SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

Ezemenari M. Obasi, PhD, RCMI PI

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Professor of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences; Director, HEALTH Research Institute, University of Houston

Melissa L. Bondy, PhD

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Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health; Stanford Medicine,

Stanford Cancer Institute

David Francis, PhD

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Professor of Psychology; Director of the Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics,

University of Houston

Preethi Gunaratne, PhD

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Professor of Biology and Biochemistry; Director of Sequencing and Gene Editing Core,

University of Houston

Jessica Mantel, JD, MPP

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Professor of Law; Co-Director, Health Law and Policy Institute,

University of Houston

Velma McBride Murry, PhD

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Professor of Health Policy; Associate Director, CTSA Community Engagement Core,

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Michael Otto, PhD

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Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences; Health

System Innovation and Policy,

Boston University

Payam Sheikhattari, MD, MPH

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Professor of School and Community Health Policy; Director, Prevention Sciences Research Center,

Morgan State University

Deborah Linares, PhD

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Division of Scientific Programs, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities