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MHRC Community Advisory Board - May 2006
MHRC Community Advisory Board - May 2006

MHRC Community Advisory Board

We believe that community leaders can identify health issues and concerns among various ethnic groups in their respective communities. Community leaders understand the culture of the community in which
they take pride and ownership in its growth and wellbeing.

Key community leaders volunteered to assist the MHRC in establishing a Community Advisory Board to support the development and advancement of the MHRC. The Board serves as a link between the community
and the Center providing leadership, guidance, and ideas for reaching and improving the health of minorities and the underserved in communities throughout the State of Alabama.

Goal Of Community Advisory Board

Educate MHRC leadership on the healthcare needs of the community, advise on the priorities and serve as liaison with community organizations, public and private entities and initiatives to leverage the resources towards eliminating health disparities.

Some of the main activities include:

Sharon C. Bell, PhD

Senior Executive Area Director, Birmingham City Schools

Michael Bivens, MD

Urology Center

Ms. Gayle Cunningham

Executive Director, Jefferson County Committee for Economic Opportunity

Ms. Carnetta Davis

BE&K Engineering

Ms. Suzanne Durham

CEO, YWCA Central Alabama

Ms. Cathy O. Friedman

Sales Director, City Ad Specialties

John Hudson, Esq.

Vice President of Diversity & Corporate Relations, Alabama Power  

Sandral Hullett, MD

Chief Executive Officer, Jefferson Health System

Ms. Andria Hurst

 

Hernan Moreno, MD

Growing-up Pediatric Clinic

Ms. Peggie Myles

Birmingham Girl Scouts

Mr. Chad Nichols

Assistant Director, Governor’s Alabama Rural Action Commission
Project Manager, Health Committee of Governor’s Black Belt Action Commission

Mr. Daryl Perkins

District Director, Office of Congressman Artur Davis

Carlos J. Torres-Sanchez, M.S

International Program Manager, Jefferson County Department of Health

Ms. Terri A. Sewell

Attorney, Maynard, Cooper & Gale

Judge Helen Shores-Lee

Tenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama

Rev. Steve Small

President, Birmingham Baptist Ministers Conference

Ms. Edwina Taylor

Cahaba Valley Health Care Inc.

J.M. “Mickey” Trimm, PhD

Adjunct Professor, TwoMark Healthcare Associates, Inc.

 

UAB Representatives

Mona Fouad, MD, MPH

Director, MHRC
Professor of Medicine

Dr. Al Herbert    

Executive Director, Dept. of Supplier Diversity 

Edward Partridge, MD

Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center
Co-Director, MHRC
Professor, Gynecologic Oncology
Evalina B. Spencer Chair in Oncology

Michelle Martin, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, UAB

Ms. Maria Norena

Manager, MHRC

Isabel C. Scarinci, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Associate Professor of Medicine, UAB

Ms. Joanice Thompson

Community Outreach Program Manager, MHRC