Health Equity Advisory Committee

The Alliance's Health Equity Advisory Committee provides strategic guidance on resource allocation and programmatic focus within the health equity landscape. The committee's volunteer experts ensure the Alliance addresses pressing colorectal cancer challenges and develops sustainable strategies for achieving health equity.

Committee

Lucile Adams-Campbell, PhD

Associate Director, Minority Health & Health Disparities Research

Georgetown University

Jasmine Akuffo, MPH

Lead Analyst, Health Equity and Social Justice

National Association of County and City Health Officials

Nilofer Azad, MD

Professor of Oncology

John Hopkins University School of Medicine

Jana Babatunde-Bey, MBA

Founder & CEO

J. Bey Entertainment

Susan Berhane, MPA

Associate Director, Global Patient Advocacy

Bristol Myers Squibb

Eucharia Borden, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C, FAOSW

Vice President of Programs and Health Equity

Family Reach

 

Jennifer Bretsch, MS

Director of Programs

Association of American Medical Colleges, Center for Health Justice

Angela Caraway

Founder

The Caraway Foundation

Ayla Cobb

Patient Advocate

Chyke Doubeni, MD, MPH

Chief Health Equity Officer

Ohio State Wexner Medical Center

Trevelle Ellis, MD, PhD

Senior Medical Officer, Screening

Exact Sciences

Jacquelyne Gaddy, MD

Deputy Director, Diversity Enhancement Program in Oncology

Yale Center for Gastrointestinal Cancers

Linda Goler Blount, MPH

President and CEO

Black Woman's Health Imperative

Nikki Hayes, MPH

Branch Chief, Epidemiology and Applied Research Branch

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Djenaba A. Joseph MD, MPH

Chief, Program Services Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Vanja Knezevic, MBA

Manager, Clinic Operations, Colon & Rectal Surgery Swedish First Hill

Laura Lane

Manager of our Breast and Colorectal Surgical Network

Swedish Health

Karen Mancera-Cuevas, DrPH, MS, MPH, CHES

Senior Director, Health Equity

National Health Council

Matthew McCurdy, MPH

Co-Founder and Executive Director

BLKHLTH

Marcus S. Noel, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine and Director of Clinical Research Management Office

MedStar Health-MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Charles R. Rogers, PhD, MPH, MS, MCHES

Founder & President

Colorectal Cancer Equity Foundation

Jenna Scott

Patient Advocate

 

Scout, MA, PhD

Executive Director

National LGBT Cancer Network

Latha Shivakumar, PhD, CHCP

Senior Director, Clinical Education and Research

Association of Community Cancer Centers

Richard C. Wender, MD

Robert G. Dunlop Professor and Chair

Department of Family Medicine and Community Health

Perelman School of Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

Pascale White, MD, MBA, MS, FACG

Associate Professor of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Director, Health Equity in Action for Liver and Digestive Diseases (HEALD)

Co-Founder, Association of Black Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists (ABGH)

Kia Wilson

President

The Mauve Agency

Keith Winfrey, MD

Chief Medical Officer

New Orleans East Louisiana Community Health Center (NOELA CHC)

Ronald Wyatt, MD, MHA

Senior Fellow IHI

Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine

Annika Young

President

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