Brenda Marlena Weiner, Mph Email & Phone Number

Studio City, California

In close collaboration with MPI’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Janice Spinner, Brenda has created an internal disease prevention, health and wellness program, specifically tailored for MPIPHP and the unique needs of MPIPHP's 130,000 + covered lives. MPI serves a variety of entertainment industry workers, their spouses, and dependents. Brenda passionately serves her participants with a strong dedication to address their unique health and wellness needs as well as increase medical navigation… Show more In close collaboration with MPI’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Janice Spinner, Brenda has created an internal disease prevention, health and wellness program, specifically tailored for MPIPHP and the unique needs of MPIPHP's 130,000 + covered lives. MPI serves a variety of entertainment industry workers, their spouses, and dependents. Brenda passionately serves her participants with a strong dedication to address their unique health and wellness needs as well as increase medical navigation, benefit utilization, health engagement and any other specific services to optimize strong health engagement and improved outcomes. Brenda has cultivated the wellness program according to participants specific needs and interests, along with recent best practices, relevant evidence- based research, and through developing strong community partnerships. As a result, Brenda has curated an array of disease prevention programs which prevent and when possible, reverse chronic disease to improve health status for entertainment industry contractors in a variety of bargaining units. MPIPHP participants work incredibly long hours and deserve a program customized for their specific needs, delivers with compassion, expertise and top-drawer professionalism. Show less

Orange County, California Area

-Work closely with Hoag in evaluating and creating broad scale wellness strategies to increase employee health and wellness, reduce largest claims in ICD conditions, cover gaps in care, reduce chronic conditions and increase personal health engagement to drive optimal health outcomes-Personalized coaching for employees of Hoag Hospital at campuses in Newport, Irvine, Huntington Beach and Hoag Health Centers in increasing health self-efficacy and achieving optimal health and wellness… Show more -Work closely with Hoag in evaluating and creating broad scale wellness strategies to increase employee health and wellness, reduce largest claims in ICD conditions, cover gaps in care, reduce chronic conditions and increase personal health engagement to drive optimal health outcomes-Personalized coaching for employees of Hoag Hospital at campuses in Newport, Irvine, Huntington Beach and Hoag Health Centers in increasing health self-efficacy and achieving optimal health and wellness. Areas include stress management, weight management, hypertension, hyperlipdemia, optimizing glucose and HbA1c levels, decreasing body fat, tobacco cessation, improving quality of sleep, increasing effectiveness of exercise through customized programming.- Onsite face to face coaching, engaging employees with education, motivational interviewing, positive psychology and powerful engagement strategies to support systematic employee health, wellness and optimal resource navigation amongst and between Hoag and Cigna-Manage employee chronic conditions (Coronary Artery Disease, Peripheral Artery Disease, Osteoarthritis, Asthma/COPD, Depression/Anxiety/Bi-Polar, Diabetes, Lower Back Pain) . Comprehensive rederrals to MD's, NP's, RN's, RD's, CDE's, pharmacists as needed.-Create and present engaging, interactive health education presentations for hospital departments on variety of preventative health and wellness topics-Provide onsite support to members in order to help them identify a need for behavior change to improve health status, reduce health risks and improve quality of life.-Providing health coaching for Cardiac Rehabilitation center and pilot employee health programs-Helping create a healthier hospital campus with opportunities for exercise, healthy eating and stress management skills. Helping cltivate a culture which involves better stress managment, improved medical conditions, improved biometrics and overal increase in health and well-being. Show less

Los Angeles And Orange County

Health Coach and Educator, utilizing Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral tools, Transtheoretical model, Chronic Care Model, Positive Psychology, Social Learning Theory to help raise the culture of health and wellness via one on one coaching, support and empowerment of hospital employees.Other Cigna clients have Included: Disney Studios, NFL Network, Disneyland, Newline Cinema, ABC television, Paradigm Talent Agency, Touchstone Pictures, Pixar, Dermalogica Skin Care USA… Show more Health Coach and Educator, utilizing Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral tools, Transtheoretical model, Chronic Care Model, Positive Psychology, Social Learning Theory to help raise the culture of health and wellness via one on one coaching, support and empowerment of hospital employees.Other Cigna clients have Included: Disney Studios, NFL Network, Disneyland, Newline Cinema, ABC television, Paradigm Talent Agency, Touchstone Pictures, Pixar, Dermalogica Skin Care USA, Bumble Bee LLC, Forest Lawn Mortuaries and others. Show less

Brentwood, Ca.

