Testimony before Primary Health and Aging Sub Committee George Rust MD MPH FAAFP FACPM Good morning Ranking Member Burr and Chairman Sanders and members of the Subcommittee My name is Dr George Rust and...National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse School of Medicine My testimony will focus on the importance of primary care in assuring the nation...

Page 1 Written Statement Ralph F Hall Professor of Practice University of Minnesota Law School U S Senate HELP Committee A Critical Balance FDA and the Reform of the Medical Device Approval Process November...and Disclosures To start I serve as Professor of Practitioner at the University of Minnesota Law School where I concentrate my teaching...

Testimony Before the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee Hearing on Assessing the State of America s Mental Health System January 24 2013 Statement of Pamela S Hyde J D Administrator Substance...Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration U S Department of Health and Human Services 2 Chairman Harkin Ranking Member...

Bob Vero CEO Centerstone of Tennessee Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions Hearing Assessing the State of America s Mental Health System January 24 2013 On behalf of Centerstone I would...opportunity to comment on the state of the U S Mental Health System from the community mental health perspective I hope what I share will...

Hogan Ph D Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions January 24 2013 Hearing Assessing the State of America s Mental Health What We Can Do Now The mental health community appreciates the attention...families and providers that it represents Mental health needs are substantial but such attention from policy makers is rare What is the...

Behavioral Health My name is George DelGrosso and I am the Chief Executive Officer of the Colorado Behavioral Health Council CBHC The CBHC is a statewide organization composed of 28 behavioral health organizations...organizations including all of the 17 Community Mental Health Centers 2 specialty mental health clinics 4 managed service...

California Los Angeles Testimony to the U S Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions HELP Committee Hearing on ESEA Reauthorization Supporting Student Health Physical Education and Well being May 18 2010...effective interventions to achieve health equity Physical activity and sedentary behavior are particularly important as targets for reducing...

in place Old fashioned fitness testing has been replaced with lifestyle assessments that include health risk appraisals blood pressure stress assessments and full heart rate information in the new Cardio...fitness tests to lifestyle assessments that provide us with lifestyle indicators for present or future health problems using heart rate...

Pate Ph D University of South Carolina U S Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee Hearing on ESEA Reauthorization Supporting Student Health Physical Education and Well being May 18 2010 Senator...participate in today s hearing and I greatly appreciate the attention that you are focusing on the health and well being of our nation s...

for Academic Social and Emotional Learning or CASEL Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the health wellness and academic achievement of our nation s young people My background now includes some 30...counselor in 1981 and then became a teacher and then Supervisor of Social Development in the Public Schools of New Haven Connecticut in the late...