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Alison Rein, MS Alison Rein is the Assistant Director of Food & Health Policy at the National Consumers League (NCL). Founded in 1899 to bring consumer power to bear on marketplace and workplace issues, NCL is the nation’s oldest consumer organization. Ms. Rein designs and coordinates campaigns and other activities around NCL’s priority issues, including food and drug safety, nutrition education, risk/benefit communications – all aimed at enhancing consumer access to useful and relevant information. In the last two years, she has expanded NCL’s involvement in the emerging national discussion about health information technologies – recognizing the efficiency and quality gains that could be generated through appropriate data exchange. Ms. Rein has encouraged heightened consumer involvement in local and regional efforts, as well as in the federal government’s efforts to design the Nationwide Health Information Network. Prior to joining NCL, Ms. Rein served as a health care consultant to a number of private and non-profit organizations, for which she conducted strategic evaluations, market studies, and research efforts aimed at evaluating the cost-effectiveness of numerous drug, biologic, and device interventions. She holds a masters degree in public policy analysis from the University of Rochester, and has co-authored several articles published in peer-reviewed medical journals. |