Planning Committee
The 2019 Planning Committee members listed are part of the Scientific Program, Greenwood Award, and Abstract Committees.
Principal Investigator / Chair
Elizabeth Ofili, MD, MPH, FACC
Morehouse School of Medicine
Planning Committee Co-Chairs
Emma Fernandez-Repollet, PhD
University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus
Daniel F.K. Sarpong, PhD
Yale School of Medicine
Paul B. Tchounwou, Sc.D.
Morgan State University
Vivek R. Nerurkar, D.M.L.T., M.Sc., Ph.D.
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Project Director
Tandeca King Gordon, Ed.D., MEd
Morehouse School of Medicine
Administrative Coordinator
Pamela Bullard
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Abstract Committee Chair
Richard J. Noel, Jr., PhD
Ponce Health Sciences University
Abstract Committee Co-Chairs
Julie A. Baldwin, PhD
Northern Arizona University
Hendrik De Heer, PhD, MPH
Northern Arizona University
Deepak Kumar, PhD
North Carolina Central University
Thomas Wiese, PhD
Xavier University
Mary Jo Trepka, MD, MSPH
Florida International University
Dilip Gunturu, PhD, DVM
Tuskegee University
Balasubramanyam Karanam, PhD
Tuskegee University
Jason White, MS
Tuskegee University
Yuejin Li, PhD
Morgan State University