Background
Gruman, Jessie Christine was born on December 7, 1953 in Berea, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Lawrence Lowell and Eleanor Angell Gruman.
Gruman, Jessie Christine was born on December 7, 1953 in Berea, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Lawrence Lowell and Eleanor Angell Gruman.
Bachelor, Vassar College, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy in Social Psychology, Columbia University, 1984.
Counselor, community organizer Greenwich House Counseling Center, New York City, Greenwich Settlement House, New York City, 1979—1984. Manager employee health promotion American Telephone & Telegraph Company Communications, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 1984—1986. National director public education American Cancer Society, New York City, 1986—1988.
Project officer National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1988—1992. President, founding executive director Center Advancement Health, Washington, since 1992. Board member Public Health Institute.
Chair advisory panel Health Care Financing Administration Evidence Report and Evidence-Based Recommendations: Health Risk Appraisals and Medicare, 2001. Trustee Mind Brain Body and Health Initiative, Galveston, Texas, since 2001. Member advisory board United States Cochrane Center, since 2003.
Trustee Sallan Foundation, since 2004. Fellow: Society Behavioral Medicine. Member: American Psychological Association, National Organization Tobacco Use Research Funders, Public Health Institute, American Psychosocial Oncology Society, National Advisory Council, National Health Council.
Married Richard Peter Sloan, June 21, 1984.