Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA, who departs the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation this April after nearly 14 years as president and CEO, will join the University of Pennsylvania as the institution’s nineteenth Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, effective January 1, 2018. Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price announced the appointment today.
A world-renowned expert in health policy and geriatric medicine, Lavizzo-Mourey has served the Foundation since 2003 and, for 15 years before that, as a distinguished professor and administrator at Penn. She will be the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Population Health and Health Equity Professor with joint faculty appointments in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy in the Perelman School of Medicine, the Department of Health Care Management in the Wharton School, and the Department of Family and Community Health in the School of Nursing.
“I am deeply honored to accept this position and grateful to be given the opportunity to continue vital work in these areas,” said Lavizzo-Mourey. “This professorship will ensure that critical issues surrounding population health and health equity remain the focus of intensive examination, productive collaboration, and far-reaching problem-solving.”
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