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Commissioner Heather Howard serves lunch to seniors at a new senior nutrition site at Riverview Tower Apartments in Camden. Camden County and City officials are providing the meals using its share of $2.6 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding awarded to senior nutrition programs throughout New Jersey.
Commissioner Heather Howard and Chef Diane Hendericks prepare healthy fruit smoothies and talk to the crowd about including healthy items, such as fruits and vegetables, in family meals at the Department's Nutrition and Fitness Awareness Day held at Jenkinson's Boardwalk.
Commissioner Heather Howard and staff recently met with student interns working for the state this summer. From left to right, Jonah Fabricant, Diane Martinez, Andrea Orbe-Martinez, DHSS Director of Community Relations and Constituency Services, Heather Polonsky, Linda Holmes, Executive Director, DHSS Office of Minority and Multicultural Health , Commissioner Howard, Courtney A. Price, Stephen Szypulski, Nayeli Salazar and Taiwanna Messam.
Commissioner Howard participates in the ribbon cutting of Zufall Health Center's Highlands Eco-friendly Health Van. Pictured with the Commissioner, from the left, Paul Nusbaum, Chairman, Board of Directors Zufall Health Center; Eva Turbiner, President and CEO, Zufall Health Center; Dr. Jonathan Jaffe, Senior Medical Director of Medicine, Research, and Strategy, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.; and Robert Hauck, Mayor, Flemington Borough.
Commissioner Howard speaks during a ceremony marking the opening of the state's first Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) in Hamilton Township. The program, operated by St. Francis Medical Center, allows seniors to get the health care and social services they need in their homes or in the new community center developed by St. Francis. The program is called LIFE, or Living Independently for Elders (LIFE).
Commissioner Howard joins James Gilmer, left, and Albert Opdyke during a celebration marking the opening of the state's first Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) in Hamilton Township. The program, operated by St. Francis Medical Center, allows seniors to get the health care and social services they need in their homes or in this community center. The St. Francis program is called LIFE, or Living Independently for Elders (LIFE).
Health and Senior Services Commissioner Heather Howard discusses patient needs with Dr. Marilyn Gordon during a tour of the Paulsboro Community Health Center (PCHC), one of the state's largest federally qualified health centers. PCHC provides primary medical and dental care to medically underserved and uninsured residents of Camden City and surrounding communities in South Jersey.
African-American women's health issues were the focus of a Newark Women's Health Symposium that drew 800 participants from around the state. Commissioner Howard, fourth from right, was a featured speaker. Other participants, from left: Dr. Yvonne Wesley, health consultant; Dr. Mary Cantey, panelist; Linda Holmes, executive director, DHSS Office of Minority and Multicultural Health; Sonya Lockett, executive director, BET Foundation; Commissioner Howard; Maria Vizcarrondo, director, and L'Tanya Williamson, chief of staff, Newark Department of Child and Family Well-Being; and Shilda Worthy, DHSS Office of Minority and Multicultural Health.
Commissioner Heather Howard meets with seniors in the Harrison Senior Center. The Commissioner visited the center to highlight $2.6 million in federal stimulus funding that the state is distributing to counties for senior nutrition programs. The new funding will provide tens of thousands of meals to an additional 3,000 seniors around the state.
At the NJ Primary Care Association’s 5th Annual Women’s Health Advocates Recognition Breakfast, Assistant Commissioner Celeste Andriot-Wood was recognized for her efforts to improve women’s health in New Jersey. From the left, Deputy Commissioner Dr. Susan Walsh, Celeste Andriot-Wood, Kathy Grant Davis, President & CEO of the NJ Primary Care Association and Commissioner Heather Howard.
Governor Jon Corzine and Health and Senior Services Commissioner Heather Howard hold a roundtable discussion on autism with 100 parents at The Center for Neurological and Neurodevelopmental Health in Voorhees on April 30.
At left, Health and Senior Services Commissioner Heather Howard being introduced by Sen. and Mrs. John Girgenti at a meeting of the John A. Girgenti Civic League in Hawthorne. Commissioner Howard answered questions from civic league members on a range of health concerns, including hospital closures, the availability of health insurance, environmental effects on health and elder care.
