MPH Alum is the New Director of Programs

We are so pleased to share the accomplishment of MPH Alum Shalini Iyer as she assumes her new position as Metta Fund’s Director of Programs.

As Director of Programs, Ms. Iyer will manage all aspects of the Foundation’s grantmaking program, which will total $3,000,000 in 2014. In addition, she will oversee Metta Fund’s community collaborations and partnerships. She will play a key role in achieving the Foundation’s mission of creating a healthier San Francisco. Ms. Iyer has recently been elected to sit on the SFHIP Steering Committee representing the Philanthropic Community seat.

A passionate advocate for low-income communities and communities of color, Ms. Iyer most recently worked for the San Francisco Foundation, beginning her tenure as Multi-Cultural Fellow and moving into Community Health program grants. A native of Philadelphia, she has worked for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, and the New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

Congratulations, Shilini!

Source: https://ncg.org/news/metta-fund-hires-new-director-programs

CPHI Fellows in the news

Some updates on the excellent work of our CPHI fellows:

• Fellow Dennis Culhane along with Tom Byrne, who work with the National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans, have been instrumental in creating Homelessness Analytics, an interactive Web-based application that provides users with access to national, state and local data about homelessness among veterans and the general population.
• Therese Richmond, a CPHI Senior Fellow, has received the Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame Award. Created in 2010, this award honors nurse researchers who have achieved significant and sustained national or international recognition and whose research has improved the profession and the people it serves.
• Anne Teitelman, a CPHI Senior Fellow, working with Damien Leri, an MPH student, created an Web-based program designed to help reduce women’s cancer risk. Their app, Everhealthier Women, is receiving a lot of attention in the press and has been profiled in O, The Oprah Magazine.