Our story
About the Project
The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Center on Society and Health produced this work for the Northern Virginia Health Foundation with the help of a 14-person advisory board made up of historians and local experts. Special thanks also to the libraries, archivists, and private collections that have helped us in this endeavor.
Team
Publisher
Patricia Mathews
Northern Virginia Health Foundation
Lead Author
Steven Woolf
Editor-In-Chief
Mary Lee Clark
Project Manager
Sarah Blackburn
Creative Director & Designer
Cassandra Ellison
Advisory Board
Lindsey Bestebreurtje, Ph.D.
Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture
Karla Bruce, MPA
Fairfax County Government
Gail C. Christopher, D.N.
National Collaborative for Health Equity
Paul DesJardin
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
Brian Engelmann, MPSGIS, Ph.D.
Prince William County Government
Sheri Ann Huerta, Ph.D.
George Mason University
Chandra Manning, Ph.D.
George Mason University
Wendi N. Manuel-Scott, Ph.D.
George Mason University
Krystyn R. Moon, Ph.D.
University of Mary Washington
Douglas Reed, Ph.D.
Georgetown University
Eugene Scheel
Sarah Jane Shoenfeld, M.A.
Prologue DC
Curtis Vaughn, Ph.D.
Robin Wilson, MPH, MPA
Fairfax County Government
Acknowledgments
The Virginia Commonwealth University Center on Society and Health is an academic research center that studies the health implications of social factors — such as education, income, neighborhood and community environmental conditions, and public policy. Its mission is to answer relevant questions that can “move the needle” to improve the health of Americans, by presenting work in formats and venues that are useful to decision-makers and change agents. The Center pursues these goals through collaboration with scholars in different disciplines at VCU and other institutions, and by nurturing partnerships with community, government, and private-sector stakeholders.
The Northern Virginia Health Foundation makes strategic grants to non-profit organizations that address the health and health care needs of residents of Northern Virginia, with particular emphasis on those who live in Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park. The Foundation focuses its grantmaking on those organizations that address the Foundation’s priorities and promote its values.
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