Anne Kauffman Nolon Named 2006 Distinguished Visitor in Health Policy
June 22, 2006
The Department of Health Policy at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) has named Anne Kauffman Nolon, MPH, the 2006 Geiger Gibson Distinguished Visitor in Community Health Policy. The Distinguished Visitorship is part of the Geiger Gibson Program, which honors Drs. Jack Geiger and Count Gibson, pioneers in community health and tireless advocates for human rights, and which celebrates the nation’s community health centers. Individuals selected as Distinguished Visitors have exhibited extraordinary and sustained leadership in community health policy and practice.
In addition to serving as president and CEO of HRHC, Nolon has been elected for five terms to the Community Health Care Association of New York State (CHCANYS) Board of Directors, and is a member of the National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc . (NACHC), where she has served as chair of the Farmworker Health Committee, chair of the Health Care for the Homeless Committee and vice chair of the Legislative Committee. Nolon also has served two terms as the chair of the National Center for Farmworker Health and is currently serving, by appointment of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, on the National Advisory Council on Migrant Health.
Sara Rosenbaum, JD, Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Policy and chair, Department of Health Policy, said, “Anne Nolon embodies the meaning and spirit of the Geiger Gibson program. Her distinguished service encompasses both community and national policy, and her work exemplifies the translation of local efforts to improve healthcare for the poor and underserved into a national policy imperative.”
Tom Van Coverden, NACHC president and CEO, commented, “Anne Nolon’s leadership has helped produce a model, consumer-driven health system for the nation. Today that system, with its roots in public/private partnership and consumer governance, is meriting recognition as part of the solution to America’s growing health needs. Anne will be a mentor to the many students in public health who seek to advance healthcare delivery in new directions through primary care, education, best practices, and prevention—keys to improving the health of communities and achieving cost savings in health care.”
As a Distinguished Visitor, Nolon will teach and write on matters of community health policy. Specifically, she will lecture in health law and bioethics classes on the subject of healthcare access and discrimination exhibited towards new immigrants in obtaining healthcare services. In addition, she will work with the program in celebrating and documenting 45 years of migrant farmworker health in the United States through the 2007 Geiger Gibson Symposium.
Nolon received her Master's Degree in Public Health at Columbia University, and her BS in Health Policy and Planning from Pennsylvania State University.
This article was reprinted with permission from The George Washington University Medical Center, www.gwumc.edu