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Committee and Speaker Information

Planning Committee

Chair: 

Lovell A. Jones, PhD
Director & Professor
Center for Research on Minority Health
Department of Health Disparities Research
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

 

Co-chairs:

Robin Fuchs-Young, PhD
Associate Director
Center for Research on Minority Health
Department of Health Disparities Researc
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Barbara K. Krimgold
Director, Scholar in Health Disparities Program
Kellogg Fellows in Health Policy Fellows Program
Center for the Advancement of Health

 

Coordinators:

Janice A. Chilton, DrPH, CHES
Instructor
Center for Research on Minority Health
Department of Health Disparities Research
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

James A. Heggie, MS
Education Core Program Director
Center for Research on Minority Health
Department of Health Disparities Research
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Cynthia Y. Clark
Coordinator, CRMH
Center for Research on Minority Health
Department of Health Disparities Research
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Anissa J. Lewis
Program Coordinator
Center for Research on Minority Health
Department of Health Disparities Research
Center for Research on Minority Healt
hThe University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer

 

Guadalupe R. Palos, RN, LMSW, DrPH
Assistant Professor
Division of Internal Medicine
Department of Symptom Research
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Thelma E. Crider
Administrative Assistant
Center for Research on Minority Health
Department of Health Disparities Research
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Lesley Hookfin
Student Intern
Center for Research on Minority Health
Department of Health Disparities Research
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Felisha A. Estelle
Senior Conference Coordinator
Conference Services
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

 

Faculty

Christopher Amos Ph.D.
Professor & Deputy Chair
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Lauri Andress M.P.H., J.D., Ph.D.
Managing Partner
Andress & Associates, LLC
Bridging the Health Gap
Houston, TX

Lynne Bemis Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Division of Medicine-Oncology
Autora, CO

Vence Bonham, Jr. J.D.
Senior Consultant on Health Disparities
Director of the NHGRI
National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH
Bethesda, MD

Linda Burhansstipanov Dr.P.H.
Grants Director
Native American Cancer Research, Corp.
Pine, CO

Kirk Calhoun M.D.
President
The University of Texas Health Center
Tyler, TX

John Carpten Ph.D.
Director and Sr. Investigator
Translational Genomics Research Institute (Tgen)
Genetic Basis of Human Disease Division
Tempe, AZ

Moon Chen, Jr. Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor & Associate Director
University of California, Davis Cancer Center
Division of Hematology & Oncology
Sacramento, CA

Kalahn Taylor-Clark Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
Brooking Institution
High-Value Health Care Project
Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform
Washington, DC

Gary Earl
Senior Vice President & Co-Founder
"CIGNA,  Communities of Health
Las Vegas, NV

Gina Evans Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Chronic Disease Prevention & Control Research Center
Dept. of Medicine
Houston, TX

Anne Foster-Rosales M.D., M.P.H.
Chief Medical Officer
Planned Parenthood of Golden Gate
San Francisco, CA

Gilbert Friedell M.D.
Director
Emeritus Markey Cancer Center
Lexington, KY

Beverly Gor Ed.D.
Texas Health Disparities Scholar
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Melva Green M.D.
Associate Staff
The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Department of Psychiatry Meyer 101
Baltimore, MD

Jeffery Guidry Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Texas A&M University
Department of Health & Kinesiology
College Station, TX

German Hernandez M.D., F.A.S.N.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
Paul L. Foster School of Medicine
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Cente
El Paso, TX

Angelica Herrera M.P.H., Dr.P.H.
Assistant Professor
University of San Diego, CA

Carl Hill Ph.D., M.P.H.
Health Science Administrator
National Institutes of Child Health & Human Development
EA Program
Division of Special Populations, NIH
Bethesda, MD

Joyce Hunter Ph.D.
Deputy Director
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Bethesda, MD

Thelma Hurd M.D.
Associate Professor
The University of Texas Health Science Center
Director, Breast Surgery Program
Division of Surgical Oncology
San Antonio, TX

 

Fatimah Jackson Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Anthropology
University of Maryland College Park
College Park, MD

Sheila Jackson-Lee J.D.
Congresswoman
Houston Office
Houston, TX

Bill Jenkins M.S., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Associate Director
Morehouse College
Research Center on Health Disparities
Public Health Sciences Institute
Atlanta, GA

Lovell Jones Ph.D.
Director and Professor
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Center for Research on Minority Health
Department of Health Disparities Research
Houston, TX

Judith Kaur M.D.
Professor of Oncology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Director, Native American Programs
Rochester, MN

Denae King Ph.D.
Research Scientist
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Rick Kittles Ph.D.
Associate Professor
The University of Chicago
Department of Medicine
Chicago, IL

Erin Kobetz Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
The University of Miami
Department of Epidemiology and Public Healh
Miami, FL.

Barbara Krimgold Ph.D.
Senior Project Director
Center for the Advancement of Health
Washington, DC

Cathy  Meade PH.D., R.N.,   F.A.A.N.
Professor, Interdisciplinary Oncology Program
Director, Education Program
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research
Institute at the University of South Florida
Tampa, FL

John Mendelsohn
Professor & President
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Patricia Miranda Ph.D., M.P.H.
Kellogg Health Scholar
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Alexandra Nolen Ph.D., M.P.H.
Acting Director
University of Texas Medical Branch
Center to Eliminate Health Disparities
Associate Director of the PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center
for Training in International Health
Galveston, TX

Guadalupe Palos R.N., L.M.S.W., Dr.P.H.
Instructor
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Vernellia Randall J.D., M.S.N., B.S.N.
Professor of Law
University of Dayton School of Law
Dayton, Ohio

Kenneth Resnicow Ph.D.
Professor
University of Michigan
School of Public Health
Health Behavior & Health Education
Ann Arbor, MI

John Reveille M.D.
Professor & Director
Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunogenetics
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, TX

Robert Robinson Dr.P.H.
Associate Director for Program Development
Office on Smoking & Health
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Atlanta, GA

William Robinson M.A.
Executive Director
The National African American Tobacco Prevention Network
Durham, NC

Ya-Chen  Shih
Associate Professor
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX


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