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Prénom, Nom:
Ruth Katz
Contact :
Rayburn House Office Building, 2125
Washington, DC 20515-6115
Direct Dial: 202-225-5056
Catégorie : Législatif
Staffer à la House of R. Démocrate, ex Staff H. Waxman.
Intéressante car passage Congrès et carrière Universitaire
Member Task Force Clinton (1992-1993)
Dates de naissance / décès :
Née : August 30, 1954
Lieu de naissance :
Altantic City, New Jersey
Genre : Female
Lieu de résidence (si DC avant l’accession à un poste retenu, avec si
possible l’année de l’emménagement à DC):
Arrive à Washington DC au milieu des années 1980.
Formation :
BA/BS
MA/MS
PhD
Law degree (JD…)
Autre
BA in History University of Pennsylvania (1974)
Law degree from Emory University in Atlanta (J.D.)
masters in Public Health from Harvard University M.P.H.)
W. Genieys, Operationalizing Programmatic Elites Research in America, OPERA : ANR-­‐08-­‐BLAN-­‐0032. 1 Profession initiale :
Lawyer
She has clerked for the Atlantic City Prosecutor's Office, practiced law in Philadelphia.
She was elected a alumni trustee member of the Emory Board of Trustees.
Carrière :
- 1982 – 1995 : Staff counsel on health issues, Committee on Energy and Comerce to the US
Congress (Democrate H Waxman).
- 1994 & 1996 : Katz sought the Democratic nomination for Congress from the 2nd District,
but withdrew from that race for personal reasons six weeks before the primary. She lost again
in a 1996 bid (Candidate Démocrate au Congrès, battu deux fois)
- 1996 - 1997 (5 ans) : Deputy Assistant Secretary for Disability, Aging, and Long-Term Care
Policy at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
- 1997 - 2003 : Ms. Katz was Associate Dean for Administration at the Yale University
School of Medicine, where she also held appointments in the departments of Internal
Medicine (General Medicine) and Epidemiology and Public Health as an Assistant Professor
- 2003-2008 : Prior to that (chief Public healt hcouncel), she was the Walter G. Ross Professor
of Health Policy of the School of Public Health and Health Services at The George
Washington University. She served as the dean of the School from 2003 to 2008
- 2009 - 2010 : Chief Public Health councel, Committee on Energy and Commerce
- 2011 – 2012 : Minority (Democratic) Chief Public Health councel, Committee on Energy
and Commerce
Sources biblio/bio, articles, divers.
PROFILE:
Ruth Katz said she can bring new perspectives to questions of health care and does not want to be seen as the
exclusive woman's candidate. Katz said "there are a lot of issues that are of concern to women, but that doesn't
meant they're not of concern to men, too." Katz has proposed putting the FBI in charge of training all airline and
airport security personnel. Katz believes that quality health care should be available to citizens regardless of age.
"It ought to make no difference whether you're a senior citizen in L.A. or here in Ocean City," she said. "There
have to be certain laws of the land." Katz also believes in preserving the environment, promoting education and
jobs, and "working for the middle class."
PRIOR-CAMPAIGNS:
Ruth Katz sought the Democratic nomination for Congress in the 2nd District in 1994, but withdrew from the
race for personal reasons six weeks before the primary election and stopped all campaign activities. She
nonetheless received 40 percent of the popular vote. In 1996, she lost again to Republican Rep. Frank Lobiondo
with 38 percent of the vote.
Source : The Associated Press Candidate Biographies, consulté en avril 2012
Ruth J. Katz is Democratic Chief Public Health Counsel with the Committee on Energy and
Commerce in the U.S. House of Representatives (serving under ranking Member Congressman Henry
A. Waxman). The Committee has legislative jurisdiction over virtually every domestic health
program, including Medicare, Medicaid, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration, and national health reform
efforts.
Prior to joining the Committee, Ms. Katz was the Walter G. Ross Professor of Health Policy of the
W. Genieys, Operationalizing Programmatic Elites Research in America, OPERA : ANR-­‐08-­‐BLAN-­‐0032. 2 School of Public Health and Health Services at The George Washington University. She served as the
dean of the School from 2003 to 2008.
Ms. Katz was, from 1997 to 2003, Associate Dean for
Administration at the Yale University School of Medicine, where she also held appointments in the
departments of Internal Medicine (General Medicine) and Epidemiology and Public Health as an
Assistant Professor.
Ms. Katz, a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, holds a law degree from
Emory University and a Masters of Public Health from Harvard. She served for over a decade, from
1982 to 1995, as Counsel to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment of the Committee on
Energy and Commerce in the U.S. House of Representatives. In addition, Ms. Katz was, from 1995 to
1996, the Director of Public Health Programs at the Henry J.
Kaiser Family Foundation; in 1996, the Democrat nominee for New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional
District for the U.S. House of Representatives; and, in 1997, Counsel to the Advisory Committee on
Tobacco Policy and Public Health, chaired by Drs. C. Everett Koop and David Kessler. She was
engaged in the private practice of law from 1977 to 1979.
While Counsel to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Ms. Katz was instrumental in the
enactment of many major pieces of legislation affecting the public health and federal health care
financing. She has received several awards recognizing her efforts, including those from the American
Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Women’s Association, and the Association of
Community Health Centers. She has also been selected as a 2009 Distinguished Alumni awardee by
Emory University’s School of Law.
In addition to her duties with the U.S. House of Representatives, Ms. Katz currently serves on the
board of trustees of Emory University; is a member of the National Advisory Committee for the
Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars program; and has been a member of the board of
directors of NARAL Pro-Choice America. She has also served as secretary and board of directors
member of the CDC Foundation. Ms. Katz has completed terms as a member of the Advisory
Committee to the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health; the Advisory Committee to the
Director of CDC; CDC’s National Vaccine Advisory Committee; and the Finalist Selection
Committee of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.
Source : http://www.healthandsocietyscholars.org/1492/1562/5534, consulté le 29 oct. 13
Sources additionnelles :
CQ PRESS first street + The Associated Press Candidate Biographies
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