Thomas Adams, MSW, CAGS Acting Director Assoc. of Minority Health Professions Schools, Inc.
Graciela Alarcón, MD, MPH Jane Knight Lowe Chair of Medicine in Rheumatology (Emeritus), Dept of Medicine, Div. of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology Minority Health & Health Disparities Research Center University of Alabama at Birmingham
Kate Anastasia, MPA Director of Programs S.L.E. Lupus Foundation
Stacy Ardoin, MD, MSc Assistant Professor Ohio State University College of Medicine Division of Immunology and Rheumatology Davis Medical Research Center
Frances Ashe-Goins, RN, MPH Acting Director Office on Women's Health US Department of Health and Human Services
Gloria Bellymule- Zuniga, BSN, RN HIV/AIDS Program Director Association of American Indian Physicians
Mary Beth Bigley, DrPH, MSN, ANP Acting Director, Office of Science and Communications Office of the Surgeon General U.S. Public Health Service U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
John C. Davis, Jr, MD, MPH, MS Senior Medical Director, Early Clinical Development Genentech, Inc.
Greg Dennis, MD Senior Director Human Genome Sciences
Betty Diamond, MD Chief, Autoimmune Disease Center Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Dario Dieguez Jr, PhD Research Program Manager/Grants Administrator Education & Research Lupus Foundation of America, Inc
Margaret Dowd, MBA President & CEO Lupus Research Institute
Lisa Eng, DO Vice President Association of Chinese American Physicians
Angela L.W. Franklin, PhD Executive Vice President & provost Professor of Psychiatry Meharry Medical College
Michelle Gadsden-Williams, MS Vice President & Global Diversity Officer, Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Leslie Hanrahan VP, Education and Research Lupus Foundation of America
Margaret Knight Executive Director Association of American Indian Physicians
S. Sam Lim, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology Division of Rheumatology Emory University School of Medicine
Meggan Mackay, MD Associate Investigator Co-director, Program for Autoimmune Disease and Clinical Research Feinstein Institute
Jenny Palter Editor-in-Chief Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.
Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, MD, DrPH Solovy Arthritis Research Society Professor Research Professor of Medicine Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Division of Rheumatology
Jamila Rashid, PhD, MPH Associate Director for Research and Policy Office of Minority Health
Elena Rios, MD President & CEO National Hispanic Medical Association
Brad Rovin, MD, FACP, FASN Director, Division of Nephrology Professor of Internal Medicine and Pathology Ohio State University
Susan Sanders, MSA Public Health Advisor Office on Women's Health
Edward Treadwell, MD Professor of Medicine- Rheumatology/Immunology Brody School of Medicine- East Carolina University
Tammy Utset, MD, MPH Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Program Assoc Professor of Medicine, Sect of Rheumatology University of Chicago
David Wofsy, MD Professor of Medicine Associate Dean for Admissions UCSF School of Medicine
Ed Yelin, MD Professor in Residence of Medicine and Health Policy, Division of Rheumatology (DOM) and Institute for Health Policy Studies UCSF Department of Medicine
Cynthia Aranow, MD Associate Investigator, Program for Autoimmune Disease and Clinical Research Feinstein Institute
Eliza Chakravarty, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Immunology and Rheumatology Stanford University School of Medicine
Linda Druelinger, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Section of Emergency Medicine University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Linda Ehrlich-Jones, PhD, RN, CS Clinical Research Scientist Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Charles G. (Chad) Helmick, MD Captain, U.S. Public Health Service (Ret.) Medical Epidemiologist, Arthritis Program Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Wael Jarjour, MD, FACP Division Director, Immunology & Rheumatology William Davis Medical Research Center
Karen Mancera Cuevas, MS, CHES Lead Research Coordinator, Lupus Program Northwestern University
Patricia Murphy, MSN, CNP, CNM Nurse Practitioner, Division of Rheumatology Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation
Wyvetta O’neal, MBA, HCM, MT(ASCP) Assistant Professor, Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program Tuskegee University Department of Allied Health Sciences
Tammy Utset, MD, MPH (Chair) Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Program Associate Professor of Medicine University of Chicago Department of Medicine Section of Rheumatology
Cristina Drenkard MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine Emory School of Medicine Division of Rheumatology
Meggan Mackay, MD (Chair) Associate Investigator Co-director, Program for Autoimmune Disease and Clinical Research Feinstein Institute
Alison Neal, MPH Clinical Research Coordinator Ohio State University College of Medicine Division of Nephrology
Jeanne Ang, MCRP Associate Director, Primary Care Services Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center
Stacy Payne Ardoin, MD, MSc, FACR (Chair) Assistant Professor Ohio State University College of Medicine Division of Immunology and Rheumatology Davis Medical Research Center
Lisa Begg PH, RN Director of Research Programs Office of Research on Women's Health Office of the NIH Director National Institutes of Health/DHHS
Honi Kurzeja President Lupus Alliance of America
Jacquelyn Pelham, MD Director of Perinatology Saint Agnes Hospital
Valerie Rochester Director of Programs Black Women’s Health Imperative
Jillian Rose, LMSW Program Supervisor, Lupus Line Hospital for Special Surgery
Beverly Taylor, MD Associate Professor, Clinical and Interim Chair Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine Director, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine Residency Program Morehouse School of Medicine
Lisa Amaker Director, The Lupus Initiative info@lupusinitiative.org
Sheryl McCalla Liaison, The Lupus Initiative
Cirena Rolling Administrative Assistant, The Lupus Initiative
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Cathy Dawson Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy Program Tuskegee University
Greg Dennis, MD (Chair) Senior Director Human Genome Sciences
Roberta Horton, LCSW, ACSW Director, Social Work Programs Hospital for Special Surgery
Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, MD, DrPH (Chair) Professor of Medicine Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Division of Rheumatology
Emily Somers, PhD, ScM Assistant Professor University of Michigan Division of Rheumatology A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center
James Tumlin, MD Director Southeast Renal Research Institute
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