The Team
The County Health Rankings are a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, and part of the Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health (MATCH) project.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation focuses on the pressing health and health care issues facing our country. As the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to improving the health and health care of all Americans, we work with a diverse group of organizations and individuals to identify solutions and achieve comprehensive, meaningful and timely change. For more than 35 years we've brought experience, commitment and a rigorous, balanced approach to the problems that affect the health and health care of those we serve. When it comes to helping Americans lead healthier lives and get the care they need, we expect to make a difference in your lifetime. For more information visit RWJF.org.
The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute is the focal point within the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health for translating public health and health policy research into policy and practice. The Institute strives to:
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Address a broad range of real world problems of topical importance to government, business, providers, and the public;
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Promote partnerships of inquiry between researchers and users of research, breaking down barriers between the academic community and public and private sector policy makers;
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Advance the development of interdisciplinary research, along the spectrum from public health to health care;
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Provide continuing education for practitioners and opportunities for applied learning for graduate and medical students; and
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Make useful contributions to public health and health policy decisions that improve the health of the public.
Leadership
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Patrick Remington, MD, MPH, County Health Rankings Project Director
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Bridget Booske Catlin, PhD, MHSA, County Health Rankings Deputy Director
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Julie Willems Van Dijk, PhD, RN, County Health Rankings Community Engagement Director
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Amanda Jovaag, MS, County Health Rankings Lead Analyst
Advisors
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics: Amy Bernstein, Sc.D., Chief, Analytic Studies Branch, Office of Analysis and Epidemiology; Michele Bohm, MPH, Health Scientist.
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The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
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David A. Kindig, MD, PhD, MATCH Co-Project Director
2010 Metrics Advisory Group
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Yukiko Asada, PhD, Associate Professor, Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Tom Eckstein, MBA, Principal, Arundel Street Consulting Inc, St. Paul, MN
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Elliott Fisher, MD, MPH, Director, Center for Population Health, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and Professor of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH.
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Howard Frumkin, MD, MPH, Dr. PH, Director of the National Center for Environmental Health, ATSDR, CDC, Atlanta, GA
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Thomas Kottke, MD, MSPH, Medical Director for Evidence-Based Health, HealthPartners, Minneapolis, MN
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Ali Mokdad, PhD, Professor of Global Health, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
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Roy Gibson Parrish, MD, Consultant in Population Health Information Systems, Peacham, VT
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Robert M. (Bobby) Pestronk, MPH, Executive Director, National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), Washington DC.
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Tom Ricketts, PhD, Professor of Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina
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Steven Teutsch, MD, MPH, Chief Science Officer, Los Angeles County Public Health, Los Angeles, CA.
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Julie Willems Van Dijk, PhD, RN, former Marathon County, WI Health Officer
Communications Support
