Rebecca Onie is Co-Founder of The Health Initiative (THI), a campaign catalyzing new conversation about and increased investments in health, including access to healthy food, safe and affordable housing, and well-paying jobs. Previously, Onie co-founded Health Leads - arming thousands of healthcare institutions and providers with tools, technology, analytics, and best practices to address their patients’ resource needs. Health Leads ultimately served as a model for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid’s first federal pilot to screen and navigate patients to basic resources. Onie is a MacArthur “Genius” awardee, National Academy of Medicine member, and Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellow. She’s received the APHA Avedis Donabedian Quality Award; Network for Excellence in Health Innovation “Innovator in Health” Award; Robert Wood Johnson Young Leader Award; and Forbes’ Impact 30 Award for leading social entrepreneurs. She earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School.
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