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Office on Women's Health

Minority Women's Health Panel of Experts

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The Office on Women's Health (OWH) established the Minority Women's Health Panel of Experts in response to its 1997 conference, "Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Partnerships to Improve Minority Women's Health." The panel is composed of physicians, clinicians, community advocates, and academicians working in communities and health settings around the country that serve racially and ethnically diverse women.

The five major ethnic groups (African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, and Hispanic) are represented among the panel members, who have expertise in a variety of disciplines, including young women's health, women and aging, health care delivery systems, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, violence against women, mental health, substance abuse, breast/cervical cancer, diabetes, heart disease, immigrant/refugee women's health, public health research, cultural competency in women's health, and health policy.

The major focus of the panel is to ensure that the ethnic minority focus is incorporated throughout OWH programs, policies and initiatives by 1) providing input to and serving as a resource for the United States Department of Health and Human Services' (DHHS) Office on Women's Health, in support of the OWH's goals to improve the health of women and in the development of minority women's health initiatives; and 2) providing input to the Department/Secretarial initiatives, targeted to enhance the health of minority women in the United States.

Facilitators

Frances E. Ashe-Goins, RN, MPH
Deputy Director, Office on Women's Health
200 Independence Avenue, SW, Rm. 728E
Washington, DC 20201
Phone: (202) 690-6373
Fax: (202) 401-4005
E-mail: France.Ashe-Goins@hhs.gov

Adrienne M. Smith, PhD, MS, CHES
Public Health Advisor, DHHS/OWH
200 Independence Avenue, SW, Rm. 733E
Washington, DC 20201
Phone: (202) 690-5884
Fax: (202) 690-7172
E-mail: Adrienne.Smith@hhs.gov

Panel Members

Nancy Atmospera-Walch, BSN, RN, MPH, NHA, CDE, CHES
President, AIM, Inc.
3763 Diamond Head Road
Honolulu, HI 96816
Phone: (808) 778-3832
Fax: (808) 537-5612
E-mail: walchnancy@yahoo.com

Agnes Attakai, MPA
Center for Health Equality
Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
University of Arizona
PO Box 210228
1145 North Campbell Ave
Tucson, AZ 85721-0228
Phone: (520) 318-7270 x 17
Fax: (520) 326-0435
E-mail: agnesa@email.arizona.edu

Dee Baldwin, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor
Georgia State University
Byrdine Lewis School of Nursing
P.O. Box 4019
Atlanta, GA 30302-4019
Phone: (404) 463-0573
Fax: (404) 651-3096
Fax: (404) 463-0683
E-mail: dbaldwin@gsu.edu

Sharon E. Barrett, MS
Consultant, Association of Clinicians
for the Underserved
President, SEB and Associates
10534 Green Mountain Circle
Columbia, MD 21044
Phone: (410) 992-1819
Fax: (410) 997-8864
E-mail: semily1@msn.com

Mia Barron, RN, BSN
Lupus Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator
Medical University of South Carolina
Division of Medicine/Rheumatology
96 Jonathan Lucas Street, Suite 912
Charleston, SC 29425
Phone: (843) 792-8997
Fax: (843) 792-7121
E-mail: barronm@musc.edu

Lydia Buki, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Educational Psychology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
188G Education Building, MC-708
1310 South Sixth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: (217) 265-5491
Fax: (217) 244-7620
E-mail: buki@uiuc.edu

Alice F. Chang, PhD
Founder, Academy for Cancer Wellness
6616 E. Carondelet Dr.
Tucson, AZ 85710-2119
Phone: (520) 722-4581
Fax: (520) 722-4582
E-mail: afchang@cancerhealth.org

Ming-der Chang, PhD
Executive Director, Chinese Unit
American Cancer Society
Eastern Division-NY
5 Mirrielees Road
Great Neck, NY 11021
phone : (718) 886-8890
fax : (718) 886-8981
E-mail: mchang@cancer.org

Lorraine Cole, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
YWCA USA
1015 18th Street, NW
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 467-0801
Fax: (202) 467-0802
E-mail: cole@ywca.org

Yvonne Collins, MD
Assistant Professor
Gynecologic Oncology
Department of OB/GYN
University of Illinois-Chicago
820 South Wood Street (MC 808)
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: (312) 413-9874
Fax: (312) 355-5656
E-mail: ycollins@uic.edu

