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Participants

 

Speakers, Roundtable & Observers:

 

Lara Akinbami, MD
Medical Officer
National Center for Health Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hyattsville, MD

 

Marc Berger, MD
Vice President, USHH Outcomes Research and Management
Merck & Co., Inc.
West Point, PA

 

Norma Blackwater, MD
Medical Director
United American Indian
Involvement, Inc.
Corona, CA

 

Mary Brasler, EdD, MSN
Director of Programs
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
Washington, DC

 

Tyra Bryant-Stephens, MD**
Director and Founder
The Community Asthma Prevention Program
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Elkins Park, PA

 

Helen Burstin, MD, MPH
Director
Center for Primary Care, Prevention and Clinical Partnerships
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Rockville, MD

 

Glorisa Canino, PhD
Director
Behavioral Sciences Research Institute
University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR

 

Noreen M. Clark, PhD*
Director, Center for Managing Chronic Disease
Myron E. Wegman Distinguished University Professor of Public Health
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

 

Ellen Crain, MD, PhD
Director, Pediatric Emergency Services
Jacobi Medical Center
Bronx, NY

 

Maureen Damitz, AE-C
Director of Community Education
American Lung Association
of Metropolitan Chicago
Chicago, IL

 

Denise Dougherty, PhD
Senior Advisor, Child Health
and Quality Improvement
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Rockville, MD

 

Norman H. Edelman, MD
Chief Medical Officer
American Lung Association
New York, NY

 

Peyton Eggleston, MD*
Professor of Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

 

Jane M. El-Dahr, MD
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Chief, Section of Pediatric Immunology Allergy and Rheumatology
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA

 

Sally E. Findley, PhD **
Co-PI
WIN for Asthma
Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
New York, NY

 

Mary M. Gant, MS
Program Analyst
National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD

 

Paul Garbe, DVM, MPH*
Acting Chief
Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch
Division of Environmental
Hazards and Health Effects
National Center for Environmental Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

 

Peter J. Gergen, MD, MPH
Medical Officer
Division of Allergy, Immunology
and Transplantation
National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases
Bethesda, MD

 

Frank D. Gilliland, MD, PhD, MPH*
Professor of Preventive Medicine
Co-Director, Div. of Environmental Health
USC Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

 

Lisa A. Gilmore, MBA, MSW
Executive Director
National Capital Asthma Coalition
Washington DC

 

Evalyn N. Grant, MD
Director, Clinical Research
External Medical & Scientific Affairs
Merck & Co., Inc.
Horsham, PA 

   

Rebecca S. Gruchalla, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics Director, Division of Allergy and Immunology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

 

Leslie M. Hardy
Vice President
The Merck Company Foundation
Whitehouse Station, NJ

 

Cara V. James, PhD*
Senior Policy Analyst
Kaiser Family Foundation
Washington, DC

 

Renee Jenkins, MD
President Elect, American Academy of Pediatrics
Professor and Chair
Howard University College of Medicine
Washington, DC

 

Craig Jones, MD
Director, Allergy & Immunology
LAC+USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

 

Christine Joseph, PhD
Epidemiologist
Henry Ford Health System
Biostatistics & Research Epidemiology
Detroit, MI

 

Meyer Kattan, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY

 

Suzanne Kennedy, PhD
Research Scientist
RhoFED
Chapel Hill, NC

 

James P. Kiley, PhD, MS
Director of the Division of Lung Diseases
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Bethesda, MD

 

James Krieger, MD, MPH
Chief, Epidemiology, Planning & Evaluation
Public Health - Seattle & King County
Seattle, WA

 

Marielena Lara, MD, MPH **
PI, La Red de Asma Infantil de Puerto Rico
RAND Corporation
Santa Monica, CA

 

Marsha Lillie-Blanton, DrPH
Vice-President,
Kaiser Family Foundation
Washington, DC

 

Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH*
Senior Natural Scientist and Paul O'Neill Alcoa Professor of Policy Analysis
RAND Corporation
Arlington, VA

 

Floyd J. Malveaux, MD, PhD*
Executive Director
Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc.
Washington, DC

 

William J. Martin, MD
Associate Director
National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences
Research Triangle Park, NC

 

    

Fernando D. Martinez, MD*
Director, Arizona Respiratory Center
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

 

Soeren Mattke, MD, DSc*
Scientist
RAND Corporation
Arlington, VA

 

Erin McCarville, MPH
Project Manager
Health Promotion Council
Philadelphia, PA

 

Mary McCord, MD, MPH**
Co-Director Community Pediatrics
New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY

 

Leyla McCurdy
Senior Director
National Environmental Education & Training Foundation
Washington, DC

 

Robert B. Mellins, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Columbia University Medical Center
Pediatric Pulmonary Division
New York, NY

 

John R. Meurer, MD, MBA
Director of Fight Asthma Milwaukee Allies
Medical College of Wisconsin
Downtown Health Center
Milwaukee, WI

 

Herman E. Mitchell, PhD*
Senior Research Scientist
Rho, Inc.
Chapel Hill, NC

 

Jeanne E. Moorman, MS
Survey Statistician
Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

 

Richard K. Murray, MD
Vice President, Academic Affairs
US Human Health Division
Merck & Co., Inc.
North Wales, PA

 

Mosanda M. Mvula, MD, MPH
Chair, Health Disparities
New Orleans Department of Health
New Orleans, LA

 

Dennis R. Ownby, MD
Prof. of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA

 

Sydney Parker, PhD
Vice President, Development and Outreach
American College of Chest Physicians
Northbrook, IL

 

Devon C. Payne-Sturges, DrPH
Office of Children's Health Protection
US Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, DC

 

Victoria Persky, MD **
Professor Epidemiology
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

 

Marshall Plaut, MD
Chief, Allergic Mechanisms Section
Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation
National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases
Bethesda, MD

 

Ruth I. Quartey, PhD
Research Director
Department of Microbiology
Howard University College of Medicine
Washington, DC

 

Cynthia Rand, PhD*
Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary
and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

 

Lucia Rojas-Smith, DrPH, MPH
Evaluation Scientist
RTI International
Washington, DC

 

Michael P. Rosenthal, MD **
Clinical Professor and Vice Chair
Academic Programs
Department of Family
and Community Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA

 

David Rowson
Director, Center for Asthma and Schools
Indoor Environments Division
US Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, DC

 

Nancy C. Santanello, MD, MS
Executive Director, Epidemiology Dept.
Merck Research Laboratories
North Wales, PA

 

Diana K. Schmidt, MPH
Coordinator, National Asthma Education and Prevention Program
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Bethesda, MD   

 

David A. Schwartz, MD*
Director
National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences and
National Toxicology Program
Research Triangle Park, NC

 

Alisa M. Smith, PhD
Biologist
US Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, DC

 

Edward J. Sondik, PhD*
Director
National Center for Health Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hyattsville, MD

 

Stanley J. Szefler, MD
Head, Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology
National Jewish Medical
and Research Center
Denver, CO

 

Alvin V. Thomas, MD
President, American College of
Chest Physicians
Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Howard University Hospital
Washington, DC

 

Alkis Togias, MD
Section Chief
Asthma and Inflammation Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Bethesda, MD

 

Kimberly Uyeda, MD, MPH **
Director, Student Medical Services
Los Angeles Unified School District
Los Angeles, CA

 

Carlos Vázquez-Rivera, PhD **
Director
Center for Community
Research and Restrengthening
FILIUS Institute, University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR

 

Paula Van Ness
CEO
Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation
Los Angeles, CA

 

Cheryl L. Walker-McGill, MD, MBA
President
American Health Strategies
Charlotte, NC

 

Kevin B. Weiss, MD, MPH*
Director
Midwest Center for Health Services
and Policy Research
Hines VA Hospital
Hines, IL

 

Rhonda K. Williams, MES **
Co-PI, Addressing Asthma in Englewood
American Lung Association
of Metropoliatn Chicago
Chicago, IL

 

David R. Williams, PhD, MPH*
Norman Professor of Public Health
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston, MA

 

Pamela R. Wood, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Texas Health
Science Center-San Antonio
San Antonio, TX   

* Speaker

** MCAN Program Site PI/Co-PI

 

 

MCAN Team:

 

Laurice L. Bocao
Administrative Associate
Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc.
Washington, DC

 

TJ Dunlap
Principal
JTxCo, LLC
Washington, DC

 

Julie Kennedy, MPA
Grants Manager
Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc.  
Washington, DC

 

Yvonne Lachmann
Senior Associate
Burson-Marsteller
New York, NY

 

Luigi Leblanc
Technology Manager
Global Telehealth Group
Washington, DC  

Hampton Shaddock
Director, Healthcare Practice
Burson-Marsteller
Washington, DC

 

Michael E. Szumera
Director
Burson-Marsteller
New York, NY

 

Eleanor Thornton, MS, CHES, AE-C
Consultant
Visionary Health Education
Consulting Services LLC
Fairfax Station, VA

 

Ame Wadler
Chairman, Global Healthcare
Burson-Marsteller
New York, NY  


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