Jose A. Bauermeister, Ph.D., MPH, LDI Senior Fellow, Professor and Chair of the Department of Family and Community Health, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, has been appointed to the National Advisory Committee on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NACMHD). Ta. The council is part of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Bauermeister is also the director of the Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative at the School of Nursing and a professor of psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine. His interdisciplinary research combines perspectives from public health, psychology, sexuality, and health communication with the goal of developing innovative, multilevel interventions for racial, ethnic, and sexual minority adolescents and young adults. are being integrated.
NACMHD's work targets populations burdened by disparities in health status and health care delivery, including racial and ethnic minority groups, rural populations, people of low socioeconomic status, and other population groups. is focused on. The council's members are drawn from the scientific, medical, and lay communities, providing diverse perspectives on minority health and health disparities.
The Council meets three times a year and advises the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Directors of NIH and NIMHD on issues related to NIMHD's mission. The council will also conduct a second stage review of research and training grant applications and cooperation agreements, and recommend approval of projects that are expected to make a valuable contribution to human knowledge.
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