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Office on Women's Health

Minority Women's Health Panel of Experts

The Office on Women's Health (OWH) established the Minority Women's Health Panel of Experts in response to its 1997 conference, "Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Partnerships to Improve Minority Women's Health." The panel is composed of physicians, clinicians, community advocates, and academicians working in communities and health settings around the country that serve racially and ethnically diverse women.

The five major ethnic groups (African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, and Hispanic) are represented among the panel members, who have expertise in a variety of disciplines, including young women's health, women and aging, health care delivery systems, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, violence against women, mental health, substance abuse, breast/cervical cancer, diabetes, heart disease, immigrant/refugee women's health, public health research, cultural competency in women's health, and health policy.

The major focus of the panel is to ensure that the ethnic minority focus is incorporated throughout OWH programs, policies and initiatives by 1) providing input to and serving as a resource for the United States Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office on Women's Health, in support of the OWH's goals to improve the health of women and in the development of minority women's health initiatives; and 2) providing input to the Department/Secretarial initiatives, targeted to enhance the health of minority women in the United States.

Facilitator

Ledia I. Martínez, MD, MPH
Regional Women's Health Liaison
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office on Women's Health
200 Independence Avenue, SW, Rm. 728E
Washington, D.C. 20201
Phone: 202-205-1960
Fax: 202-401-4005
E-mail: E-mail: Ledia.Martinez@hhs.gov

Panel Members

Nancy Atmospera-Walch, BSN, RN, MPH, NHA, CDE, CHES
President
AIM, Inc.
3544 Pahoa Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96816
Phone: 808-778-3832 or 808-739-3948
Fax: 808-536-7200
E-mail: n.walch@yahoo.com

Agnes Attakai, MPA
Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
P.O. Box 245210
1295 N. Martin A219E
Tucson, AZ 85724
Phone: 520-626-4727
Fax: 520-626-8009
E-mail: agnesa@email.arizona.edu

Dee Baldwin, PhD, RN, FAAN
Assocaite Dean/Director
School of Nursing University of North Carolina, Charlotte
9201 University City Boulevard
Charlotte, North Carolina 28223
Phone: 704-687-7952
Fax: 704-687-6017
E-mail: dbaldwi5@uncc.edu

Sharon E. Barrett, PhD(c), MS
Consultant, Association of Clinicians
for the Underserved
President, SEB and Associates
10534 Green Mountain Circle
Columbia, Maryland 21044
Phone: 410-992-1819
Fax: 410-997-8864
E-mail: semily1@msn.com

Mia Barron, RN, BSN
Lupus Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator
Medical University of South Carolina
Division of Medicine/Rheumatology
96 Jonathon Lucas Street, Suite 912
Charleston, SC 29425
Phone: 843-792-8997
Fax: 843-792-7121
E-mail: barronm@musc.edu

Alice F. Chang, PhD
Founder, Academy for Cancer Wellness
6616 E. Carondelet Dr.
Tucson, AZ 85710-2119
Phone: 520-722-4581
Fax: 520-722-4582
E-mail: afchang@cancerhealth.org

Lorraine Cole, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
YWCA USA
1015 18th Street, NW
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-467-0801
Fax: 202-467-0802
E-mail: cole@ywca.org

Yvonne Collins, MD, FACOG
Advocate Christ Medical Center
4400 West 95th Street
Physicians Pavilion, Suite 207
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
Phone: 708-684-5630
Fax: 708-684-4949
E-mail: momentum5@sbcglobal.net

Nereida Correa, MD, MPH
Associate Clinical Professor of OB/GYN &
Women's Health and of Family and Social Medicine
Director MIC Women's Health Services
Public Health Solutions
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1300 Morris Park Avenue, Mazer 104
Bronx, New York 10461
Phone: 718-430-2792 or 718-630-7617
Fax: 718-430-3729
E-mail: correanereida@aol.com

Rachele Donnell, RN, NREMT-B
Nurse
Red Lake Comprehensive Health Services
P.O. Box 249
Red Lake, Minnesota 56671
Phone: 218-679-3316
Fax: 218-679-3990
E-mail: rlchns@paulbunyan.net

Margaret Equopi Bate', MS
Community Health Educator
Department of Applied Gerontology
University of North Texas
1000 West Valley Ridge Boulevard
Suite 11201
Lewisville, TX 75077
Phone: 832-771-5830
E-mail: mequopibate@yahoo.com

Maria Gomez-Murphy, MA, MAIA, MPA
President & CEO
The Way of the Heart: The Promotora Institute
1012 N Grand Ave., Suite 15
Nogales, Arizona 85621
Phone: 520-440-4897
Fax: 520-287-2246
E-mail: mariagomezmurphy@gmail.com

Miriam Ibrahim, MPH, OT, BS
Associate Director
Reno County Health Department
209 W. 2nd St.
Hutchinson, KS 67501
Phone: 620-694-2900
Fax: 620-694-9401
E-mail: miriam.ibrahim@renogov.org

Lily Jung, MD, MMM, FAAN
Swedish Neuroscience Specialists
Medical Director of Neurology Clinic
Swedish Neuroscience Institute
550 17th Ave, Suite 540
Seattle, WA 98122
Phone: 206-386-3880
Fax: 206-386-2845
E-mail: lily.jung@swedish.org

Hee-Soon Juon, PhD, MS
Associate Professor
John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Department of Health Policy & Management
Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Johns Hopkins University
624 N. Broadway
Baltimore, Maryland 21205
Phone: 410-614-5410
Fax: 410-955-7241
E-mail: hjuon@jhsph.edu

Onelia G. Lage, MD
Associate Professor/Clinical Pediatrics
Director, Adolescent Medical
Education and Community Health
Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
1601 NW 12th Avenue
Miami, FL 33136
Phone: 305-243-5880
Fax: 305-243-5956
E-mail: olage@med.miami.edu

