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America’s Health Rankings sat down with leaders in the public health space to discuss how access to actionable data helps them to address key health challenges. Georges C. Benjamin, MD serves as Executive Director of the American Public Health Association. He is known as one of the nation’s most influential physician leaders and a passionate advocate on some of the nation’s most pressing public health issues.

America’s Health Rankings sat down with leaders in the public health space to discuss how access to actionable data helps them to address key health challenges. Anna Schenck, PhD, is a Professor of the Practice and Director of the Public Health Leadership program at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Public Health. Schenck has extensive experience in measure development and assessing the scientific soundness of measures.

America’s Health Rankings sat down with leaders in the public health space to discuss how access to actionable data helps them to address key health challenges. Brian Castrucci, DrPH, MA, is the President and CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation, a charitable foundation that creates and invests in bold solutions that improve the health of communities across the nation.

We all have older adults in our lives who we admire, who lead interesting lives, teach us so much and continue to make new memories with us. As a geriatrician, I am committed to supporting health as we age and ensuring that older Americans are thriving.

Early in my career as a community pharmacist, most of the clients at my counter were older adults. The stories I heard about their daily health challenges continue to motivate me today. While many measures of senior health have improved over the past decades, the 2023 Senior Report demonstrates that gaps remain across a variety of interrelated areas.

Over my 50 years working in Tulsa, I have seen the health challenges facing American Indians continue to evolve. And while American Indians have come a long way in Oklahoma in terms of recognition and direct discrimination, we are still, in many ways, an “invisible race” that has been historically overlooked in health-related data.

Access to actionable data is critical for addressing our most pressing health challenges. America's Health Rankings recently sat down with leaders from across the public health space to discuss the importance of data to their work.

As a longstanding champion of public health and the Department of Health and Human Services’ Healthy People goals, the United Health Foundation is honored to be recognized as a Healthy People 2030 Champion.

At the American Public Health Association (APHA), our goal is to make the United States the healthiest nation in the world. We hoped to accomplish this in the span of one generation. However, we have experienced an enormous setback in the form of a pandemic that has knocked us on our heels, as this report demonstrates.