[Hlthpol] Fellows' Updates and RWJ Call for Proposals

[Rodney Wiseman]

Congratulations to all!!     Fraternally,    Rod Wiseman, D.O. FACOFP HPF
Class of 2006

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Cooper, Nancy <cooper at oucom.ohiou.edu>wrote:

>  Hi Fellows and List Serve Members:
>
> *Sonia Rivera-Martinez, D.O., T**raining in Policy Stud**i**e**s** Program
> (TIPS)** Class of 2003-2004*, has been elected President of the New York
> State Osteopathic Medical Society (NYSOMS). Dr. Rivera-Martinez currently
> serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the
> New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in Old Westbury, New York.
>
> *Denise **K. **Burns, D.O., Health Policy **Fellowship** Class of 2006*,
> was conferred as a Fellow of the American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO) on
> March 20 at the AAO meeting held in Colorado Springs. Dr. Burns currently
> serves as an Associate Professor of Osteopathic Medicine and Family Practice
> at Touro-COM in New York, as Director of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine Plus
> 1 Residency Program at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, and she maintains a
> private practice in Syosset, New York.
>
> *Al Juocys, D.O.,* *Health Policy **Fellowship** Class of **1998-1999 *is*
> *the founder and Executive Director of *Happy Lung*, launched in Lansing,
> Michigan April 15. According to Dr. Juocys, “Happy Lung aims to be a
> catalyst in the movement to have Michigan residents make healthy choices for
> their lungs in order to reduce respiratory illnesses in our state.  By
> partnering with physicians, businesses, and citizens in our communities, a
> Happy Lung priority is to see a reduction in the number of Michigan
> residents purchasing or using tobacco products, regardless of age.” Dr.
> Juocys is the co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Medical Network One, a
> Michigan-based physician’s organization and provider of comprehensive health
> management support programs and interventions offered through physicians,
> clinicians, health plans, employers, community groups and directly to
> individuals. Additionally, he is a family physician at Country Creek Commons
> Family Practice in Rochester, Michigan.
>
> Getting Americans Covered: Ideas From the Field
>
> The Coverage team of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is accepting
> proposals for projects that promote the Foundation’s goal of ensuring that
> all Americans have stable, affordable health care coverage. The Foundation
> will allocate up to $2 million to support individual grants of up to
> $250,000 each. The grant period is expected to begin in November 2010 and
> extend for up to 24 months.
>
> The recently enacted *Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act* is
> expected to make health insurance coverage available to more than 30 million
> more Americans. Achieving such substantial increases in the number of
> Americans covered by health insurance will largely depend on the success of
> efforts to implement the new law effectively. Through this call for
> proposals, RWJF will fund projects that focus on addressing specific aspects
> of the new law that present significant opportunities to expand coverage
> (e.g., Medicaid expansions, subsidy programs for small businesses and
> individuals who otherwise would not be able to afford insurance, or
> private-market health insurance reforms).
>
> The following factors will be evaluated when reviewing brief proposals:
>
>
>    - Likelihood that the proposed project will contribute to the goal of
>    maximizing the number of Americans who benefit from coverage under health
>    reform.
>    - Extent to which the project will have national reach. (We will
>    consider state-focused projects but applicant organizations will need to
>    explain how the projects will benefit other states.)
>    - Relevance and timeliness of the project to inform and advance health
>    reform implementation efforts.
>    - Uniqueness of the project and its intent to address important and
>    possibly overlooked aspects of health care reform.
>
>
> Applications are due May 27, 2010.  Available at *
> http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21101&amp;cid=xem-emc-fa
> *<http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21101&cid=xem-emc-fa>
>
>
>
>  Nancy Cooper, Coordinator
> Health Policy Fellowship
> 307 Grosvenor Hall
> Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
> Athens, OH  45701
> 740 593-2017 phone
> 740 593-1730 fax
> *coopern at ohio.edu* <coopern at ohio.edu>
>
>
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