Dr.
      Jessie C. Gruman
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                        1953
      2014
      Center for Advancing Health
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                                                                              Washington, DC
      Psychologist; Health care administrator
      Area
                                Leadership, Policy, and Communications
                            Specialty
                                Journalism, Media, and Communications
                            Elected
                                    2010
                    Founder and President. Center for Advancing Health, a policy institute that conducts research and advocates evidence-based policy and practices related to health behavior. Professorial Lecturer, The George Washington University. Co-editor, Journal of Participatory Medicine. Books: Aftershock (2010-2nd edition); The Experience of the American Patient: Risk, Choice and Trust (2009); Behavior Matters (2008). Honors include honorary doctorates from Brown, Carnegie Mellon, Clark, Georgetown, New York University, Northeastern, Salve Regina, and Tulane; Presidential Medal, The George Washington University. Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
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