JHHS Health Equity Team
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Sherita Hill Golden, M.D., M.H.S.
Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer
Johns Hopkins Medicine
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Cheri Wilson, M.A., M.H.S., C.P.H.Q.
Program Director
JHM Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity
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Alaysia Phillips, MPH
Program Manager, Health Equity
JHM Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity
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Paula Neira, J.D., M.S.N., R.N., C.E.N.
Program Director of LGBTQ+ Equity and Education
JHM Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity
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Hessam Sadatsafavi, Ph.D.
Business Intelligence Developer
JHM Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity
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Panagis Galiatsatos, M.D., M.H.S.
Lead, Health Equity Data and Scholarship
Co-Chair, Johns Hopkins Health Equity Steering Committee
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
JHHS Executive Champions
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Sherita Golden, M.D., M.H.S.
Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, JHM
Johns Hopkins Medicine
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Scott Berkowitz, M.D., M.B.A.
Chief Population Health Officer and Vice President of Population Health
Johns Hopkins Medicine
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April Taylor, M.H.A., M.S.
Vice President of Quality
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Lisa Ishii, M.D., M.H.S.
Senior Vice President, Operations
Johns Hopkins Health System
The Johns Hopkins Medicine Health Equity Advisory Committee
- Assist in developing operational workflows to ensure accurate sociodemographic data collection across JHM
- REaL (race, ethnicity, language)
- SOGI (sexual orientation, gender identity)
- Disability status
- Social determinants of health
- Determine how health equity should be structured, resourced, and operationalized for data analysis and intervention delivery across JHM
| Catherine Axe | Executive Director, Student Disability Services, JHU |
| Darrell Gaskins, Ph.D. | Director, Center for Health Disparities Solutions |
| Jennifer Reeves | Diversity and Inclusion Consultant, National Capital Region |
| Jonathan Efron, M.D. | Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians |
| Josh Sharfstein, M.D. | Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, School of Public Health |
| Kai Shea, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.-C | Senior Director for Care Management, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center |
| Lisa Ishii, M.D. | Senior Vice President for JHHS Integration |
| Michelle Spencer, M.S. | Associate Director, Bloomberg American Health Initiative, School of Public Health |
| Nancy Edwards Molello, M.S.B. | Program Director, Urban Health Institute |
| Paula Neira, J.D., M.S.N., R.N., C.E.N. | Program Director of LGBTQ+ Equity and Education, Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity |
| Raquel Hernandez, M.D. | Co-Lead, Program in Health Equity Research, All Children’s Hospital |
| Rebecca Wright, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, JHU School of Nursing |
| Renee Blanding, M.D. | Vice President of Medical Affairs, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center |
| S. Diane Iverson, B.S.N. | Nurse Case Manager, Johns Hopkins Hospital |
| Suzanne Hoffman, MS, MATH | Patient & Family Advisory Council Representative |
| Tina Tolson, R.N., M.S.N, NE-BC | Senior Director of Operations, JHM Language Services |
- JHM Social Determinants of Health Work Group
- JHM Language Services Advisory Council
- JHM Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Work Group
COVID-19 Pandemic Support and Resources
During the COVID-19 Pandemic our health equity team implemented several operational strategies to support the most vulnerable populations.
- COVID-19 Community Education Task Force: we partnered with JHM/JHU Government and Community Affairs, JHM Marketing and Communications, the Center for Health Equity, Centro SOL, the Urban Health Institute, and other JHU partners to delivery culturally tailored community COVID-19 vaccine education across the Baltimore and National Capitol Regions. Read/Download the Task Force Executive Report
- Publication: "Approaching the COVID-19 Pandemic Response With a Health Equity Lens: A Framework for Academic Health Systems"
- COVID-19 Information, Resources and Vaccine Information
- Communities of Color and the Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19