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Appendix B: Biographies of Roundtable Members and Speakers
Pages 85-106

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From page 85...
... In addition, Dr. Turekian worked at the State Department as a special assistant and adviser to the under secretary for global affairs (2002–2006)
From page 86...
... Dr. Laurencin is the editor-in-chief of Regenerative Engineering and Translational Medicine, published by Springer Nature, and is the founder of the Regenerative Engineering Society.
From page 87...
... Laurencin Lifetime Research Achievement Award, given during the opening ceremonies of the National Medical Association meeting.
From page 88...
... in zoology from Howard University, graduated from Temple University School of Medicine, and completed her residency in emergency medicine at the Jacobi/Montefiore Emergency Medicine Residency Program. She is a practicing emergency department physician at Montefiore Health System in the Bronx, New York.
From page 89...
... In total, he served as the scientific lead on half a billion dollars of investments in medical device technologies. He was previously the first African American full professor of surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, chief of cardiac surgery at Pennsylvania Hospital; professor and chairman of cardiovascular, thoracic, and vascular surgery at Carolina's HealthCare System, a University of North Carolina affiliate.
From page 90...
... Between 1977 and 1979, she served as program officer in the Science Education Directorate of the National Science Foundation (NSF)
From page 91...
... , where he provided leadership on issues surrounding community engagement, diversity, and health equity at medical schools and teaching hospitals across the United States and Canada. Prior to joining AAMC, Dr.
From page 92...
... Beyond work, he is vice president of the Cincinnati Chapter of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers and is active in the local Cincinnati Section of the American Chemical Society, where he is involved in STEM outreach throughout the greater Cincinnati region. Since 2012, Dr.
From page 93...
... In her second year at St. Michael Academy, she was promoted to chairperson of the Science Department where she led a small department of four science teachers.
From page 94...
... Brown among the 40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health. An avid writer, he served with the ABC News Medical Unit, and has contributed health equity and wellness pieces to The New York Times, USA Today, GQ, Emergency Medicine News, and The Root.
From page 95...
... Dr. Pulliam also co-founded the Chemistry Diversity Initiative at Purdue University to recruit and retain underrepresented minority (URM)
From page 96...
... Department of Education and the New York State Education Department (NYSED)
From page 97...
... Sanford Institute, a not-for-profit organization serving Central Brooklyn that "empowers parents by enhancing their understanding of the current New York State education reforms; engages community leaders to develop neighborhood-based strategies and policies designed to marshal the human and cultural capital necessary to guarantee that our youth are college and
From page 98...
... While at NASA, Dr. Harris conducted research in musculoskeletal physiology and clinical investigations of space adaptation and developed in-flight medical devices to extend astronaut stays in space.
From page 99...
... He is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is an assistant professor of clinical psychopharmacology at Teachers College, Columbia University. Zenephia Evans, Ph.D., is an associate dean of students at Purdue University, after serving as the director of the Science Diversity Office, director of the Multicultural Science Programs, associate director of the Science Diversity Office, and biological sciences faculty lecturer and lab coordinator in the College of Science.
From page 100...
... While serving as Rotary Club president, the club initiated the Rotary Reads project at Miller Elementary School, Murdock Elementary, and currently at Tippecanoe Child Daycare at Wabash Landing. She served as a member of the Rotary District 6560 World Community Service Foundation.
From page 101...
... Dowin Boatright, M.D., M.B.A., M.H.S., is an assistant professor of emergency medicine. He is a former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at Yale, and prior to his fellowship, he completed his training and chief residency in the Denver Health Emergency Medicine Residency.
From page 102...
... He has participated directly in the health and health-care system, first practicing emergency medicine and teaching medical students and residents at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University. He is the past chairman of the Board of Directors of the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, the major teaching hospital of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
From page 103...
... She serves as the deputy director for the Summer Health Professions Education Program, a national pipeline program to increase diversity in the health professions. She also leads initiatives focused on cultural competence in medical education, building collaborations and partnerships to advance diversity, and research and evaluation projects focused on diversity in the health-care workforce.
From page 104...
... Wiederhorn was the chief of staff to the president of the then Health and Hospitals Corporation and associate executive director of MetroPlus Health Plan. Nancy Oriol, M.D., is faculty associate dean for community engagement in medical education at Harvard Medical School (HMS)
From page 105...
... The educational innovations included co-creating the HMS Division of Service Learning and integrating mannequin simulation to the medical student curriculum as well as co-founding a novel, s­imulation-based high school STEM program, which partners with 30 local high schools. In addition, she co-founded a public health outreach program of Harvard Medical School and co-created a collaborative of more than 700 mobile health clinics, that provides novel assessment tools such as the Mobile Clinic ROI Calculator and the Public Health Quality Calculator.
From page 106...
... She is a passionate advocate, global mentor, education policy strategist, and champion for equity in STEM.


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