ISSUES EXPERTS FOR CAMPAIGN '96

September 24, 1996

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TOBACCO: Jas Ahluwalia, M.D. -- Emory internist; authority on smoking among African-Americans; conducts extensive research on tobacco use; funded by American Cancer Society, American Lung Association, Cancer Research Foundation of America and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Currently studying use of nicotine patches for smoking cessation in urban populations. Teaches annual "Tobacco Control: Programs and Policies" course at Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; scientific reviewer for 1996 Surgeon General's Report, Tobacco Use in Minorities; directs Center for Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control at Grady Memorial Hospital; Assistant professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine; assistant professor, Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University.; Jerre Lutz, M.D. -- Emory cardiologist; serves as American Heart Association anti-tobacco lobbyist in Georgia state legislature. Associate professor of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine.; Ken Resnicow, Ph.D. -- Involved with smoking cessation program in Harlem. Studying recent national increases in smoking. Studies drug prevention (including smoking prevention) in high risk youth. Associate professor of Behavioral Sciences & Health Education, Emory's Rollins School of Public Health.; Ronald Braithwaite, Ph.D. -- Heads teen substance abuse prevention programs, some with anti-smoking components. Has studied how often African-American physicians and dentists encourage patients to quit smoking. Associate professor of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory's Rollins School of Public Health.; Clinton Lawrence, M.D. -- Emory pulmonologist; heads lung transplantation program at Emory University Hospital; can discuss how tobacco use affects lung and bronchial tissue. Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine.; Elizabeth Wallace, M.D. -- Emory psychiatrist; heads Addiction Center; can address the addictive nature of nicotine. Assistant professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine.
HEALTH CARE REFORM: William Winkenwerder Jr., M.D. -- A noted expert in the management of the delivery of health care, he served in the 1980's Health Care Financing Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and received the agency's highest citation for his work on the Hospital Mortality reporting for Medicare and for coordinating AIDS policies; was also an administrator with The Southeast Permanente Medical Group of Kaiser Permanente and South Central Operations for Prudential HealthCare. Now vice president for Primary Care Services, Emory University System of Health Care.; Richard Saltman, Ph.D. -- Author of numerous books on European health care systems and how they compare with the U.S. health care system. Professor, Health Policy and Management, Emory's Rollins School of Public Health.; Deborah McFarland, Ph.D. -- Senior author of the 1991-92 National Governors' Association report on the states and national health reform (A Healthy America: The Challenge for States). Chairman, Health Policy and Management, Emory's Rollins School of Public Health.; Edmund Becker, Ph.D. -- Expert on physician payment reform. Associate program director, Health Care System Efficiency Research; Health Policy and Management, Emory's Rollins School of Public Health.; Victoria Phillips, D. Phil. -- Resource for topics relating to long term care and issues pertaining to the elderly. Assistant professor, Health Policy and Management, Emory's Rollins School of Public Health.
WELFARE REFORM: Carol Hogue, Ph.D. -- Studies the socioeconomically disadvantaged, particularly women and children. Director, Center for Women's and Children's Health, Emory's Rollins School of Public Health.; Kathleen Adams, Ph.D. -- Medicaid expert. Associate professor, public health practice; Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health.
GUN VIOLENCE: Arthur Kellermann, M.D. -- Conducted several studies on firearm use in adults and youth, finding, for instance, that a homicide is three times more likely to occur in a household where a gun is present. Serves as director of the Center for Injury Control, Emory's Rollins School of Public Health, and chief of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Emory School of Medicine.; Stephen Thomas, Ph.D. -- Helped found Kids Alive and Loved, a grass roots organization for youth survivors of violence; teenage attendees at weekly support group have lost an average of three loved ones to firearms. Professor, Emory's Rollins School of Public Health.

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