VERONICA X. VELA

HONORS

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• Johns Hopkins Medicine Telehealth Equity Working Group, 2021-2022

• Social Strategy Network Scholar, Harvard University, 2015 - present

• Ford Foundation Fellowship, 2003 – 2005

• Chancellor’s Fellowship, University of California, 2003-2005

• George Washington University (GWU) Fellowship, 2014-2016

• Teach for America Board Fellow, 2008-2009

• Certificate of Appreciation, Department of Veterans Affairs, 2018

• Commendation for Contributions in Military Health, DoD Center of Excellence, 2008

• Noblis President's Award for Enabling Others to Grow & Collaborate, 2008

• Noblis Excellence Award for Making an Impact on Client Mission, 2008

• STEM Rising Star in Technology, 2008

• GWU Health Policy department chair faculty search committee, 2015

 

​RECENT PRESENTATIONS + INVITED TALKS

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• Incubating Social Innovation to Advance Health Equity at Sibley Memorial Hospital, HXD Mad Pow Conference, 2021 

• Social Innovation to Improve Community Health, Outcomes Rocket Podcast, 2021

• Community Interventions: The Ward Infinity Initiative in SE DC, & Operation Change, 2021

• Public Policy Approaches to Social Disparities in Health, University of Michigan, 2021

• Better for Everyone: Applying Systems Thinking to Transform Care, Cancer and Chronic Disease Symposium, District of Columbia Department of Health, 2019

• Design Thinking for Turning the Tide Against Obesity, Clinical Public Health Summit on Obesity, George Washington University Medical School, Washington, D.C., 2018

• Prototyping: Creating Systemic Change in Healthcare, Global Service Jam, Washington, D.C., 2018

• Social Ventures and Innovation in the Public Impact Space, George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health, 2017

• Improving the Patient Experience for Veterans, Georgetown University, Department of Health System Administration, 2017

• Hacking Health Through Human Centered Design, USAID Mini-U Summit, 2016

• Long Acting Reversible Contraception Payment Policy Among Nine States, LARC Summit, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, 2015

• Reframing the Public Health Perspective on Wellness through Design Research, George Washington University Milken Institute of Public Health & Design Thinking DC, 2015

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MEDIA + PUBLICATIONS

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• Pitch and Storytelling Competition Celebrates Work of 2021 Ward Infinity Cohort, January 26, 2022.

• Johns Hopkins Hosts Competition to Address Health Disparities, December 2, 2021

• Ward Infinity Program Helps Foster Community-Driven Solutions to DC Health Issues, September, 1, 2021

• Vela, V. X., Patton, E. W., Sanghavi, D., Wood, S. F., Shin, P., & Rosenbaum, S. (2018). Rethinking Medicaid Coverage and Payment Policy to Promote High Value Care: The Case of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception. Women's Health Issues.

• Vela, V. X., Patton, E. W., Sanghavi, D., Wood, S. F., Shin, P., & Rosenbaum, S. How Comprehensive Payment Policies for Medicaid Can Help Patients Gain Access to Long Acting Contraception. Scholar Strategy Network., Harvard University.

• Patton, E., Vela, V., Sanghavi, D., & Rosenbaum, S. (2016). Variation Among State Medicaid Policies Regarding Coverage of Long Acting Reversible Contraception [7O]. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 127, 124S-125S.

• Russell Alan J; Fincher EF; Millman L; Smith R; Vela V; Waterman EA; Dey CN; Guide S;Weaver VM; Marinkovich MP. "alpha6beta4 Integrin regulates keratinocyte chemotaxisthrough differential GTPase activation and antagonism of alpha3beta1 integrin." Journal ofCell Science, 116, September 1, 2003.