U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
Office on Women's
Health
Minority Women's Health
Panel of Experts
December, 2002
Second Row: Dr. Lydia Buki, Luz Alvarez
Martinez, Rachele Donnell, Evaon Wong-Kim, Ho'oipo DeCambra, Dr. Nicole Prudent, Dr.
Valli Kalei Kanuha, Maria Gomez-Murphy, Margaret Equopi Baté, Dr.. Lillian Tom-Orme, Dr.
Martha Medrano, Dr. Darlene Yee-Melichar, Dr. Adrienne Smith (OWH)
First Row (Seated): Jacci Thompson-Dodd,
Gloria Sanchez-Araiza, Dr. Janet Mitchell, Frances Ashe-Goins (OWH), Dr. Wanda K. Jones
(OWH), Dr. Dee Baldwin, Nancy Atmospera-Walch, Dr.Ming-der Chang, Dr. Mary Harper
June, 2002
Third Row: Frances Ashe-Goins (OWH), Luz
Alvarez Martinez, Rachele Donnell, Dr. Nicole Prudent, Dr. Lorraine Cole, Margaret Equopi
Baté, Dr. Dee Baldwin, Twila Martin Kekahbah
Second Row: Dr. Vickie Mays, Dr. Martha
Medrano, Maria Gomez-Murphy, Dr. Barbara Yee, Dr. Ming-der Chang, Jacci Thompson-Dodd, Dr.
Ramona Tascoe
First Row: Dr. Donna Washington, Dr. Darlene
Yee-Melichar, Dr. Vivian Ota Wang, Dr. Suganya Sockalingam, Gloria Sanchez-Araiza, Dr.
Adrienne Smith (OWH), Nancy Atmospera-Walch
Facilitators
Frances E. Ashe-Goins,
RN, MPH
Deputy Director and
Director of the Division of Policy and Program
Development, DHHS/OWH
200 Independence Avenue, SW, Rm. 728E
Washington, DC 20201
Phone: (202) 690-6373
Fax: (202) 401-4005
E-mail: fashe-goins@osophs.dhhs.gov
Adrienne M. Smith, PhD,
MS, CHES
Public Health Advisor, DHHS/OWH
200 Independence Avenue, SW, Rm. 712E
Washington, DC 20201
Phone: (202) 690-5884
Fax: (202) 690-7172
E-mail: asmith@osophs.dhhs.gov
Panel Members
Luz
Alvarez-Martinez
Executive Director
National Latina Health Organization
P.O. Box 7567 or
3507 International Blvd.
Oakland, California 94601
Phone: (510) 534-1362
Fax: (510) 534-1364
E-mail: laluz@latinahealth.org
Nancy
Atmospera-Walch, BSN, RN, MPH, NHA, CDE, CHES
3763 Diamond Head Road
Honolulu, HI 96816
Phone: (808) 778-3832
Fax: (808) 537-5612
E-mail: walchnancy@yahoo.com
Dee Baldwin, PhD,
RN, FAAN
Georgia State University
Byrdine Lewis School of Nursing
P.O.Box 4019
Atlanta, Georgia 30302-4019
Phone: (404) 463-0573
Fax: (404) 651-3096
Fax: (404) 463-0683
E-mail: dbaldwin@gsu.edu
JudyAnn Bigby, MD
Director
Office for Women, Family & Community Programs
Brigham & Women's Hospital
1620 Tremont Street, 2nd floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02120
Phone: (617) 732-5759
Fax: (617) 525-7756
E-mail: jbigby@partners.org
Lydia Buki, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Educational Psychology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
188G Education Building, MC-708
1310 South Sixth Street
Champaign, Illinois 61820
Phone: (217) 265-5491
Fax: (217) 244-7620
E-mail: buki@uiuc.edu
Ming-der Chang, PhD
Executive Director, Chinese Unit
American Cancer Society
Eastern Division-NY
5 Mirrielees Road
Great Neck, NY 11021
Phone: (718) 886-8890
Fax: (718) 886-8981
E-mail: mchang@cancer.org
Lorraine Cole, PhD
President and CEO
Black Women's Health Imperative
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Suite 310
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (202) 543-9311
Fax: (202) 543-9743
E-mail: cole@nbwhp.org
Ho'oipo DeCambra
86-913 Pahano Loop
Wai'anae, Hawaii 96792
Phone: (808) 696-6393
Fax: (808) 696-5714
E-mail: hooipodecambra@aol.com
Rachele Donnell, RN,
NREMT-B
Nurse, Community Health Nursing
Red Lake Comprehensive Health Services
P.O. Box 249, Lakeside Highway 1
Red Lake, Minnesota 56671
Phone: (218) 679-3316
Fax: (218) 679-3990
Margaret Equopi Baté,
MS
Program Coordinator
Office of Research
Institute for Women's Health
Texas Woman's University
1130 John Freeman Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (713) 794-2213
Fax: (713) 794-2488
E-mail: mbate@twu.edu
Maria Elia
Gomez-Murphy, MA
President & CEO of The Way of the Heart
The Promotora Institute
125 E. Madison Street
Nogales, Arizona 85621
Phone: (520) 287-2240
Fax: (520) 287-2246
E-mail: wayheart@theriver.com
Mary Harper, PhD, RN,
FAAN, LLD, DSc
8846 Greenleaf Drive
Columbus, GA 31904
Phone: 706-494-0650
Fax: 706-494-0702
Twila Martin Kekahbah,
MA
Consultant
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
3315 University Drive
Bismarck, ND 58504
Phone (701) 255-3285 ext. 1385
Tmartinkekahbah@uttc.edu
Vickie Mays, PhD
Professor
UCLA/Black C.A.R.E.
