Word: koh
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...Viswanath, an HSPH associate professor who works at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and is one of Koh’s most frequent collaborators, said that there is “remarkable resonance” in the civil and private sector to overhaul health care—and that Koh will be there to lead the effort...
...added that the economic crisis has disproportionately affected certain groups, like the poor and disenfranchised, which leads to heightened public health concerns among these demographics. He said that when people lose jobs, they lose access to insurance and can no longer afford medication—another timely issue that Koh will have to address...
Nancy Turnbull, an associate dean at HSPH, said that her department was “giddy” about the nomination. She said that Koh is one of the best communicators she has ever met, and that he has the unique ability to take complicated information and make it relevant to a broad array of audiences...
Turnbull added that Koh has the ability to understand the combined power of policy change and community action—which in the past led him to found MassCONECT, a project that aims to reduce cancer resource disparities in low income communities...
...those rare individuals who is deeply committed to evidence-based work, but at the same time is also committed to social justice,” said Viswanath, who worked with Koh on MassCONECT...