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Cambridge Health trustee tapped for public health panel

Print | Comments () Posted by Chelsea Conaboy April 21, 2011 06:10 PM

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By Chelsea Conaboy, Globe Staff

Ellen Semonoff of Cambridge Health Alliance has been named to a White House advisory group focused on prevention and public health. Semonoff is vice chairwoman of the Cambridge Health Alliance board of trustees and assistant city manager for human services in Cambridge.

The panel, which includes up to 25 people from outside federal agencies, was established last June under the Affordable Care Act. It is charged with identifying the nation's top public health issues and ways to address them.

Semonoff has worked for the city nearly 20 years, focused on issues including child care, fuel assistance, nutrition, recreation, substance abuse and workforce development. She joined the Cambridge Health Alliance board in 1996.

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