Diversity Promotion

Responsible for developing and implementing policy to ensure representation of individuals of diverse backgrounds (including but not limited to: race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity) at all levels of the Society-from Council to representation at the annual meeting.

Lovoria B. Williams, PhD, APRN-BC (Chair)

Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA

Lara Dugas, PhD

Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL

Nefertiti Durant, MD, MPH

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Jimmy Efird, PhD

Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC

Maryam Jernigan, PhD

Yale University, New Haven CT

Jung Han Kim, PhD

Marshall University School Of Medicine, Huntington, WV

Rocio Pereira, PhD

University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO

Nicolas Stettler, MD

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Elizabeth J. Parks, PhD (Council Liaison)

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX