Presenter Information

Chinwe Onkyekere

Location

Evans Hall Room 327

Start Date

15-3-2014 2:00 PM

End Date

15-3-2014 3:45 PM

Description

Chinwe Onyekere, M.P.H.: The Intersection of Population Health and Disparities in Health Care


Speaker Bio: During her tenure as a Program Officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Ms. Onyekere focused on reducing health care disparities, reversing the childhood obesity epidemic, and identifying innovative ideas for breakthroughs in health and health care. Programs under Ms. Onyekere’s management have been featured in the New York Times, Stanford Social Innovation Review, BusinessWeek, and Philanthropy. After RWJF, Ms. Onyekere served as the Executive Director for Health Leads New York, where she had the opportunity to establish a new model of health care delivery, in which patients' unmet resource needs are addressed as a standard element of patient care. In her current role as Director of Ambulatory Services and Business Development at Lankenau Medical Center, Ms. Onyekere is responsible for implementing innovative models for primary care medicine at Lankenau Medical Associates and Lankenau’s Clinical Care Center, as well as building relationships with community-based organizations in the Philadelphia area. Throughout her career, Ms. Onyekere has been committed to transforming the way health care is delivered locally and nationally to improve the health outcomes of all underserved and low-income communities. Ms. Onyekere received her Master of Public Health at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, a Certificate in Business Essentials from Wharton School of Business at University of Pennsylvania, and her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College. Attend her session on The Intersection of Population Health and Disparities in Care.

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Evans Hall Room 327

Chinwe Onyekere, M.P.H.: The Intersection of Population Health and Disparities in Health Care


Speaker Bio: During her tenure as a Program Officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Ms. Onyekere focused on reducing health care disparities, reversing the childhood obesity epidemic, and identifying innovative ideas for breakthroughs in health and health care. Programs under Ms. Onyekere’s management have been featured in the New York Times, Stanford Social Innovation Review, BusinessWeek, and Philanthropy. After RWJF, Ms. Onyekere served as the Executive Director for Health Leads New York, where she had the opportunity to establish a new model of health care delivery, in which patients' unmet resource needs are addressed as a standard element of patient care. In her current role as Director of Ambulatory Services and Business Development at Lankenau Medical Center, Ms. Onyekere is responsible for implementing innovative models for primary care medicine at Lankenau Medical Associates and Lankenau’s Clinical Care Center, as well as building relationships with community-based organizations in the Philadelphia area. Throughout her career, Ms. Onyekere has been committed to transforming the way health care is delivered locally and nationally to improve the health outcomes of all underserved and low-income communities. Ms. Onyekere received her Master of Public Health at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, a Certificate in Business Essentials from Wharton School of Business at University of Pennsylvania, and her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College. Attend her session on The Intersection of Population Health and Disparities in Care.