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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 and Director
Division of Policy and Program Development, DHHS/OWH
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, RN, BSN,
MPH, LNHA, CCHN, CHES, CMC
President & CEO
AIM Healthcare Institute
3763 Diamond Head Road
Honolulu, HI 96816
Phone: (808) 778-3832
Fax: (808) 536-7100
walchnancy@yahoo.com

Agnes Attakai, MPA
Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
P.O. Box 245210
1295 N. Martin A219E
Tucson, AZ 85724
Phone: (520) 626-4727
Fax: (520) 626-8009
agnesa@email.arizona.edu

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

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

Mia Barron, RN, BSN
Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator
Heart and Vascular Center
Medical University of South Carolina
25 Courtenay Drive
Charleston, SC 29425
Phone: (843) 876-5566
Fax: (843) 792-7121
barronm@musc.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
afchang@cancerhealth.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
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
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, New York 10461
Phone: 718-430-2753
Fax: 718-430-3729
correanereida@aol.com

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

Margaret Equopi Bate', MS
Program Coordinator
Department of Bioengineering
Beyond Traditional Borders
Rice University
6100 S. Main St.
Houston TX 77005
713-348-4793
713-348-5877 fax
mebate@rice.edu

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

Miriam Ibrahim, MPH, OT
Associate Director, Administrative
& Community Health Services
Reno County Health Department
209 W. 2nd St.
Hutchinson, KS 67501
Phone: 620-694-2900
Fax: 620-694-9401
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
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, Maryland 21205
Phone: (410) 614-5410
Fax: (410) 955-7241
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
olage@med.miami.edu

Erma Jean Lawson, RN, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
University of North Texas
P.O. Box 311157
Denton, TX 76203
Phone: (940) 369-7473
Fax: (940) 565-4663
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
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
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, California 90095-1563
Phone: (310) 206-5159
Fax: (310) 206-5895
mays@ucla.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
nnorman@bphc.org

Jacqueline Nwando Olayiwola, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Chief Medical Officer
Community Health Center, Inc.
635 Main Street
Middletown, CT 06457
Phone: (860)852-0809
Fax: (860)638-6658
Nwando@chc1.com

Nicole Prudent, MD, MPH
Pediatrician, Maternal and Child Health
Haitian Health Institute
Boston Medical Center
850 Harrison Avenue
Suite 5N-08
Boston, MA 02118-2393
Phone: (617) 414-3808
Fax: (617) 414-3810
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
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, Delaware 10716
Phone: (302) 831-1560
Fax: (302) 831-4186
ksetil@udel.edu

Suganya Sockalingam, PhD
Founding Partner/Treasurer - Changematrix Co-Founder/Executive Director - TeamWorks
2721 Breakers Creek Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89134
Phone: 702-953-5743
Fax: 702-953-5743
ssockalingam@changematrix.org
teamworks@mindspring.com

Nancy D. Soto
22 Towsen Road
Wayne, New Jersey 07470
Phone: (973) 720-0811
Fax: (973)720-0813
LATINAHIVORG@AOL.COM

Wehnona St.Cyr, MPH
Carl T.Curtis Health Education Center
P.O. Box 250
100 Indian Hills Drive
Macy, Nebraska 68039
Phone: (402) 837-5381 Ext.127
Fax: (402) 837-5303
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
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
rswinton777@yahoo.com

Jacci Thompson-Dodd, MA, MSSS
Executive Director
WeSpeakLoudly
P.O. Box 95276
Seattle, WA 98145
Phone: 206-290-5624
director@wespeakloudly.com

Lillian Tom-Orme, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
Research Assistant Professor
Division of Epidemiology
AC 230 SOM
Department of Internal Medicine
and Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Oncological Sciences
30 North 1900 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84132
Phone: (801) 585-5246
Fax: (801) 581-3623
Lillian.Tomorme@hsc.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
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
gweaver@UTMB.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
Dyee@sfsu.edu

Content last updated September 19, 2008.

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