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High School Contacts Undergraduate Contacts

University of California, San Francisco

Bonnie L. Halpern-Felsher, Ph.D.
Program Director

Sheila McLaughlin, M.F.A.
Program Coordinator
University of California, San Francisco
Division of Adolescent Medicine
3333 California Street, Suite 245
San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone: (415) 476-8664
Fax: (415) 476-6106
Email: McLaughlinS@peds.ucsf.edu


University of Hawaii at Manoa

George Hui, Ph.D.
Program Director
University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine
Department of Tropical Medicine and Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology
651 Ilalo St., BSB 320
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 692-1627
Fax: (808) 692-1979
Email: ghui@hawaii.edu


Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science

Keith Norris, M.D.
Program Director

Ms. Dee Fleming
Program Coordinator
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
11705 Deputy Yamamoto Place Suite B
Lynwood, CA 90262
Phone: (323) 249-5716
Fax: (323) 357-3795
Email: deefleming@cdrewu.edu


University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Carolee Dodge Francis, Ed.D.
Program Director

DeeJay Chino, M.P.A.
Program Coordinator
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
American Indian Research and Education Center
School of Community Health Sciences
4505 Maryland Parkway
Box 453063
Las Vegas, NV 89154-3063
Phone: 702-895-5586
Fax: 702-895-3979
Email: chinoe@unlv.nevada.edu

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Emil Bogenmann, Ph.D., Ed.D.
Program Director

Mercedes Gonzalez
Program Coordinator
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
The Saban Research Institute
4650 Sunset Boulevard, MS#84
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Phone: (323) 361-8615
Fax: (323) 361-8054
Email: megonzalez@chla.usc.edu


Pennsylvania State University

Judith Bond, Ph.D.
Director

Gail Matters, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator
Penn State College of Medicine
Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, H171
500 University Drive
Hershey, PA 17033
Phone: (717) 531-4098
Fax: (717) 531-7072
Email: gmatters@psu.edu


American Physiological Society

Marsh Matyas, Ph.D.
Program Director

Brooke Bruthers
Program Coordinator
American Physiological Society
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: (717) 531-4098
Fax: (717) 531-7072
Email: bbruthers@the-aps.org

NIDDK Contacts

Delia L. Houseal, MPH
      OR
Jennifer Curry
II Democracy Plaza, Room 904, 6707 Democracy Blvd., Bethesda, MD 20892
Email: niddkstepup@mail.nih.gov
Phone: 301-443-8415