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Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Presenters
Pages 95-116

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From page 95...
... Acosta, M.D., provides strategic vision and leadership for the Association of American Medical Colleges' (AAMC) diversity and inclusion activities across the medical education community and leads the association's Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion unit.
From page 96...
... His lab utilizes cutting-edge electrical, genetic, and computational tools to examine how cardiac injury remodels the autonomic nervous system, and how this dysregulation drives arrhythmogenesis. He is also an alumnus of the National Academies' New Voices Program and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Medical Fellows Program, and a recipient of the National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award (DP2)
From page 97...
... David J Asai, Ph.D., is currently senior director for science education at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
From page 98...
... Most importantly, she has learned how to support her patients through showing kindness, diligence, and empathy. Her love for her community has led her to serve as a member in two nonprofit organizations that both aim to provide medical assistance to communities in Ghana by teaming up with health-care pro­ viders and doing pop-up clinics and food, clothes, book, and toy drives.
From page 99...
... She received additional training through the Association of American Medical Colleges Health Services Research Institute, the Geriatric Education Center of Pennsylvania, and the Wharton School Executive Development Program. Reginald Blake, Ph.D., is interim associate provost and professor of physics at the New York City College of Technology (City Tech)
From page 100...
... He is currently the executive director of CSU's Center for STEM Education and Research, the executive director and co-principal investigator (PI) for the Illinois Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ILSAMP)
From page 101...
... approval in Q3 2021 and Q1 2022. From January 2018 to June 2020, he was global chief technology officer for the Pulmonary Hypertension Therapeutic Area.
From page 102...
... in engineering and applied physics from Harvard College magna cum laude at age 19 after entering Harvard Medi cal School at age 18 in the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, graduating with honors for the M.D. degree.
From page 103...
... Dr. Ennix received his medical degree from Meharry Medical College, surgical training in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Educational Foundation, and postgraduate cardiac surgery training at Baylor College of Medicine, where he joined the faculty for 4 years.
From page 104...
... 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.
From page 105...
... and Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) at the National S­cience Foundation (NSF)
From page 106...
... He attended a community college, then a 4-year college, and eventually medical school from where he plans on graduating in May 2022. He will begin his emergency medicine residency at Baylor College of Medicine in June 2022.
From page 107...
... Nickens Award from the American Association of Medical Colleges and is the founding chair of the W Montague Cobb/NMA Health Institute, dedicated to addressing health disparities.
From page 108...
... This legislation addressed a wide spectrum of issues, including public safety, education, health care, and environmental protections. As the first African American woman elected to the State Senate from Northern California, she created and presided over the California Commission on the Status of African American Males and the California Legislative Black Caucus, while working to defeat the punitive "three strikes law." Rep.
From page 109...
... MacLeish, Ph.D., received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Western Ontario, Canada, and his Ph.D. and postdoctoral training from the Department of Neurobiology at ­Harvard Medical School.
From page 110...
... Brittany L Mosby, Ed.D., is the director of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)
From page 111...
... for more than 11 years, she is currently serving her second term as the national chairperson for NSBE. She has previously served as the Region II chairperson, Region II treasurer and finance chair, UMD chapter president, UMD finance chair, and various NSBE Jr.
From page 112...
... Prior to his role at UT Southwestern, Dr. Nivet served as a member of the executive leadership team of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 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.
From page 113...
... Sullivan graduated magna cum laude from Morehouse College and earned his medical degree, cum laude, from ­Boston University School of Medicine. His postgraduate training included intern ship and residency in internal medicine at New York Hospital–­Cornell Medical Center (1958–1960)
From page 114...
... Tamara Thompson, M.B.A., is the assistant vice president of programs for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF)
From page 115...
... She currently serves as a STEM program director at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) , where she manages a $15 million portfolio initiative focused on broadening participation in STEM and advancing innovation capacity at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
From page 116...
... Initiative for Historically Black Colleges and Universities communities. More recently, Dr.


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