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Presentation: Healthy Schools Expansion
RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., joined President Clinton in Little Rock, Ark., to announce the $20-million expansion of the Healthy Schools Program. In addition to announcing the expansion grant from RWJF, 26 schools from around the nation were honored for meeting benchmarks established by the program. (Aug 30, 2007)

Childhood Obesity: What It Means for Physicians
In this commentary published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., considers the implications of this problem to clinicians and to the community at large, and she recommends action both in the examination room and in schools and communities. (Aug 28, 2007)

Commentary: Quality Counts
In the summer issue of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey discusses insurance coverage in America, and comments on Jonathan Cohn's book, Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis. (Aug 6, 2007)

Presentation: Connecting the Dots: Emergency Preparedness, Older Adults and Health Disparities
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, RWJF president and CEO, presented as part of the Institute on Aging's Visiting Scholar Series at the University of Pennsylvania. During her presentation, she commented on some chief concerns in public health, including emergency preparedness, caring for the aging and health disparities. (Jun 27, 2007)

Presentation: Re-Imagining Public Health: The Role of Philanthropy
Lavizzo-Mourey delivered opening remarks at the Re-Imagining Public Health session for the Council on Foundations annual conference, discussing the role of philanthropy at the national, regional and local level. (May 24, 2007)

Presentation: Aligning the Forces of Health Care for Quality and Fairness for All
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, RWJF president and CEO, delivered the Mabel A. Purdy Lecture in May 2007 at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. (May 22, 2007)

Philanthropy as an Agent of Disruptive Change
Lavizzo-Mourey invites attendees of the Council on Foundations annual conference to participate in RWJF's Pioneering Ideas blog by posting ideas which may serve to transform or drive breakthrough improvements in the future of health and health care. She also asks participants to join the Changemakers discussion space for the second open-source competition, "Disruptive Innovations in Health and Health Care: Solutions People Want." (Apr 28, 2007)

Presentation: Health Care Justice in America
RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey presented to the 50th Congress of Healthcare Leadership at the Authur C. Bachmeyer Memorial Address and Luncheon. (Apr 19, 2007)

Commentary: Health Care Coverage for All Children Moral Imperative for State
In a commentary published in the Asbury Park Press, RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey calls for the renewal of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which has been a lifeline for so many families. (Apr 18, 2007)

Commentary: We Will Reverse the Epidemic of Childhood Obesity
In the President's Message of the RWJF 2006 annual report, Lavizzo-Mourey describes the substantial investment the Foundation is pledging over the next five years to help reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity. Reversing the epidemic by 2015 will require families, schools, government, industry, health care and philanthropy working together to change attitudes, social norms and policies. (Apr 4, 2007)

Broadcast Health Series: Foundation Makes Major Commitment to Combat Childhood Obesity
In this RWJF Broadcast Health Series, Lavizzo-Mourey addresses the Foundation's commitment to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic. (Apr 4, 2007)

Media Briefing: Fewer Employers Offer Lower Income Parents Health Coverage
Lavizzo-Mourey joined Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue; Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley; Bill McInturff, partner and co-founder, Public Opinion Strategies; and Melissa Anderson, whose son was enrolled in Montana CHIP, to discuss an RWJF-supported report detailing the decline in health coverage offered to lower income working parents. (Mar 14, 2007)

How Do We Design Truly Disruptive Innovations?
In RWJF's Pioneering Ideas blog, Lavizzo-Mourey asks blog visitors to comment on ideas that can transform the lives of ordinary people (Jan 23, 2007)

Commentary: Smoke-Free? I'm Still Waiting to Exhale
Philadelphia is finally getting a breath of fresh air. However, in a guest column in the Philadelphia Inquirer, RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey says much more needs to be done to reduce tobacco's toll in the city and throughout Pennsylvania (Jan 12, 2007)

Presentation: Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: How Do We Measure Up?
Lavizzo-Mourey delivered remarks at the release of the Institute of Medicine's childhood obesity report in Washington, DC (Sep 13, 2006)