(Fitorbit acquired by Kumu Wellness) Consultant to help develop a customized mobile health coaching app for a company who services 36 million insured members. Completed research, application and development of various coaching models for operating model, console content, deliverables and operational processes regarding the app. Helped hire health coaches and created health coach training and development protocol, handbook, resource library and other tools. Assisted in scalability strategies and… Show more (Fitorbit acquired by Kumu Wellness) Consultant to help develop a customized mobile health coaching app for a company who services 36 million insured members. Completed research, application and development of various coaching models for operating model, console content, deliverables and operational processes regarding the app. Helped hire health coaches and created health coach training and development protocol, handbook, resource library and other tools. Assisted in scalability strategies and ongoing process evaluation for optimal development.Active Health and Wellness coach/navigator helping members develop greater self-efficacy, self-awareness and replace negative health behaviors with positive healthy behaviors to reach their personal health and wellness goals. Coaching tools included: behavioral neuroscience, cognitive behavioral therapy, stages of change theory, positive psychology, eating behavioral psychology, social learning theory and health belief model. Show less

Chicago Il, Greater Southern California, And Other States

Bilingual Corporate Engagement Specialist, passionately helping professionals achieve personal health and wellness goals through regular telephonic, video-chat and face-to-face coaching. Helped multinational, Fortune 100 corporation (McDonald's USA LLC), reduce health risks and increase culture of corporate health and wellness through multi-tiered programs. Health education and private health coaching of Management Leadership Team for McDonald's. Helped develop curriculum and… Show more Bilingual Corporate Engagement Specialist, passionately helping professionals achieve personal health and wellness goals through regular telephonic, video-chat and face-to-face coaching. Helped multinational, Fortune 100 corporation (McDonald's USA LLC), reduce health risks and increase culture of corporate health and wellness through multi-tiered programs. Health education and private health coaching of Management Leadership Team for McDonald's. Helped develop curriculum and interactive health-education seminars. Wrote healthy behavior and educational blogs and newsletter articles. Helped cultivate healthy personal and workplace culture of health through live workshops, on multi-media outlets and one-on-one coaching. Acted as Medical Navigator as necessary. Served as event lead in interactive health fairs and workshops. Motivated employees to take ownership of personal health and make significant lifestyle changes resulting in a marked health risk reduction and increase in productivity and quality of life.Trained other professionals in several aspects of Health Engagement Specialist role and execution.Part of a therapeutic collaboration of medical and allied health professionals. Maintained detailed members files with robust, HIPAA-compliant policies and procedures for ultimate member privacy and security.Ongoing research in areas of positive psychology, cognitive behavioral therapy, stages of change theory, health belief model, and other behavior change theories and models, with regard to nutrition, fitness, sleep and effective stress management. Show less

Redondo Beach, Southbay, Rolling Hills, Ca.

Passionate Group X instructor and personal trainer, specializing in weight loss, sports performance, rehab and post-pregnancy clients. Designed and led Group Exercise classes in yoga, pilates, spinning, dance, sculpting, dance, physio ball and Jillian Michael's Body Shred formats. Continue to teach classes at Spectrum Athletic Clubs, Inc. (Now the Bay Club)

Redondo Beach, Ca.

Monrovia, Ca. Torrance, Ca. Hermosa Beach, Ca.

Master Of Public Health - Mph, Epidemiology, 4.0

Activities and Societies: American Public Health Association, Society for Public Health Education, National Academy of Sports Medicine.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Social Psychology