Co-Chairs:

Co-Chairs are Institute or Center (IC) directors or IC senior staff who lead the Working Group and have the authority to approve major activities and funding actions.

• Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO 
  Associate Director for Research on Women’s Health 
  Director 
  Office of Research on Women’s Health 
  Office of the Director
  National Intitutes of Health (NIH)
   
• Joshua A. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D.
  Director
  National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

• Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D.
  Director
  National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

• Shannon N. Zenk, Ph.D., M.P.H., RN, FAAN
  Director
  National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

Leadership Team & Points of Contact:

Coordinators, Program Leaders, and Project Team Leaders serve as the day to day leadership for the program and the Working Group. Also included here are points of contact for areas of program management.

Members:

The Working Group Members are staff from multiple NIH Institutes and Centers who provide input from their Institute or Center’s perspective.

• Amanda M. Acevedo, Ph.D.  
  Social and Behavioral Scientist Administrator/ Program Director 
  Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
  Behavior Research Program
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   
• Brenda A. Adjei, M.P.A, Ed.D
  Social and Behavioral Scientist Administrator/Program Director
  Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences 
  Healthcare Delivery Research Program
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   
• Jennifer Alvidrez, Ph.D.
  Senior Advisor for Health Disparities
  Program Director, ADVANCE
  Office of Disease Prevention
  Office of the Director (OD/NIH)
   
• Jessica Bellinger, Ph.D.
  Scientific Review Officer
  Center for Scientific Review (CSR)
   
• Richard T. Benson, M.D., Ph.D.
  Director
  Office of Global Health and Health Disparities
  Division of Clinical Research
  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
   
• Dara R. Blachman-Demner, Ph.D.
  Health Scientist Administrator
  Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director (OD/NIH)
   
• Miranda Broadney, M.D, M.P.H. (Principal)
  Program Director
  Division of Kidney, Urologic and Hematologic Diseases
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
   
• Juanita J. Chinn, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Population Dynamics Branch
  Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
   
• Sara Dodson Ph.D.
  Senior Health Science Policy Analyst
  Office of Science Policy & Planning
  National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
   
• Regine Douthard, M.D.
  Senior Program Officer
  Office of Research on Women’s Health
  Office of the Director (OD/NIH)
   
• Stephanie George, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.A.
  Program Director
  Division of Extramural Research
  National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
   
• Rebecca Goodwin, J.D.
  Policy Analyst and Open Science Specialist
  Office of Strategic Initiatives
  National Library of Medicine (NLM)
   
• Christopher Gordon, Ph.D.
  Branch Chief
  Division of AIDS Research
  National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
   
• Raquel Greer, M.D., M.H.S. (Alternate)
  Program Director
  Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
   
• Hiroko Iida, D.D.S., M.P.H.
  Program Director
  Oral Health Disparities and Inequities
  National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
   
• Patricia Jones, Dr.P.H, M.P.H, M.S
  Director
  Office of Special Populations
  National Institute on Aging (NIA)
   
• Collene Lawhorn, Ph.D.
  Program Officer
  HIV Communication, Dissemination and Engagement Research Program
  National NeuroAIDS Tissue Consortium
  Division of AIDS Research
  National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
   
• Jimmy Le, Sc.D., M.A.
  Program Director for Collaborative Clinical Research
  National Eye Institute (NEI)
   
• Jacqueline Lloyd, Ph.D., M.S.W.
  Senior Advisor for Disease Prevention
  Office of Disease Prevention
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director (OD/NIH)
   
• Ebony B. Madden, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Division of Genomic Medicine
  National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
   
• David M. Murray, Ph.D.
  Associate Director
  Office of Disease Prevention
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director (OD/NIH)
   
• Joan D. Nagel, M.D., M.P.H.
  Medical Officer 
  Division of Clinical Innovation
  National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
   
• Lisbeth Nielsen, Ph.D.
  Division Director
  Division of Behavioral and Social Research 
  National Institute on Aging (NIA)
   
• April Oh, Ph.D., M.P.H.
  Senior Advisor for Implementation Science and Health Equity
  Division of Cancer Control and Population Studies
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   
• Jonathan Pollock, Ph.D.
  Branch Chief
  Division of Neuroscience and Behavior
  National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
   
• Karen L. Parker, Ph.D., M.S.W.
  Director 
  Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director (OD/NIH) 
   
• Asif Rizwan, Ph.D.
  Program Officer
  Molecular Cellular and Systems Blood Science
  National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
   
• Deidra Roach, M.D.       
  Program Director
  Division of Treatment and Recovery         
  National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
   
• Cendrine Robinson, Ph.D., M.P.H.
  Chief Diversity Officer
  National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
   
• Janeth Sanchez, Ph.D., M.P.H.
  Program Director for Health Equity
  Division of Medical and Scientific Research
  All of Us Research Program
  Office of the Director (OD/NIH)
   
• Melissa M. Smarr, Ph.D. (Alternate)
  Health Scientist Administrator
  Population Health Branch
  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
   
• Frederick (Fred) L. Tyson, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Genes, Environment, and Health Branch
  Division of Extramural Research and Training
  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) 
   
• Tiffany Wallace, Ph.D.
  Program Director
  Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
  National Cancer Institute (NCI)
   
• Miya Whitaker, Psy.D., M.A.
  Health Scientist Administrator 
  Office of Research on Women's Health
  Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
  Office of the Director (OD/NIH)
   
• Xinzhi Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
  Program Officer
  Health Inequities and Global Health
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
   
• Julia Zur, Ph.D.
  Health Scientist Administrator
  Division of Epidemiology, Services, and Prevention Research
  National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)