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Examining the Health Disparities Research Plan of the National Institutes of Health: Unfinished Business (2006)

Chapter: Appendix C List of Participants Providing Testimony or Written Commentary to the Committee

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C List of Participants Providing Testimony or Written Commentary to the Committee." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Examining the Health Disparities Research Plan of the National Institutes of Health: Unfinished Business. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11602.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C List of Participants Providing Testimony or Written Commentary to the Committee." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Examining the Health Disparities Research Plan of the National Institutes of Health: Unfinished Business. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11602.
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C List of Participants Providing Testimony or Written Commentary to the Committee TESTIMONY TO THE COMMITTEE Lawrence Agodoa, M.D., Director, Office of Minority Health Research Coordination, National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health Duane Alexander, M.D., Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Barbara Alving, M.D., MACP, Deputy Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health Victoria A. Cargill, M.D., M.S.C.E., Director of Minority Research, Director of Clinical Studies, Office of AIDS Research, National Institutes of Health Francis D. Chesley, Jr., M.D., Director, Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services Gail C. Christopher, D.N., Director, Health Policy Institute, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Mark Clanton, M.D., Deputy Director, Office of the Director, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health Gem Daus, M.A., Policy Director Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum Adolph Falcon, Director of Policy, National Alliance for Hispanic Health Charles Francis, M.D., Office of Health Disparities, New York Academy of Medicine René González, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities Garth Graham, M.D., M.P.H., Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health, Department of Health and Human Services 119

120 EXAMINING THE HEALTH DISPARITIES RESEARCH PLAN OF THE NIH Doug Hussey, Director, Division of Scientific Planning and Policy Analysis, National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities Carolyn M. Kane, Ph.D., National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities Advisory Council Raynard Kington, M.D., Ph.D., Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health Ronny B. Lancaster, President, Minority Health Professions Foundation; Chief Operating Officer, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA Yvonne Maddox, Ph.D., Deputy Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development John J. McGowan, Ph.D., Director, Division of Extramural Activities, Associate Director for Management and Operations National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health Vivian W. Pinn, M.D., Associate Director for Research on Women's Health; Director, Office of Research on Women's Health Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health Winston Price, M.D., President, National Medical Association Griffin Rodgers, M.D., Deputy Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health Leonard S. Rubenstein, J.D., Executive Director, Physicians for Human Rights John Ruffin, Ph.D., Director, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities David Satcher, M.D., President, Morehouse School of Medicine Allen M. Spiegel, M.D., Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities Advisory Council Captain Walter W. Williams, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Director for Minority Health; Director, Office of Minority Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services Jerome Wilson, Ph.D., Associate Director for Scientific Programs Operation, National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., Director, National Institutes of Health Written Commentary to the Committee American Lung Association American Psychological Association American Public Health Association Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems National Hispanic Medical Association Physicians for Human Rights

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In the United States, health among racial and ethnic minorities, as well as poor people, is significantly worse than the overall U.S. population. Health disparities are reflected by indices such as excess mortality and morbidity and shorter life expectancy. Examining the Health Disparities Research Plan of the National Institutes of Health is an assessment of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Strategic Research Plan and Budget to Reduce and Ultimately Eliminate Health Disparities. It focuses on practical solutions to remedy the state of the current health disparity crisis.

The NIH has played the leading role in conducting extensive research on minority health and health disparities for more than two decades. Although additional research is critical to facilitating a better understanding of the overarching social, economic, educational, and environmental factors that predispose groups to specific diseases and conditions, there is also a great need to translate the existing and new information into best care practices. This means increasing communication with affected populations and their communities. Examining the Health Disparities Research Plan of the National Institutes of Health presents solutions to improving the health disparities nationwide and evaluates the NIH strategy plan designed to actively correct and combat the ongoing health disparities dilemma.

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