Attachment_7-0990-PatientCentered

Attachment 7

Patient Centered Care Collaboration to Improve Minority Health Steering Committee Members

Chicago (Three Members)

• George L. Bakris, MD, HonD, FAHA, FASN, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Professor of Medicine; Hypertensive Diseases Unit, Director;

• Edward Mensah, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, Associate Professor of Health Economics and Information Management; and

• Salim Al Nurridin, Healthcare Consortium of Illinois, Chief Executive Officer.

Houston (Three Members)

• Barbara Hayes, PhD, Texas Southern University, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Dean;

• Margo Hilliard, MD, Harris County Hospital, Community Services, Senior Vice President; and

• Lovell Jones, PhD, The University of Texas – Houston, Center for Research on Minority Health, Department of Health Disparities Research, Director and Professor; Reproductive Biology Program, Graduate School for Biomedical Sciences, Director; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Professor.

National (Four Members)

• Francis G. Lu, MD, University of California Davis, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Luke and Grace Kim Endowed Professor in Cultural Psychiatry/Dir. of Cultural Psychiatry/Assoc. Dir. of Gen. Psych. Residency Training;

• Charmaine D.M. Royal, PhD, Duke University, The Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Associate Research Professor; and

• Lilian Tom-Orme, PhD, MPH, MS, RN, FAAN University of Utah, Division of Epidemiology, Research Assistant Professor

• Robert O. Valdez, PhD, MHSA, Robert Wood Johnson Center for Health Policy, Executive Director and Foundation Professor, Family and Community Medicine and Economics; UNM Office of Community Health, Associate Director.

Federal (Two Members)

• Benedict I. Truman, MD, Center for Disease Control, Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office, Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Associate Director for Science; and

• Constance Pledger, EdD, PhD, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation, Interagency Center for Disability Research, Executive Director.

Office of Minority Health Patient Centered Care Collaboration Initiative		Page 0 of 2