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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