May 14, 2020 12:00 pm Central
Guest Panelists:
Somava Saha, MD, Director, Executive Lead, Well-being and Equity (WE) in the World and Well Being In the Nation (WIN) Network
Nico Pronk, PhD, President, HealthPartners Institute
William Kassler, MD, Deputy Chief Health Officer, IBM Watson Health
Somava Saha, MD, Director, Executive Lead, Well-being and Equity (WE) in the World and Well Being In the Nation (WIN) Network
Somava Saha, MD, serves as founder and executive lead of Well-being and Equity in the World (WE in the World), as well as executive lead of the Well Being In the Nation (WIN) Network, which work together to advance inter-generational well-being and equity. She serves as faculty at Harvard Medical School, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and the Governance Institute. Over the last five years, as vice president at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Dr. Saha founded and led the 100 Million Healthier Lives (100MLives) initiative, which brought together 1850+ partners in 30+ countries reaching more than 500 million people to improve health, well-being and equity. In 2016 she was elected as a Leading Causes of Life Global Fellow.
Nico Pronk, PhD, President, HealthPartners Institute
Nico Pronk, PhD, is president of the HealthPartners Institute, chief science officer at HealthPartners, Inc. and holds a faculty appointment as adjunct professor of social and behavioral sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Pronk was confirmed by the White House to serve as co-chair of the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services’ Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for the year 2030 (aka “Healthy People 2030”). He is a current member of the Food and Nutrition Board at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine and is the founding and past president of the International Association for Worksite Health Promotion.
William Kassler, MD, Deputy Chief Health Officer, IBM Watson Health
William Kassler, MD is chief medical officer for the Government Health & Human Services business unit and deputy chief health officer at IBM Watson Health. Prior to joining Watson Health, he served as CMO for the New England Region of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and was a founding member in the CMS Innovation Center’s Population Health Models Group. Before that, he served as the State Health Director for New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Kassler started his career at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He is recipient of the Surgeon General’s Meritorious Service Award, the NH March of Dimes Physician Leadership Award, and the Bi-State Primary Care Association President’s Award.
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