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Appendix A: Committee and Staff Biosketches
Pages 251-262

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... consensus study team that authored Improving Representation in Clinical Trials and Research: Building Research 251
From page 252...
... Using innovative methods from implementation science to advocate and amplify the needs of various communities in pursuit of achieving population health and social justice at scale, she has done work to close the research-to-practice gap in firearm injury prevention, mental health (MH) , cancer care, HIV, and cardiovascular disease.
From page 253...
... She served on the Optum Behavioral Health Clinical and Scientific Advisory Board and is completing a consultation for Optum Behavioral Health. She is a senior advisor to the University of Pennsylvania Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics and an advisory board member for the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic-Expansion Evaluation Advisory Panel, ETUDES NIMH P50 Center (University of Pittsburgh)
From page 254...
... She has conducted international research in Croatia as a Fulbright Scholar and nationally with support from National Institutes of Health, Health Resources and Services Administration, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She has served on grant reviews committees for National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, John A
From page 255...
... , and endowed associate professor of prevention in social work in the School of Social Work, University of Washington. At SDRG and CTC, she oversees multidisciplinary staff dedicated to promoting healthy development and preventing substance misuse and other problem behaviors in young people through rigorous prevention science and dissemination of effective preventive interventions.
From page 256...
... Velma McBride Murry, Ph.D., is the Lois Autrey Betts Endowed Chair and associate provost, Office of Research and Innovation and University Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Health Policy at Vanderbilt School of Medicine and Human and Organizational Development at ­Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee. Her research focuses on examining the significance of context to everyday life experiences of African American families and youth with specific consideration to processes through which racism, and other social structural stressors, cascade through families to influence parenting and family functioning, quality of life, and youth developmental outcomes and adjustment, including mental and physical health.
From page 257...
... Dr. Saldana also is an intervention developer and has produced an evidence-based integrated behavioral preventive program for parental opioid/methamphetamine use, parenting deficits, mental health symptoms, and identified social determinants of health needs.
From page 258...
... He served as principal investigator on seven National Institute of Mental Health grants and coinvestigator on many others. His awards included the American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy, Division 27 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Theory and Research in Community Psychology, and Presidential Citation; American Public Health Association Carl Taube Award for Lifetime Contributions to Mental Health Services Research and Steve Banks Mentoring Award; Surgeon General's Exemplary Service Award; and Berkeley Citation.
From page 259...
... consensus study team that authored Decarcerating Correctional Facilities During ­COVID-19 and the planning committee for a National Academies workshop on improving the collection of indicators of criminal justice system involvement in population health data programs and has presented at National Academies workshops on health and incarceration and the means of violence. Her work been published in Lancet, JAMA, American Journal of Public Health, and Health Affairs and showcased in national outlets, such as the New York Times, NPR, and CNN.
From page 260...
... from the Harvard School of Public Health, and finished his residency training in family medicine at the Greater ­Lawrence Family Health Center in Lawrence, MA. STUDY STAFF Alina B
From page 261...
... in art history from the University of Maryland and an M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she was a Bloomberg American Health Initiative Fellow with a focus on adolescent health.
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... Dr. Martinez was a senior health researcher at Mathematica Policy Research, where she conducted research on the impact of health system change on the public health infrastructure, access to care for vulnerable populations, managed care, and the health care workforce.


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