2024-2025 Planning Board Members

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Carmen Sceppa, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair
Dean, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University
Boston, MA
c.sceppa@northeastern.edu

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O. Kenrik Duru, M.D.
Chair Elect
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
kduru@mednet.ucla.edu

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Kirk Campbell, M.D.
Past Chair
Professor, Department of Medicine/Nephrology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
kirk.campbell@mssm.edu

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Ingrid Adams, Ph.D.
Member
Associate Professor, Department of Medical Dietetics, The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Richards.3@osu.edu

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Marcelo Correia, M.D., Ph.D.
Member
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
marcelo-correia@uiowa.edu

Yvonne Ford, Ph.D.
Member
Assistant Professor, North Carolina A&T State University
Greensboro, NC
Yvonne.ford@gmail.com

Ngozi Mbue, Ph.D.
Member
Associate Professor, Texas Woman’s University, Nelda C. Stark College of Nursing
Houston, TX
nmbue@twu.edu

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Ariana Pichardo-Lowden, M.D.
Member
Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine and Endocrinology, Penn State University
Hershey, PA
apichardolowden@pennstatehealth.psu.edu

Juan Sanabria, M.D.
Member
Professor, Case Western Reserve University & Marshall University
Huntington, WV
juan.sanabria@case.edu

Cynthia Warrick, Ph.D.
Member
President, Society for Diversity in the Biomedical Sciences
Houston, TX
cwarrickphd@gmail.com

NIDDK Representatives

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Winnie Martinez
NIDDK Representative
Program Director, Network of Minority Health Research Investigators, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH
Bethesda, MD
Winnie.Martinez@NIH.gov

Last Reviewed October 2024