Erma Jean Lawson, RN, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
University of North Texas
P.O. Box 311157
Denton, TX 76203
Phone: 940-369-7473
Fax: 940-565-4663
E-mail: elawson@live.com

Carolyn Lofgren
President
Generations Company
1107 Calle Corvo NE
Albuquerque, NM 87113
Phone: 505-341-2999
E-mail: calofgren@msn.com

Twila Martin Kekahbah, MA
Director
Research & Development
United Tribes Technical College
3315 Bismarck, ND 58504
Phone: 701-400-0059
Fax: 701-223-2021
E-mail: tmartinkekahbah@yahoo.com

Vickie Mays, PhD, MSPH
Professor/Director
UCLA Center for Research, Education, Training and Strategic Communication on Minority Health Disparities
Co-Director of Black C.A.R.E.
405 Hilgard Avenue
1285 Franz Hall, Box 951563
Los Angeles, California 90095-1563
Phone: 310-206-5159
Fax: 310-206-5895
E-mail: maysv@nicco.sscnet.ucla.edu

Nancy E. Norman, MD, MPH
Medical Director
Boston Public Health Commission
1010 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
Phone: 617-534-5264
Fax: 617-534-7165
E-mail: nnorman@bphc.org

Jacqueline Nwando Olayiwola, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.F.P.
Chief Medical Officer
Community Health Center, Inc.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, University of Connecticut
635 Main Street
Middletown, CT 06457
Phone: 860-852-0809
Fax: 860-638-6658
E-mail: Nwando@chc1.com

Nicole Prudent, MD, MPH
Pediatrician, Maternal and Child Health
Haitian Health Institute/BMC
1 Boston Medical Center Place
Boston, MA 02118-2393
Phone: 617-414-3808
Fax: 617-414-3810
E-mail: nicole.prudent@bmc.org

Gloria Sanchez-Araiza, MS, MPH
Genetic Counselor
OB/GYN Special Projects Coordinator
1256 Stampede Way #2
Chula Vista, CA 91913
Phone: 610-210-4048
Fax: 619-641-2005
E-mail: Gloria.A.Sanchez@kp.org
E-mail: gsanchez11@cox.net

Lola Sablan Santos
Chief Executive Officer
Guam Communications Network
4201 Long Beach Blvd., Suite 218
Long Beach, CA 90807
Phone: 562-989-5690, Ext.22 or 619-946-4899
Fax: 562-989-5694
E-mail: lolasgcn@gmail.com

María del Carmen Santos-Ortiz, Ph.D., CHES
Social Sciences Department
Health Education Program
Graduate School of Public Health
Medical Sciences Campus
University of Puerto Rico
P.O. Box 00936-5067
San Juan, PR 00936-5067
Phone: 787-274-0582
Fax: 787-754-6621
E-mail: maria.santos7@upr.edu

Kelebogile Setiloane, PhD
Associate Professor of Nutrition
Director, African Studies Program
Department of Health Nutrition and Exercise Science
301D Willard Hall
University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware 10716
Phone: 302-831-1560
Fax: 302-831-4186
E-mail: ksetil@udel.edu

Suganya Sockalingam, PhD
Founding Partner/CEO
Change Matrix, Inc.
Co-Founder
ED Teamworks
2721 Breakers Creek Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89134
Phone: 212-957-5351
E-mail: suganya@mindspring.com

Nancy D. Soto
Educator/Advocator
National Latina Health Network
22 Towsen Road
Wayne, New Jersey 07470
Phone: 973-720-0811 or 973-626-7779
Fax: 973-720-0813
E-mail: latinahivorg@aol.com
E-mail: sotoway@aol.com

Ora Lea Strickland, PhD, ScD (Honorary), RN, FAAN
Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff
School of Nursing
Emory University
1520 Clifton Road, N.E., Rm. 366
Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone: 404-727-7941
Fax: 404-727-0536
E-mail: ostric@emory.edu

Rosetta Swinton, RN, FCN
President and CEO
New Beginnings Consultant Services
Health-E-AME
South Carolina AME Health Coordinator
1175 Mathis Ferry Rd M2
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
Phone 843- 367-0858 or 843-876-1949
Fax: 843-792-7476
E-mail: rswinton777@yahoo.com

Jacci Thompson-Dodd, MA, MSSS
Executive Director
WeSpeakLoudly
4358 NE 55th
Seattle, WA 98105
Phone: 206-290-5624
Fax: 206-721-3993
E-mail: director@wespeakloudly.com
E-mail: jaccitd@yahoo.com

Lillian Tom-Orme, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
Research Assistant Professor
Division of Epidemiology
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Utah
295 Chipeta Way
Salt Lake City, Utah 84132
Phone: 801-585-5246
Fax: 801-581-3623
E-mail: Lillian.Tomorme@hsc.utah.edu

Donna L. Washington, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Veterans Affairs
Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
11301 Wilshire Boulevard, 111G
Los Angeles, CA 90073
Phone: 310-478-3711 ext. 49479
Fax: 310-268-4933
E-mail: donna.washington@va.gov

Gayle D. Weaver, Ph.D.
Senior Service Fellow - Behavioral Scientist
Partnership Support Branch
Division of Public Health Capacity Development
Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road, M/S: E-86
Atlanta, GA 30333
Phone: 770-488-1625
E-mail: gew6@cdc.gov

Darlene Yee-Melichar, EdD, CHES
Professor, Geronotology
Coordinator, Long-Term Care
Administration
Director, Health, Mobility and Safety Lab
College of Health and Human Services
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
Phone: 415-338-3558
Fax: 415-338-3556
E-mail: dyee@sfsu.edu

Content last updated August 5, 2010.

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