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Public Health Reaching Across Sectors (PHRASES), a partnership of the de Beaumont Foundation and the Aspen Institute's Health, Medicine and Society Program, is pleased to introduce the 2019 class of PHRASES Fellows. These 15 public health leaders have demonstrated a commitment to developing cross-sector collaborations in their communities and a passion for improving the way public health communicates its value to decision-makers in other sectors.

Are you a public health professional interested in improving communication and collaboration with other sectors? Then the PHRASES Fellows program is for you! This unique fellowship is designed to help public health leaders effectively communicate the value of public health to potential partners in other sectors, such as housing, education, health systems, and business. Learn more and apply!

In June 2016, six former Commissioners of the Food and Drug Administration convened at Aspen Ideas: Health (previously Spotlight Health) to talk about the challenges facing the FDA. From that stage, they publicly announced their consensus view that the FDA should be transformed into an independent federal agency.

To help public health leaders effectively communicate the value of public health to potential partners and decision makers in other sectors, the de Beaumont Foundation and the Aspen Institute’s Health, Medicine and Society Program have launched PHRASES (Public Health Reaching Across Sectors).

Seth Berkley will speak as part of the Our Planet, Our Health track at Spotlight Health.

Chronic diseases are the top causes of death and disability in the US.

Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel challenged Philadelphia high schoolers to help solve health care access problems in their city.

No one likes surprises – especially the medical community. But there was alarm across health organizations around the world in 2003 when t