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

    AuhnReel