405 Hilgard Avenue
1285 Franz Hall, Box 951563
Los Angeles, California 90095-1563
Phone: (310) 206-5159
Fax: (310) 206-5895
E-mail: maysv@nicco.sscnet.ucla.edu
Martha Medrano, MD,
MPH
Assistant Dean of CME
Director
Hispanic Center of Excellence
University of Texas Health Science
Center at San Antonio
7703 Floyd Curl Drive, MC 7745
San Antonio, Texas 78229
Phone: 210-567-0963
Fax: 210-567-0974
Email: medranom@uthscsa.edu
Janet Mitchell, MD,
MPH
Chief of Obstetrics
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
105 Greene Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11238-1009
Phone: (718) 857-2772
Fax: (718) 638-0702
E-mail: jlmitchell@pol.net
Nicole Prudent, MD,
MPH
Pediatrician
Haitian Health Insititute
Boston Medical Center
1 Boston Medical Center Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02118-2393
Phone: (617) 414-3808
Fax: (617) 414-3810
E-mail: nicole.prudent@bmc.org
Amelie Ramirez, DrPH
Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Center for Cancer Control Research
8207 Callaghan Rd., Suite 110
San Antonio, Texas 78230
Phone: (210) 348-0255
Fax: (210) 348-0554
E-mail: aramirez@bcm.tmc.edu
Gloria
Sanchez-Araiza, MS, MPH
OB/GYN Special Projects Coordinator
1256 Stampede Way #2
Chula Vista, CA 91913
Phone: (619) 641-4427
Fax: (619) 641-4117
E-mail: Gloria.A.Sanchez@kp.org
Suganya Sockalingam,
PhD
Senior Consultant
National Center for Cultural Competence
Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development
317 W 54th Street, #4B
New York, NY 10019
Phone: (202) 607-5036
Phone: (212) 957-5351
Fax: (212) 957-5351
E-mail: suganya@mingspring.com
Ramona Tascoe, MD
National Medical Association
90 Athol Avenue, #3D
Oakland, California 94606
Phone: (510) 763-2223
Fax: (510) 763-2233
E-mail: tascope@worldnet.att.net
Jacci
Thompson-Dodd, MA, MSSS
Executive Director
WeSpeakLoudly
2974-36th Avenue, South
Seattle, Washington 98144
Phone: (206) 721-2060
Fax: (206) 760-1768
E-mail: jaccitd@yahoo.com
Lillian Tom-Orme,
PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
Research Assistant Professor
Health Research Center, DFPM
375 Chipeta Way, Suite A
Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
Phone: (801) 585-5246
Fax: (801) 581-3623
E-mail: Ltomorme@hrc.utah.edu
Donna Washington,
MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Veterans Affairs
Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
11301 Wilshire Boulevard
111G, Rm. 3242
Los Angeles, CA 90073
Phone: (310) 478-3711 ext. 49479
Fax: (310) 268-4933
E-mail: donna.washington@med.va.gov
Evaon C. Wong-Kim,
LCSW, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Social Work
California State University, Hayward
25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard
Hayward, CA 94542
Phone: (510) 885-4916
Fax: (510) 885-7580
E-mail: evaon@csuhayward.edu
Barbara "Bobbie" Yee, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
University of Hawaii at Manoa, CTAHR
2515 Campus Road
Miller Hall 110
Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: 808-956-2250
Fax: 808-956-2419
E-mail: yeebarba@hawaii.edu
Darlene Yee-Melichar, EdD, CHES
Professor, Geronotology
Coordinator, Long-Term Care Administration
Director, Health, Mobility and Safety Lab
College of Health and Human Services
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
Phone: 415-338-3558
Fax: 415-338-3556
E-mail: Dyee@sfsu.edu
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