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Based on research and critical analysis, Pew seeks to improve the health and well-being of all Americans. It advocates policies that reduce potentially dangerous health risks in consumer, medical and food products and services.

Jessica Donze Black

Director, Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project
The Pew Charitable Trusts

Jessica Donze Black is the director for the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project. As such, she advises research and policy efforts aimed at improving school nutrition.

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Allan Coukell

Senior Director, Drugs and Medical Devices
The Pew Charitable Trusts


Allan Coukell oversees medical programs, including the Pew Prescription Project, the Drug Safety Project, the Antibiotics and Innovation Project, the Medical Device Safety project and the FDA Modernization Initiative, as well as other activities related to medical products and services.

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Sandra Eskin

Director, Food Safety
The Pew Charitable Trusts

Sandra Eskin is the director of the Food Safety Campaign. The campaign seeks to reduce health risks from foodborne pathogens by strengthening federal government authority and the enforcement of food safety laws.

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Erik Olson

Senior Director, Food Portfolio
The Pew Charitable Trusts

Erik D. Olson is the director of food programs. He oversees work aimed at improving food safety, strengthening safety and nutrition standards for foods served in the nation’s schools, and reviewing the adequacy of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s programs regulating chemicals added to food.

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Laura Rogers

Director, Human Health and Industrial Farming
The Pew Charitable Trusts

Laura Rogers serves as the director for the campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming, an initiative that seeks to preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics by phasing out the overuse and misuse of the drugs in food animal production.

 

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Aaron Wernham

Director, Health Impact Project
The Pew Charitable Trusts

Dr. Aaron Wernham is the director of the Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, established to promote and support the use of Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in the United States.

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March 23, 2013

Philadelphia 2013: The State of the City

Reports and Briefs
Larry Eichel, Director, The Philadelphia Program, The Pew Charitable Trusts

This annual...

February 20, 2013

How Borrowers Choose and Repay Payday Loans

Safe Small Dollar Loans Research Project
Nick Bourke, Director, Small Dollar Loans, The Pew Charitable Trusts
For someone in need of quick cash, a payday loan can look like a way to avoid asking loved ones for help...

February 11, 2013

Philadelphia and Other Big Cities Struggle to Find Uses for Closed Schools

Reports and Briefs
Larry Eichel, Director, The Philadelphia Program, The Pew Charitable Trusts

Shuttered Public Schools: The Struggle to Bring Old Buildings New Life looks at what happens...