The Expert Panel works in collaboration with the National Task Force on Hepatitis B: Focus on Asians and Pacific Islanders. The Task Force, organized in 1997, brings together scientists, health professionals, not-for-profit organizations, and concerned citizens in a concerted effort to eliminate hepatitis B-related mortality and morbidity over the next generation. The Task Force's mission is to support national, state, and local efforts to prevent new hepatitis B infections through vaccination, to identify chronically infected individuals, and to offer appropriate treatment and cancer screening.

Hepatitis B Expert Panel Participants:

Angela An
Representing USABC
Executive Director, U.S. Asia Center

Mirtha R. Beadle, MPA
Deputy Director
Office of Minority Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Joan M. Block, RN, BSN
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Hepatitis B Foundation

Carol L. Brosgart, MD
Vice President, Public Health and Policy
Gilead Sciences

Jeffrey Caballero, MPH
Executive Director
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations

Denton Chase
Communications Representative
Asian Health Foundation

Moon S. Chen, Jr., PhD, MPH
Professor and Principle Investigator
Liver Cancer Control Investigations for Asian Americans
University of California Davis Cancer Center

Chari Cohen, MPH
Senior Program Manager
Hepatitis B Foundation

Molli C. Conti
Associate Director – B-PAL Program
Bristol-Myers Squibb

Corinna Dan
Chief Operating Officer
Hepatitis Foundation International

Son T. Do, MD
Past Chair, Task Force
Digestive Health Associates of Texas

Edward Doo, MD
Director, Liver Disease Research Program
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH

Ted Fang
Executive Director
Asian Week Foundation

A. Sam Gerber, MS, RD
Public Health Analyst
Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Garth N. Graham, MD, MPH
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health
Office of Minority Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

J. Michael Hall
Representing American Liver Foundation (ALF)

Mary C. Hitch
Senior Policy Advisor
Office of External Relations
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Jay Hoofnagle, MD
Senior Investigator
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH

Jessica Hwang, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Deeana Jang
Policy Director
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum

Karen E. Kim, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine
American Cancer Society/Asian Health Coalition of Illinois

W. Ray Kim, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic

Sarah Landry
Director, Vaccine Public Policy and Advocacy
GlaxoSmithKline

Hong Liu, PhD
Executive Director
Asian Health Coalition of Illinois

Anna Lok, MD
Director of Clinical Hepatology
University of Michigan, Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology

Kate Moraras
Research Fellow, Office of Minority Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Kim Nguyen
WA State API Hepatitis B Program
Coordinator, Within Reach

Henry Pollack, MD
Associate Professor
NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health

Tanya Pagán Raggio-Ashley, MD, MPH, FAAP
Director, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
Chief Medical Officer
Health Resources and Services Administration

Kyu Rhee, MD, MPP, FAAP, FACP
Director, Office of Innovation and Program Coordination
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
National Institutes of Health

Daniel Riedford
Associate Director of Policy, Planning, and External Affairs
Division of Viral Hepatitis, NCHHSTP
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Frank Silva
Senior Advisor on Health Disparities
Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
Health Resources and Services Administration

Samuel So, MD, FACS
Director
Asian Liver Center at Stanford University

Carol Sparks
Perinatal HBV Coordinator
CA Dept Public Health

CAPT Raymond A. Strikas, M.D., FACP
U.S. Public Health Service
Medical Officer
National Vaccine Program Office
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Jenny Ta, M.S.
Research Fellow, Office of Minority Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Janelle Tangonan Anderson, M.A.
Co-coordinator, National Task Force on Hepatitis B
Editorial Assistant, Immunization Action Coalition

Chris Taylor
Viral Hepatitis Program Manager and Chair
National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Director and
National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable

Thelma King Thiel
Chaiman and CEO
Hepatitis Foundation International

Ho Luong Tran, MD, MPH
President and CEO
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum

Naoky Tsai, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Hawaii

Thomas Tsang, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer
Charles B. Wang Community Health Center

Susan Van Aacken, MSPP
Public Health Analyst
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Office of the Director
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Susan Wang
Medical Officer, Division of Viral Hepatitis
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

John Ward, MD
Director, Division of Viral Hepatitis, NCHHSTP
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Cindy Weinbaum, MD, MPH
Medical Epidemiologist
Division of Viral Hepatitis, NCHHSTP
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Deborah L. Wexler, MD
Executive Director
Immunization Action Coalition

Jacquie Wilson
Associate Director, Alliance Development
Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation

Janet Zola, MPH
Health Promotion Specialist, Communicable Disease Control and Prevention
San Francisco Department of Public Health