Appendix A
Members of Work Groups

HHS DATA COUNCIL
WORKING GROUP ON RACIAL AND ETHNIC DATA

Olivia Carter-Pokras, Ph.D. (Cochair)
Director, Division of Policy and Data
Office of Minority Health
Rockville, MD

Anthony D'Angelo (Cochair)
Principal Statistician
Indian Health Service
Rockville, MD

Richard Bragg, Ph.D.
Social Science Research Analyst
Minority Health Services Research Coordinator
Health Care Financing Administration
Office of Strategic Planning
Baltimore, MD

Lester Cash
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget
Washington, DC

Gwendolyn B. Clark
Public Health Analyst
Office of Minority Health
Health Resources and Services Administration
Rockville, MD

M. Lyvon Covington
Public Health Specialist
Office of Special Health Issues
Food and Drug Administration
Rockville, MD

Patricia M. Golden
Special Assistant to the Director
Office of Analysis and Epidemiology
National Center for Health Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hyattsville, MD

Dale Hitchcock
Senior Policy Analyst
Division of Data Policy
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC

Morgan Jackson, MD, MPH
Director, Minority Health Program
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Rockville, MD

K. A. Jagannathan, Ph.D.
Program Analyst
Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation
Administration for Children and Families
Washington, DC

Steven Melov
Director, Management, Information, and Analysis Division
Office for Civil Rights
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
Washington, DC

Bradford Perry
Office of Minority Health
Health Resources and Services Administration
Rockville, Maryland

Susan G. Queen. Ph.D.
Division of Information and Analysis
Health Resources and Services Administration
Rockville, Maryland

Gladys H. Reynolds, Ph.D.
Mathematical Statistician
Office of the Director
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

Beatrice Rouse, Ph.D.
Senior Epidemiologist
Office of Applied Studies
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Rockville, MD

James Scanlon
Senior Policy Analyst
Division of Data Policy
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC

Christopher T. Sempos, Ph.D.
Office of Research on Minority Health
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

Belinda Seto, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor to the Deputy Director
for Extramural Research
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

Amanda Utts
Writer/Editor
ASPE/PIC
Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC

Deborah L. Yatsko
Program Analyst
Administration for Native Americans
Washington, DC

Evelyn Yee
Researcher
Administration on Aging
Washington, DC

Jessie Washington
Equal Opportunities Specialist
Office for Civil Rights
Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC

OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH STAFF

Sheila Pack Merriweather
Public Health Analyst
Office of Minority Health
Rockville, MD

Annette M. Nieves
Program Analyst
Office of Minority Health
Rockville, MD

Violet R.H. Woo
Program Analyst
Office of Minority Health
Rockville, MD

HHS INITIATIVE TO ELIMINATE RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN HEALTH DATA WORK GROUP

Jack Anderson (Co-chair)
Deputy Director, NCHS
Presidential Bldg.
Hyattsville, MD

Anthony D'Angelo (Co-chair)
Principal Statistician
Indian Health Service
Rockville, MD

Ross H. Arnett, III
Director, Center for Cost and Financing Studies Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Rockville, MD

Olivia Carter-Pokras, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Policy and Data
Office of Minority Health
Rockwall II Bldg,
Rockville, MD

Vilma Cokkinides
Epidemiologist
Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Primary Health Care
Office of Data Evaluation Analysis and Research
Bethesda, MD

Deborah Guadalupe Durán, Ph.D.
Health Policy Analyst
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Administrator's Office for Policy and Program Coordination
Rockville, MD

Wayne Giles
NCCDPHP
Division of Adult and Community Health
Cardiovascular Health Branch
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

Miryam Granthom
Healthy People Consortium Coordinator
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC

Morgan Jackson, MD, MPH
Director, Minority Health Program
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Rockville, MD

Ron Manderscheid, Ph.D.
Chief, Survey and Analysis Branch
Center for Mental Health Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Rockville, MD

Beatrice Rouse, Ph.D.
Senior Epidemiologist
Office of Applied Studies
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Rockville, MD

Barbara Wells (alternate)
Evaluation Director, Office of Data, Evaluation, Analysis and Research
Bureau of Primary Health Care
Health Resources and Services Administration
Bethesda, MD
bwells@hrsa.dhhs.gov

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