Lorna Schmidt off to "bluer zones"
Lorna Schmidt, a member of the communications and development team since October 2007, will leave the Institute June 12 to take a position more closely related to her career interest in public health. Lorna will join the project team for the Blue Zones Vitality Project, a community health initiative based on the best-selling book by cyclist Dan Buettner.
The goal of this innovative, research-backed 10-month pilot project is to improve the health and projected life expectancy of people of all ages who live and work in the city of Albert Lea, Minnesota. Instead of focusing on a diet and exercise program, the project encourages the best practices of the world's longest-lived populations with strategies such as making it easier to get around on foot or by bicycle; encouraging the development of social networks; and providing healthier fast-food options, among others.
Please wish Lorna well in this new endeavor.
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Comments
Lorna, congratulations. How nice it is to find a job that we have a personal interest in the work we are doing, it is summer time and it seems you will be able to be outdoors, I am so very happy for you.
You deserve the best, Linda.
Posted by: Linda | June 3, 2009 9:24 AM