Former Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher, fourth from right, and Commissioner Heather Howard, second from right, join staff from the US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee after delivering testimony before the Committee on the role that public health should play in health care reform.
Cover the Uninsured Week--East Orange Mayor Robert Bowser, Antoinette Ellis-Williams, chairwoman of the Board of Trustees for East Orange General Hospital; Assemblywoman Sheila Oliver, U.S. Rep. Donald Payne, Kevin Slavin, President/CEO of East Orange General Hospital; and DHSS Commissioner Heather Howard gather for a press conference to mark Cover the Uninsured Week 2009. Events across the nation this week are designed to draw attention to the need to provide health insurance for as many Americans as possible.
During a recent tour of South Jersey Healthcare Regional Medical Center in Vineland, Theresa Cope, clinical director of surgical services, explains the SurgiBoard, an electronic, color-coded tracking system that follows patients from surgery through post-op. DHSS Commissioner Heather Howard was very impressed with the hospital's innovative use of technology.
Health and Senior Services Commissioner Heather Howard recently toured Newton Memorial Hospital in Sussex County. She was joined by, from left to right, state Senator Steve Oroho, R-24, Newton Memorial Hospital President & CEO Tom Senker, and the hospital's Senior Vice President & COO Sean O'Rourke.
At the Henry J. Austin Health Center in Trenton, DHSS Commissioner Heather Howard delivers remarks after Governor Jon S. Corzine's announcement of $5 million in state grants to New Jersey's federally qualified health centers. The funds will be used to hire staff, extend hours and expand access to prenatal and primary care services. Seated in front from left are Governor Corzine and Henry J. Austin CEO Walter Isaacs.
The Rev. J. Stanley Justice, CEO of the New Jersey Human Development Corporation (NJDHC) and Health and Senior Services Commissioner Heather Howard at an event for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. During her remarks, Commissioner Howard said that while 13 percent of New Jersey's population is African American, they represent 60 percent of those living with HIV/AIDS, and we need to do better. The event promoted education, testing, treatment and community involvement in addressing HIV/AIDS and was organized by NJHDC, a faith-based organization in the Trenton area.
During the State of the State address in Trenton, Gov. Jon S. Corzine recognized Dr. Michelle Torchia of Community Health Care, Inc. for her commitment to healthy pregnancies and healthy babies. Governor Corzine announced that Community Health Care, Inc. a federally qualified health center operating 17 facilities in Cumberland, Glocester and Cape May Counties, will receive grant support to expand prenatal care and reduce infant mortality. Seated to the right of Dr. Torchia is DHSS Commissioner Heather Howard.
Commissioner Heather Howard donates blood at the New Jersey Hospital Association's blood drive - Give the gift that's sure to be re-gifted - held recently as part of National Blood Donor Month. The commissioner launched the "Save 3 Lives: All in a Day's Work" campaign to increase New Jersey's blood supply through workplace blood drives.
To help alleviate a chronic shortage in New Jersey's blood supply, Health and Senior Services Commissioner Heather Howard joined a coalition of businesses and the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA) in launching "Save 3 Lives: All in a Day's Work," a campaign to promote awareness of the critical need for donations and to encourage businesses to hold workplace drives. Sixty percent of adults in New Jersey are eligible to donate blood, but only 2.5 percent do so. Shown from left to right are NJHA President and CEO Elizabeth Ryan, Commissioner Howard and Kevin Rigby, vice president of public affairs and communications at Novartis Pharmaceuticals corporation.
Health and Senior Services Commissioner Heather Howard visited the Horizon Health Center in Jersey City to announce a grant of nearly $300,000 to help the center expand prenatal care services in Hudson County. From left, Horizon Health Center CEO Marilyn Cintron and Commissioner Howard speak with center clients Maurina Veyta and Nicole Brown. The visit is in keeping with the Commissioner's ongoing campaign to promote the importance of preconception and prenatal health.
Health and Senior Services Commissioner Heather Howard joined Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan New Jersey (PPMNJ) in launching their new prenatal clinic at the Pauline Bograd Center on Market Street in Paterson. The clinic is expected to provide prenatal and postpartum care to more than 600 new mothers each year. In the foreground from left, Commissioner Howard, Assemblywoman Nellie Pou and PPMNJ Board of Trustees Chairman Alan Goldman cut the ribbon. | |