Nereida Correa, MD, MPH
Associate Clinical Professor of OB/GYN &
Women's Health and of Family and Social Medicine
Director, Education Core Bronx Center to Reduce & Eliminate Ethnic and Racial Health Disparities Medical Director MIC Women's Health Services, MHRA
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1300 Morris Park Avenue, Mazer 104
Bronx, NY 10461
Phone: 718-430-2753
Fax: 718-430-3729
E-mail: ncorrea@aecom.yu.edu

Rachele Donnell, RN, NREMT-B
Nurse, Community Health Nursing
Red Lake Comprehensive Health Services
P.O. Box 249, Lakeside Highway 1
Red Lake, MN 56671
Phone: (218) 679-3316
Fax: (218) 679-3990
E-mail: rlchns@paulbunyan.net

Margaret Equopi Baté, MS
Program Coordinator
Department of Bioengineering
Beyond Traditional Borders
Rice University
6100 S. Main St.
Houston TX 77005
Phone: (713) 348-4793
Fax: (713) 348-5877
E-mail: mebate@rice.edu

Maria Elia Gomez-Murphy, MA
President & CEO of The Way of the Heart
The Promotora Institute
125 E. Madison Street
Nogales, AZ 85621
Phone: (520) 287-2240
Fax: (520) 287-2246
E-mail: wayheart@theriver.com

Miriam Ibrahim, MPH, OT, BS
Comprehensive Tobacco Use Prevention
Program Coordinator
Reno County Health Department
209 W. 2nd St.
Hutchinson, KS 67501
Phone: 620-694-2900
Fax: 620-694-9401
E-mail: miriam.ibrahim@renogov.org

Lily Jung, MD, MMM, FAAN
Medical Director
Multiple Sclerosis Program
Seattle Neuroscience Institute
Swedish Medical Center
600 Broadway
Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98122
Phone: 206-386-2800
Fax: 206-386-2845
E-mail: lily.jung@swedish.org

Hee-Soon Juon, PhD, MS
Associate Professor
John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Department of Health Policy & Management
Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Johns Hopkins University
624 N. Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21205
Phone: (410) 614-5410
Fax: (410) 955-7241
E-mail: hjuon@jhsph.edu

Onelia G. Lage, MD
Associate Professor/Clinical Pediatrics
Director, Adolescent Medical Education and Community Health
Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
1601 NW 12th Avenue
Miami, FL 33136
Phone: (305) 243-5880
Fax: (305) 243-5956
E-mail: olage@med.miami.edu

Erma Jean Lawson, RN, PhD
Associate Professor
University of North Texas
Department of Sociology
P.O. Box 311157
Denton, TX 76203
Phone: (940) 369-7473
Fax: (940) 565-4663
E-mail: elawson@scs.unt.edu

Carolyn Lofgren
Consultant, Native American Women's Health
President, GENERATIONS COMPANY
1107 Calle Corvo NE
Albuquerque, NM 87113
Phone: (505) 341-2999
E-mail: calofgren@msn.com

 

Twila Martin Kekahbah, MA
Director
Research & Development
United Tribes Technical College
3315 Bismarck, ND 58504
Phone: 701-255-3285 Ext: 1385
Fax: 701-530-0610
E-mail: tmartinkekahbah@uttc.edu

Vickie Mays, PhD, MSPH
Professor/Director
UCLA Center for Research, Education,
Training and Strategic Communication on Minority Health Disparities
Co-Director of Black C.A.R.E.
405 Hilgard Avenue
1285 Franz Hall, Box 951563
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563
Phone: (310) 206-5159
Fax: (310) 206-5895
E-mail: mays@ucla.edu

Martha Medrano, MD, MPH
Associate Dean of CME
Director, Hispanic Center of Excellence
University of Texas Health Science Center
7703 Floyd Curl Drive, MC 7745
San Antonio, TX 78229
Phone: (210) 567-0963
Fax: (210) 567-0974
E-mail: medranom@uthscsa.edu

Nancy E. Norman, MD, MPH
Medical Director
Boston Public Health Commission
1010 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
Phone: 617-534-5264
Fax: 617-534-7165
E-mail: nnorman@bphc.org

