted On July 23, 2019 2:33 am
Founder Transpire Trainings & Consulting, LLC FOCUS In America, both LGBTQ youth and adults face disproportionate levels of victimization, substance use, mental/physical illnesses, and suicidality. And with trans people being four times as likely as cisgender people to make less than $10,000 a year, commercial and survival sex work is prevalent in trans/non-binary communities. As… View Article
Posted On July 23, 2019 2:10 am
Vice President Health Equity Spectrum Health – BHSH System FOCUS Lynn’s vision for a Culture of Health is one in which all communities, regardless of racial or ethnic identity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical and cognitive disability, and neighborhood residence, are able to achieve optimal health. Her vision is one in which all… View Article
Posted On July 23, 2019 2:06 am
Executive Director National Association of Community Health Workers FOCUS I have already completed my three year culture of health leader program. True of health for me is the advancement of the community health worker profession, with equitable policies, that respect, protect, and authentically partner, with community health, workers to address the social drivers of well-being,… View Article