Rebecca Onie

Co-Founder & CEO Emerita, Health Leads

Skoll Awardee

Biography

As co-founder of Health Leads, Onie is a nationally recognized leader in the intersection of social determinants, population health, and health care delivery. A MacArthur “Genius” awardee, Onie is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and an Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellow. She has 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 received her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.

Regional Focus

North America

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Rebecca Onie - Health Leads, June 28, 2016
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