Current roster of the Advisory Committee to the Director, Working Group on Diversity

ACD Working Group on Diversity Roster
CO-CHAIRS:
Hannah Valantine, M.D.
Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity
National Institutes of Health
Roy Wilson, M.D.
President
Wayne State University
MEMBERS:
Gordon Moskowitz, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Psychology
Lehigh University
Jack Dovidio, Ph.D.
Dean of Academic Affairs of the FAS
Carl I. Hovland Professor of Psychology and Professor in the Institute for Social and Policy Studies and of
Epidemiology (Chronic Disease)
Yale University
Stanley Andrisse, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Assistant Professor, Howard University College of Medicine
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Edwin J. Barea-Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Dean for Student Success and Instructional Innovation
Roland K. and Jane W. Blumberg Professorship in Biosciences
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Steven Barnett, M.D.
Director, National Center for Deaf Health Research and Rochester Bridges to Doctorate
Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences
University of Rochester Medical Center
Sherilynn Black, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Biomedical Graduate Diversity
Assistant Professor, Practice in Medical Education
Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement
Duke University School of Medicine
George C. Hill, Ph.D.

Former Vice Chancellor and Chief Diversity Officer for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Levi Watkins Jr.,
M.D., Professor Emeritus in Medical Education and Administration and Professor Emeritus of Pathology,
Microbiology, and Immunology
Vanderbilt University
Rae Nishi, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scholar
Marine Biological Laboratory
Florastina Payton-Stewart, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Xavier University of Louisiana
Iris Romero, M.D.
Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
The University of Chicago Medicine
Nelson Sanchez, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell School of Medicine
Urgent Care Physician, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Healani Chang, Ph.D.
Program Director, Research Associate Specialist, Pacific Biosciences Research Center
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Teaching Excellence, Office of Faculty Development and Academic Support
Hilda Hutcherson, M.D., M.S.
Senior Associate Dean, Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, Columbia University, Vagelos College
of Physicians and Surgeons
Vijay Pendakur, EdD.
Robert W. and Elizabeth C. Staley Dean of Students, Cornell University
Siobhan Wescott, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Practice, North Dakota State University
Talithia Williams, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Associate Dean for Research and Experiential Learning, Harvey
Mudd College
EX OFFICIO MEMBERS:
Benjamin T. Butler
Senior Attorney
HHS Office of the General Counsel, NIH Branch
Noni Byrnes, Ph.D.
Acting Director
Center for Scientific Review

National Institutes of Health
Alison Gammie, Ph.D.
Director
Division of Training, Workforce Development and Diversity
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Kay Lund, Ph.D.
Director
Division of Biomedical Research Workforce
Office of Extramural Programs
National Institutes of Heal