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NEWS FROM CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE

February 14, 2008

Cambridge Health Alliance Names Lisa Brukilacchio New Director of the Somerville Community Health Agenda

Somerville, MA...Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) announced today that Lisa Brukilacchio is the new Director of the Somerville Community Health Agenda. Ms. Brukilacchio is a long-time Somerville resident with extensive experience in community engagement, particularly in urban, environmental, and community health issues.

The Somerville Community Health Agenda is a partnership between CHA, the Somerville Health Department, and the community that facilitates collaborative health processes to improve the health of Somerville residents. Ms. Brukilacchio will coordinate with organizations throughout Somerville and staff at both CHA’s Somerville hospital campus and its ten primary care and specialty medicine practices in Somerville in an effort to help CHA address the city’s health needs.

Ms. Brukilacchio is an occupational therapist who graduated from Tufts University and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She comes to CHA from Tufts, where she served as a Community Engagement Specialist in the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service. She will be based at the Somerville hospital campus (www.challiance.org/somerville) and may be reached at 617-591-6940.

Cambridge Health Alliance is an innovative, award-winning health system that provides high quality care in Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston’s metro-north communities. It includes three hospital campuses, more than 20 primary care and specialty practices, the Cambridge Public Health Dept., and the Network Health plan. CHA is a Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate and is also affiliated with Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and Tufts University School of Medicine. Visit us online at www.challiance.org.