Jacqueline Nwando Olayiwola, MD, MPH
Staff Physician-Community Health Center, Inc.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
University of Connecticut Health Center
134 State Street
Meriden, CT 06450
Phone: (203) 237-2229 ext. 6025
Fax : (203) 686-1677
E-mail: onyejej@chc1.com

Nicole Prudent, MD, MPH
Pediatrician, Maternal and Child Health
Haitian Health Institute/BMC
1 Boston Medical Center Place
Boston, MA 02118-2393
Phone: (617) 414-3808
Fax: (617) 414-3810
E-mail: nicole.prudent@bmc.org

Gloria Sanchez-Araiza, MS, MPH
OB/GYN Special Projects Coordinator
1256 Stampede Way #2
Chula Vista, CA 91913
Phone: (619) 641-4427
Fax: (619) 641-2005
E-mail: Gloria.A.Sanchez@kp.org

Kelebogile Setiloane, PhD
Associate Professor of Nutrition
Director, African Studies Program
Department of Health Nutrition and Exercise Science
301D Willard Hall
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 10716
Phone: (302) 831-1560
Fax: (302)831-4186
E-mail: ksetil@udel.edu

Suganya Sockalingam, PhD
Senior Consultant
National Center for Cultural Competence
Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development
2721 Breakers Creek Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89134
Phone: (212) 957-5351
E-mail: suganya@mindspring.com

Nancy D. Soto
22 Towsen Road
Wayne, New Jersey 07470
Phone: (973) 720-0811
Fax: (973)720-0813
E-mail: latinahivorg@aol.com

Wehnona St.Cyr, MPH
Carl T.Curtis Health Education Center
P.O. Box 250
100 Indian Hills Drive
Macy, NE 68039
Phone: (402) 837-5381 Ext.127
Fax: (402) 837-5303
E-mail: Wehnona.Stcyr@ihs.gov

Ora Lea Strickland, PhD, ScD (Hon), RN, FAAN
Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff
School of Nursing
Emory University
1520 Clifton Road, N.E., Rm. 366
Atlanta, GA 30322
Work: (404) 727-7941
Fax: (404) 727-0536
E-mail: ostric@emory.edu

Rosetta Swinton, RN, FCN
President and CEO
New Beginnings Consultant Services
Health-E-AME
South Carolina AME Health Coordinator
1175 Mathis Ferry Rd M2
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
phone (843) 367-0858
Phone: (843) 876-1949
Fax: (843) 792-7476
E-mail: rswinton777@yahoo.com

Jacci Thompson-Dodd, MA, MSSS
Executive Director
WeSpeakLoudly
www.wespeakloudly.com
Phone: (206) 290-5624
E-mail: director@wespeakloudly.com

Lillian Tom-Orme, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
Research Assistant Professor
Health Research Center, DFPM
375 Chipeta Way, Suite A
Salt Lake City, UT 84108
Phone: (801) 585-5246
Fax: (801) 581-3623
E-mail: Ltomorme@hrc.utah.edu

Donna L. Washington, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
11301 Wilshire Boulevard, 111G
Los Angeles, CA 90073
Phone: (310) 478-3711 ext. 49479
Fax: (310) 268-4933
E-mail: donna.washington@va.gov

Gayle D. Weaver, PhD
Associate Professor
Division of Rehabilitation Sciences
School of Allied Health Sciences
University of Texas Medical Branch
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, TX 77555-1137
Phone: 409.772.9446
Fax: 409.747.1638
E-mail: gweaver@utmb.edu

Evaon C. Wong-Kim, LCSW, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Social Work
California State University, East Bay
25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard
Hayward, CA 94542
Phone: (510) 885-2148
Fax: (510) 885-7580
E-mail: evaon@csueastbay.edu

Barbara "Bobbie" Yee, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Family and
Consumer Sciences
University of Hawaii at Manoa,
CTAHR
2515 Campus Road
Miller Hall 110
Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: 808-956-2250
Fax: 808-956-2419
E-mail: yeebarba@hawaii.edu

Darlene Yee-Melichar, EdD, CHES
Professor, Geronotology
Coordinator, Long-Term Care
Administration
Director, Health, Mobility and Safety Lab
College of Health and Human Services
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue (HSS 242)
San Francisco, CA 94132
Phone: 415-338-3558
Fax: 415-338-3556
E-mail: Dyee@sfsu.edu

Current as of January 2007

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