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 Jeanne Blake Jeanne Blake is a medical reporter, author, and affiliated faculty member of the Division on Addictions at Harvard Medical School. She is president and founder of Blake Works Inc.(certified as a Woman Owned Business) and Family Health Productions (501 c 3) which produce, publish, and distribute evidence-based media to help young people, families and communities talk about the public and mental health challenges kids face growing up. Blake provides consulting services in the field of parent/child communication and speaks nationally to parents, educators, work/life, and health care professionals. She has appeared twice on Oprah, on The Today Show, Cristina, and CNN. Her work has been featured on NPR and Bloomberg Radio. Blake is author and publisher of the Words Can Work® series of booklets. The films she has produced are integrated into wellness, health, and education programs internationally for young people, parents and professionals. Blake is host and executive producer of About Health TV, an award-winning, nationally distributed program. Blake Works is partnering with the Satcher Health Leadership Institute, founded by former U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher, M.D., to plan Town Hall Meetings on mental health in every American city that is home to a National Football League team. Blake will help to plan and moderate the Town Hall Meetings. In 2007, Blake served as executive producer tothe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevnetion's Parents Matter program, which helps parents talk with their kids about sexual health. Blake oversaw all production of video content. From 1984 to 1991 Blake was a medical reporter and news anchor at Boston's NBC-TV affiliate where she earned the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Journalism Award for her coverage of HIV/AIDS. She was recognized by Americans for Democratic Action and honored by the Human Rights Campaign for her coverage of health care issues. Blake is the 2010 recipient of the Humanitarian Award for her work on mental health, awarded by the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. Risky Times: How to be AIDS-Smart and Stay Healthy, by Jeanne Blake (Workman, 1991) was named to the American Library Association's list of Best Books for the Young Adult Reader and Best Books for the Reluctant Reader. Blake serves as a member of the board of trustees of McLean Hospital, the largest psychiatric facility of Harvard Medical School. She is a member of American Psychological Association's Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls, and was a Kaiser Media Fellow in Health. Blake is the volunteer president of The Perfect Storm Foundation. She lives in New York City and Gloucester, Massachusetts. |
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