Speakers, Faculty, Staff and Graduate Assistants

Keynote Speaker

Edward J. Sondik, PhD
Director
National Center for Health Statistics
Hyattsville, Maryland

Invited Faculty

Thomas Arcury, PhD
Senior Research Associate
Center for Urban and Regional Studies
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Delton Atkinson, MPH, MSPH
Director, State Center for Health Statistics
NC Dept. of Health and Natural Resources
Raleigh, North Carolina

John Billings, PhD
Associate Professor
Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service
New York University
New York, New York

Audrey Burwell, MS
Health Research Administrator
National Center for Health Statistics
Hyattsville, Maryland

Olivia Carter-Pokras, PhD
Public Health Analyst
Office of Minority Health
Department of Health and Human Service
Rockville, Maryland

Betty Chewning, PhD
Director
Sonderegger Research Center
The University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin

William Darity, PhD
Boshamer Professor
Department of Economics
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Aida Giachello, PhD
Director
Midwest Latino Health Research Center
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Gary Grant
Concerned Citizens of Tillery
Tillery, North Carolina

Felicia Hodge, DrPH
Director and Principal Investigator
Center for American Indian Research
Berkeley, California

Camara Jones, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Health and Social Behavior
Department of Epidemiology
Harvard University School of Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts

Thomas LaVeist, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Health Policy
School of Public Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Duc Nguyen, PhD
Health Care Evaluator
Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care
Easton, Maryland

Patricia O'Campo, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Maternal and Child Health
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Elaine Peacock, MA
Project Director
Following Families Longitudinal Study
Center for Reproductive Health Policy Research
Institute for Health Policy Studies
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Mona Phillips, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
Spelman College
Atlanta, Georgia

Sara Quandt, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Diane Rowley, MD
Deputy Chief
Pregnancy and Infancy Branch
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

Robert M. Sellers, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
The University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia

Ruth Zambrana, PhD
Professor and Director
Center for Child Welfare
College of Nursing and Health Science
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia

Core Faculty

Trude Bennett, DrPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Maternal and Child Health
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Dorothy Browne, DrPH
Associate Professor
Department of Maternal and Child Health
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Lloyd J. Edwards, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biostatistics
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Ronald Helms, PhD
Professor
Department of Biostatistics
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

William Kalsbeek, PhD
Associate Professor
Survey Research Unit
Department of Biostatistics
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Project Staff

Larry Crum, PhD
Project Director
Minority Health Project
Department of Biostatistics
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Mary Everette, BBA
Assistant to Director of Business and Finance
Department of Biostatistics
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Shelby Taylor
Program Assistant
Minority Health Project
Department of Biostatistics
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Graduate Research Assistants

Tonya Armstrong, MA
Research Assistant
Department of Psychology
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Deborah Cousins, AB
Research Assistant
Department of Epidemiology
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Matthew Garvin, BS
Research Assistant
Department of Epidemiology
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Lisa Hensley, MHS
Research Assistant
Department of Epidemiology
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Valerie Smith, MHA
Research Assistant
Department of Biostatistics
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Xiaofei Wang, MS
Research Assistant
Department of Biostatistics
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina