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UNITE
About
UNITE acts as a think tank to promote equity, generate bold ideas, and catalyze new actions. Collectively, it identifies and addresses any structural racism that may exist within the NIH and throughout the biomedical and behavioral workforce. UNITE facilitates activities to identify opportunities, make recommendations, and develop and implement strategies to spur widescale, systematic change.
The UNITE initiative focuses on three primary domains鈥攈ealth disparities/minority health research (HD/MH), internal NIH workforce, and external biomedical and behavioral research workforce鈥攖hat intersect and enable greater transparency, accountability, and communications across NIH and the biomedical and behavioral research community. UNITE鈥檚 four focus areas underwritten by data on this page reflect the three key domains in the Venn diagram.
UNITE At a Glance
UNITE Progress Report
This inaugural report highlights select accomplishments associated with UNITE鈥檚 four focus areas, centering on UNITE鈥檚 initial impact on health disparities and minority health research funding, the external biomedical and behavioral workforce, and NIH staff. The report also describes UNITE鈥檚 genesis and their plans for expanding UNITE鈥檚 efforts.
UNITE鈥檚 Four Focus Areas
Focus Area 1 ensures that ICs prioritize health disparities and minority health research (HD/MH) across clinical trials and human subject research.
UNITE鈥橲 Five Committees
UNITE Leadership, Program Support, and Staff Volunteers
UNITE Co-Chairs
Marie A. Bernard, M.D.
NIH Office of the Director/Chief Officer for
Scientific Workforce Diversity
Noni Byrnes, Ph.D.
NIH Center for Scientific Review
Alfred Johnson, Ph.D.
NIH Office of the Director/Office of Management
UNITE Program Support
Brittany Chao, Ph.D.
NIH Office of the Director
Tammy Reddick Lockett鈥
NIH Office of the Director
U Committee Members
Leah Miller听鈥 Co-Chair
National Heart, Blood, and Lung Institute
Shelli Avenevoli, Ph.D.听鈥 Co-Chair
National Institute of Mental Health
Mia Rochelle Lowden, Ph.D.听鈥 Co-Chair
National Institute of Nursing Research听
Anna Amar, Ph.D.
NIH Office of the Director
Irene Avila, Ph.D.
NIH Office of the Director
Tanya Chakraborty, M.S.
NIH Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Dexter Collins, M.P.A.
Fogarty International Center
Joanna Goldfarb
National Library of Medicine
Jamie Gulin, M.P.H.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Patricia Haggerty, Ph.D.
NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
John Haller, Ph.D.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Shadab Fatima Hussain, Ph.D.
National Cancer Institute
Maura Landers
National Institute of Mental Health
Karen Lee, M.D., M.P.H.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Flair Lindsey
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Leslie Littlejohn
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Laura Long, Ph.D.
NIH Office of the Director
Troy Muhammad, Ed.D., M.S.
National Cancer Institute
Cristina Nigro, Ph.D., M.S.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Karen Perkins, M.Ed.
NIH Clinical Center
Elizabeth Sekine
National听Institute on Mental Health
Denesha Simmons
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Kelly Ten Hagen, Ph.D.
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Vidya Vedham, Ph.D.
National Cancer Institute
Susan Wetherby
National Institute of Mental Health听
N Committee Members
Monica Webb Hooper, Ph.D.听鈥 Co-Chair
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Xinzhi Zhang, M.D.,听Ph.D., F.A.C.E., F.R.S.N.听鈥 Co-Chair
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Kathy Etz, Ph.D.听鈥 Co-Chair
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Hope Mabry听听鈥 Staff Support
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Jennifer Alvidrez, Ph.D
Office of Disease Prevention
Vence Bonham, J.D.
National Human Genome Research Institute
Christine Borba, Ph.D, M.P.H
National Institute of Mental Health
Christine Cutillo
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Janine Clayton, M.D.
NIH Office of Research on Women鈥檚 Health
Sharon Jackson, M.D.
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Tilda Farhart, Ph.D, M.P.H
National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities听
Vanessa Marshall, Ph.D.
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Nathan Moore, Ph.D.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Jenna Norton
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Parisa Parsafar
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child and Human Development
Janet Sanchez
NIH Office of the Director
Tiffany Wallace
National Institute of Cancer
Shannon Zenk, Ph.D., M.P.H, R.N.
National Institute of Nursing Research
I Committee Members
Laura Koehly, Ph.D.听鈥 Co-Chair
National Human Genome Research Institute
Camille Hoover, M.S.W.听鈥 Co-Chair
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Kevin Williams, J.D. 鈥 Co-Chair
NIH Office of听Equity, Diversity and Inclusion听
Yvonne Payne听鈥 Staff Support
NIH Office of the Director
Leia Butler听
NIH Office of the Director
Shauna Clark, Ph.D.
National Cancer Institute
Charles Egwuagu, M.P.H., Ph.D.
National Eye Institute
Courtney Fitzhugh, M.D.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Kendall Hill
National Cancer Institute
Shawn Lewis
National Institute of Nursing Research
Joe Martin
NIH Office of the Director
Darryl Murray, Ph.D.
NIH Office of the Director
Beth Perry
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Brenda Robles
NIH Clinical Center
Victoria Rucker
National Library of Medicine
Shaun Sims
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
T Committee Members
Mohammed Aiyegbo, Ph.D.听鈥 Co-Chair
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
John Burklow 鈥 Co-Chair
NIH Office of the Director
Samantha Calabrese听鈥 Co-Chair
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Eric Refsland, Ph.D.听鈥 Stand-in Co-Chair
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
尝补耻谤别苍听叠谤辞诲诲
NIH Office of the Director
Claudia Figueroa-Romero听鈥 Staff Support
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Jessica Forbes听鈥 Staff Support
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Paule Joseph, Ph.D.
NIH Office of Intramural Research
Traci M. Murray, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., NHDP-BC, CPH
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Cathy Rowe
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Eric Sid, M.D.
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Wayne Wang, Ph.D.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
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E Committee Members
Ericka Boone, Ph.D. 鈥 Co-Chair
NIH Office of Extramural Research
Jon Lorsch, Ph.D. 鈥 Co-Chair
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Anna E. Ord贸帽ez, M.D. 鈥 Co-Chair
National Institute of Mental Health
Beverly Hines听鈥 Staff Support
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Eddie Billingslea, Ph.D.
NIH Office of Research on Women鈥檚 Health
Tiffany Calvert, M.Ed.
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Rena D鈥橲ouza, M.S., D.D.S., Ph.D.
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Zeynep Erim, Ph.D.
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Leonardo Garzon-Velez
Fogarty International Center
Leah Hubbard, Ph.D.
National Cancer Institute
Patricia Jones, M.S., M.P.H., Dr.PH.
National Institute on Aging
Vonda Smith, Ph.D.
Center for Scientific Review
James Washington, M.S., Ph.D.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Maryam Zaringhalam, Ph.D.
National Library of Medicine
This page last reviewed on March 26, 2024