Community Advisory Council
The Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities Research work in collaboration with the Community Advisory Council that is comprised of members representing the Wards of the District with a particular focus on those areas East of the River, neighborhood residents, community- based physicians, non-profit and community organizations, churches, media and government officials. With input from our council members, we are able to conduct focus groups and needs assessments to ensure that the community needs are accurately depicted and understood regarding their health experience so that appropriate scientific research is taken.
Melanie Nix
CAC Chair
Chiranjeev Dash, MBBS, PhD, MPH
Academic Co-Chair
Kennya Alvarado, RN
Arlington Free Clinic
Derrick Butts
Prostate Cancer Awareness Alliance
Everett Dodson
Community Advocate
Jackie Dunmore-Griffith, MD
Doctors Hospital & Howard University Hospital
Victoria Girard
Professor of Law, Georgetown University
Reverend John Harmon
Trinity Episcopal Church
Astrid Jimenez
Executive Director
Nueva Vida
Thelma D. Jones
Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer Fund
Alleyah Miner
Patient Advocate
Dilcia Molina
La Clínica del Pueblo
Ify Anne Nwabukwu, BSN, RN
African Women’s Cancer Awareness Association
Rachel Ress, MSW, LICSW
Cancer Support Community
Brenda Richardson
Past CAC Chair
Former DC Council member Chief of Staff
Andrea Roane
Journalist
Tho Tran
Vietnamese American Services
Samuel Washinton, MPH
Community Advocate
Michelle Yi
Chinese Community Church