Health Foundation of South Florida recently announced that Janisse Rosario-Schoepp, Ph.D., has been named Associate Vice President of Programs, Policy and Special Initiatives.
Dr. Schoepp, formerly senior program officer and director of research and policy, brings her nationally recognized proficiency in health care and policy to bear in achieving the Foundation’s goals.
In 2012, Dr. Schoepp was selected by Grantmakers in Health as a fellow of the Terrance Keenan Institute for Emerging Leaders in Health Philanthropy. She is a member of the Miami- Dade Public Schools District School Wellness Committee, past chair/vice-chair of the Consortium for a Healthier Miami-Dade Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Committee and frequently serves as a speaker, panelist or moderator at professional conferences.
Prior to Health Foundation, Dr. Schoepp led a federally-funded childhood lead poisoning prevention project in inner-city neighborhoods while working at the Stempel School of Public Health and Social Work at Florida International University, where she received her Masters and recently earned her Doctorate Degree in Public Health.
