Health Advocates in Research: Conference 2005 Speakers

Byllye Avery, Founder and President, Avery Institute for Social Change; Founding President National Black Women's Health Project

Patricia Banta, Manager, Government Grants, The Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY)

Sallie Bernard, Executive Director, Coalition for Safe Minds; President, ARC Research; Executive Director, New Jersey Cure Autism Now

Deborah Collyar, President, Patient Advocates In Research and Program Director, SPORE Patient Advocate/Research Team Program

Gwen Darien, Director, Department of Survivor and Patient Advocacy, American Association for Cancer Research*

Kay Dickersin, Professor, Department of Community Health and Director, U.S. Cochrane Center, Brown University

Rebecca Dresser, Professor of Law and Ethics in Medicine, Washington University School of Law*

Paul Gelsinger, Vice President, Citizens for Responsible Care and Research (CIRCARE)

Rachel Grob, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Faculty, Health Advocacy Program, Sarah Lawrence College*

Joyce Hunter, Director, Community Liaison Program, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies and Principal Investigator, Working it Out Project

Marsha Hurst, Director, Health Advocacy Program, Sarah Lawrence College *

Ngina Lythcott, Vice Dean and Dean of Students, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University *

Abbey Meyers, President, National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)*

Karen Joy Miller, Founder and President, Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition

E. Haavi Morreim, Professor, Department of Human Values and Ethics, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee

Jane Nadel, Consumer Coalition Coordinator, U.S. Cochrane Center, Brown University *

Maryann Napoli, Associate Director, Center for Medical Consumers*

Barbara Seaman, Women’s health advocate, journalist and author; Co-Founder, National Women's Health Network

Jane Baker Segelken, Breast Cancer Advocate and Health Advocacy Program student*

Adil Shamoo, Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Co-Founder, Citizens for Responsible Care and Research*

Susan Matsuko Shinagawa, Community Director, Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training; Co-Founder and Co-Coordinator, Asian Pacific Islander National Cancer Survivors Network

Health Advocacy faculty who served as facilitators:

Alice Herb (Ethics and Advocacy)

Margaret Keller (Health Law)

Terry Mizrahi (Community Health Advocacy)

Constance Peterson (Models of Advocacy: Theory and Practice)

Laura Weil (Models of Advocacy: Theory and Practice)

Conference organizers:

Akiko Takano, Conference Coordinator

Lois McCourt, Conference Associate, Health Advocacy graduate student

Ricka Wolman, Public Health Consultant

* Conference Planning Committee Member