Offices of Minority Health
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Office of the Secretary
CDC and AHRQ previously had established such offices administratively and AHRQ had established a senior advisor position on minority health to serve as a focal point for coordinating minority health disparities work in the agency. Both HRSA and AHRQ have elected to keep their current reporting structure, under provisions of the ACA.
These offices join the existing HHS Office of Minority Health and NIH National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to lead and coordinate activities that improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations and eliminate health disparities.
Agency for Healthcare Research Quality (AHRQ)
Agency Profile
Francis D. Chesley, Jr., MD
Director, Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations
540 Gaither Road, Room 2034
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 427-1521
francis.chesley@ahrq.hhs.gov
Priority Populations: http://www.ahrq.gov/populations/
2010 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qrdr10.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Agency Profile
Leandris Liburd, PhD, MPH
Director, Office of Minority Health and Health Equity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Mail stop K-77
4770 Buford Hwy
Atlanta, GA 30329
(770) 488 - 8200
leandris.liburd@cdc.hhs.gov
http://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/OMHHE.html
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Agency Profile
Cara V. James, PhD
Director, Office of Minority Health
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
7500 Security Blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21244
(410) 786-6842
Cara.James@cms.hhs.gov
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Agency Profile
Jonca Bull, MD
Director, Office of Minority Health
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
Bldg. 32 Room 2329
Silver Spring, MD 20903
(301) 796-8000
Jonca.Bull@fda.hhs.gov
http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/OC/OfficeofMinorityHealth/default.htm
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Agency Profile
Michelle Allender-Smith, RN, MS
Director, Office of Health Equity
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 12-61
Rockville, MD 20857
(301) 443 – 5323
mallender-smith@hrsa.gov
http://www.hrsa.gov/about/organization/bureaus/osha/keystaff.html
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
John Ruffin, PhD
Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
National Institutes of Health
6707 Democracy Blvd. Suite 800
Bethesda, MD 20892-5465
(301) 402-1366
ruffinj@mail.nih.gov
http://www.nimhd.nih.gov
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Agency Profile
Larke Nahme Huang, PhD
Director, Office of Behavioral Health Equity
Office of the Administrator
One Choke Cherry Drive, Room 8-1051
Rockville, MD 20857
(240) 276-2014
larke.huang@samhsa.hhs.gov
Regional offices of minority health, map
http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=2&lvlid=188
Below you will find a map with contact information for each of the state offices of minority health, a list of state profiles, a copy of the 2011 disparities in health legislation, and a number of other relevant links.
Find state offices of minority health, maphttp://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=2&lvlID=187
State offices of minority health, profiles
http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabId=14299
Disparities in health: state legislation introduced in 2011
http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=14298
Health reform activities, from the National Conference of State Legislatures
http://www.ncsl.org/healthreform
State actions to implement health reform
http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=22031
State reports and research
http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=21448
http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=21388