Dr. Stephen Wyatt is currently the Chief Research Executive at Norton Healthcare in Louisville, KY. Norton Healthcare maintains one of the largest research portfolios of any community hospital system in the U.S. Prior to joining Norton Healthcare, Dr. Wyatt was a faculty member at the University of Kentucky (UK) in Lexington for 20 years. During his tenure at UK he held several senior leadership roles including: Founding Dean of UK’s College of Public Health from 2004-2014, Markey Cancer Center Associate Director for Cancer Control (1998-2004) and Senior Associate Director (Co PI) of UK’s NIH-funded Clinical and Translational Science Award (2014-2017). In addition to his senior administrative roles at UK, Dr. Wyatt maintained an active research program at UK from 1998-2017 with continuous federal cancer research funding over that period. Included among his cancer funding portfolio as a PI were several large cancer control grants, including the NCI-funded, Appalachian Cancer Network and Cancer Information Service and the CDC-funded, Prevention Research Center and Comprehensive Cancer Control.

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Dr. Stephen Wyatt is currently the Chief Research Executive at Norton Healthcare in Louisville, KY. Norton Healthcare maintains one of the largest research portfolios of any community hospital system in the U.S. Prior to joining Norton Healthcare, Dr. Wyatt was a faculty member at the University of Kentucky (UK) in Lexington for 20 years. During his tenure at UK he held several senior leadership roles including: Founding Dean of UK’s College of Public Health from 2004-2014, Markey Cancer Center Associate Director for Cancer Control (1998-2004) and Senior Associate Director (Co PI) of UK’s NIH-funded Clinical and Translational Science Award (2014-2017). In addition to his senior administrative roles at UK, Dr. Wyatt maintained an active research program at UK from 1998-2017 with continuous federal cancer research funding over that period. Included among his cancer funding portfolio as a PI were several large cancer control grants, including the NCI-funded, Appalachian Cancer Network and Cancer Information Service and the CDC-funded, Prevention Research Center and Comprehensive Cancer Control.

Prior to his appointment at UK, Dr. Wyatt was a commissioned officer in the U.S. Public Health Service, retiring at the rank of 0-6. During his twenty years of service, he experienced public health at the local, regional and national levels, with assignments to the National Health Service Corps, Bureau of Prisons, Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. During his tenure at CDC, Dr. Wyatt served as Director of the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control and as Acting Deputy Director of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. His contributions at CDC included the development of several national programs, including the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program and the National Program of Cancer Registries.

During his career, Dr. Wyatt was recognized for his contributions to the Public Health Service through twelve commissioned corps honor awards, including the Meritorious and Distinguished Service Medals. In addition, in 1998 he was awarded the Jeffrey P. Koplan award, the highest award given by the CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, for his contributions to chronic disease control. Two national cancer control organizations have recognized Dr. Wyatt’s career contributions: in 1995, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation recognized Dr. Wyatt with the Betty Ford award; in 2002, the American Cancer Society honored him with their Distinguished Service Award.

Dr. Wyatt is a native of Kentucky and holds a DMD degree from the University of Kentucky. He attended the University of Alabama-Birmingham, School of Public Health and holds a MPH degree from the University of Illinois-Chicago, School of Public Health.

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Ross C. Brownson, PhD, is a professor at Washington University in St. Louis, with appointments in the Brown School and the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center. A leading expert in chronic disease prevention and applied epidemiology, Dr. Brownson is involved in numerous community-level studies designed to understand and reduce modifiable risk factors such as physical inactivity, obesity, and tobacco use. In particular, he is interested in the impacts of environmental and policy interventions on health behaviors, and he conducts research on dissemination of evidence-based interventions--with a focus on policy settings and health departments. Dr. Brownson’s research is supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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Ross C. Brownson, PhD, is a professor at Washington University in St. Louis, with appointments in the Brown School and the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center. A leading expert in chronic disease prevention and applied epidemiology, Dr. Brownson is involved in numerous community-level studies designed to understand and reduce modifiable risk factors such as physical inactivity, obesity, and tobacco use. In particular, he is interested in the impacts of environmental and policy interventions on health behaviors, and he conducts research on dissemination of evidence-based interventions--with a focus on policy settings and health departments. Dr. Brownson’s research is supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The author of more than 500 peer-reviewed articles, Dr. Brownson has written/edited 15 books, including Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Control; Applied Epidemiology; Communicating Public Health Information Effectively: A Guide for Practitioners; Evidence-Based Public Health; and Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health: Translating Science to Practice. In addition, he is associate editor of the Annual Review of Public Health and serves on the editorial board of five other journals.

Dr. Brownson is a former and founding member of the 15-person CDC task force that developed the Guide to Community Preventive Services. He is a recipient of the CDC’s Award for Excellence in Prevention Research and Research Translation in Chronic Disease, the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) Abraham Lilienfeld Award for outstanding contributions in teaching and mentoring, and the APHA Award for Excellence.

Prior to joining Washington University in St. Louis, Dr. Brownson was a division director with the Missouri Department of Health, where he wrote or co-wrote bills on tobacco access to minors, state clean indoor air, and private insurance coverage of screening mammography/Pap testing. Dr. Brownson is active in numerous professional associations, including the American Public Health Association and the Missouri Public Health Association. He is a past President of the American College of Epidemiology and the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors.

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Nancy C. Lee, M.D. is currently a private consultant in Washington D.C. with more than 30 years of experience in public health practice and policy.  From 2011 - 2016, Dr. Lee served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women’s Health and Director of the Office on Women’s Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  She focused on women’s health across the lifespan, violence against women, and health benefits to women from the Affordable Care Act.  From 1981 - 2004, she worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) where her research and public health efforts included cancer screening, the epidemiology of reproductive system cancers, safety of contraceptive methods, and HIV infection among American women.  From 1999 - 2004, she served as Director of CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, a division with more than 130 staff and an annual budget of $280 million.  She left that position in 2004 to work as a private consultant.

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Nancy C. Lee, M.D. is currently a private consultant in Washington D.C. with more than 30 years of experience in public health practice and policy.  From 2011 - 2016, Dr. Lee served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women’s Health and Director of the Office on Women’s Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  She focused on women’s health across the lifespan, violence against women, and health benefits to women from the Affordable Care Act.  From 1981 - 2004, she worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) where her research and public health efforts included cancer screening, the epidemiology of reproductive system cancers, safety of contraceptive methods, and HIV infection among American women.  From 1999 - 2004, she served as Director of CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, a division with more than 130 staff and an annual budget of $280 million.  She left that position in 2004 to work as a private consultant.  Her extensive experience in and outside of government encompasses surveillance systems, public health programming and evaluation, women’s health, and cancer prevention and control. Dr. Lee has published over 100 articles in scientific journals and consulted with the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Health Services Resource Administration, the American Cancer Society, the Institute of Medicine, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Black Women’s Health Imperative, Care About Fibroids, the World Health Organization, and the Agency for International Development.  She contributed to research projects in Africa, China, Central America, and Southeast Asia.  She is a member of the Board of Directors for the Black Women’s Health Imperative.  Since 2009, she chairs an Evidence-Based Prevention Program Review Committee of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

Dr. Lee received a B.A. in mathematics (summa cum laude-1971) from the University of Texas, and an M.D. (cum laude-1977) from Baylor College of Medicine.  She completed her residency training at the University of Pennsylvania in 1981 and was board-certified in internal medicine (now inactive). 

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