Carrie Bridges, MPH, is the Team Lead for Health Disparities and Access to Care in the Division of Community, Family Health and Equity at the Rhode Island Department of Health. Through policy development and direct service to local communities, her team focuses on eliminating health disparities disproportionately impacting racial and ethnic communities and other vulnerable populations.
Mary Reich Cooper, MD, JD, is a Senior Vice President and the Chief Quality Officer of Lifespan, and is an Assistant Professor of Medicine (Research) at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. In her current position, Dr. Cooper is responsible for articulating the quality and safety strategy for Lifespan and working closely with the state government and quality organizations in Rhode Island to improve safety and quality of care for the citizens of Rhode Island.
Linn Freedman, ESQ, practices in health care law, privacy and security law and complex litigation. She advises healthcare providers, primarily hospital systems, hospitals and physicians on issues involving physician discipline, patient-related legal issues, behavioral health, regulatory compliance, Medicaid fraud, litigation and the federal health care reform legislation (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or PPACA) enacted in 2010. She serves as General Counsel of the Rhode Island Quality Institute.
Amy Gottlieb, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and OB/GYN (clinical) at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and the Director of Primary Care Curricula and Consultation in the Women’s Primary Care Center at Women & Infants Hospital. She is also the Chair of Women & Infants Hospital’s Domestic Violence Task Force.
Miriam E. Nelson, PhD, is Director of the John Hancock Research Center for Physical Activity, Nutrition and Obesity Prevention, and Associate Professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policies at Tufts University. She is the author of the international best selling “Strong Women” book series. Dr. Nelson is a Luminari Health expert.
Barbara Roberts, MD, FACC, has been the Director of the Women’s Cardiology Center at the Miriam Hospital in Providence, RI since 2002. Dr. Roberts is the author of “How to Keep from Breaking Your Heart: what every woman needs to know about cardiovascular disease” and “Treating and Beating Heart Disease: A Consumers Guide to Cardiac Medicines.” She has lectured widely on cardiovascular disease in the United States and abroad.
Barbara Roberts, MD, FACC, has been the Director of the Women’s Cardiology Center at the Miriam Hospital in Providence, RI since 2002. Dr. Roberts is the author of “How to Keep from Breaking Your Heart: what every woman needs to know about cardiovascular disease” and “Treating and Beating Heart Disease: A Consumers Guide to Cardiac Medicines.” She has lectured widely on cardiovascular disease in the United States and abroad.
Aimee Thompson is the founder of Close to Home, a domestic violence prevention organization in Boston. At Boston Medical Center, Aimee developed a group therapy program for children and their mothers, and provided training for Boston police officers on children and trauma. Aimee has provided workshops on Close to Home’s approach throughout the United States, as well as in Germany, Uganda, South Africa, and the Caucasus.