Announcing Our Keynote Speaker—Jeff Levi!

We are thrilled to announce that the Keynote Speaker for the 2013 Ounce of Prevention Conference will be Dr. Jeff Levi, Executive Director of Trust for America’s Health (TFAH).

Dr. Jeff Levi

Dr. Levi oversees work on a range of public health policy issues, including an annual report assessing the nation's public health preparedness, investment in public health infrastructure, and response to chronic diseases such as obesity. Dr. Levi is also a professor at The George Washington University's Department of Health Policy, where his research has focused on HIV/AIDS, Medicaid, and integrating public health with the health care delivery system. He has also served as an associate editor of the American Journal of Public Health, and deputy director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy. Dr. Levi received a BA degree from Oberlin College, an MA degree from Cornell University, and a PhD degree from The George Washington University.


Dr. Levi’s organization, Trust for America's Health, is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to saving lives by protecting the health of every community and working to make disease prevention a national priority. TFAH offers a great resource in providing key health data for all 50 states. Here’s how Massachusetts is doing.

You may also know Dr. Levi from his blog posts on The Huffington Post website. Here’s a great one he wrote earlier this year on how health prevention efforts keep costs down and improve quality of life.

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Levi to the Ounce of Prevention Conference this year!

This post was contributed by Ounce of Prevention Planning Committee member Bonnie Lipton, MPH.