Diversity Committee (established in 1995)
Believing that diversity is essential to excellence in all aspects of the educational enterprise, as well as to the conditions for democracy in a heterogeneous culture, and also believing that elimination of health disparities is essential to enhancing health in human populations, the Diversity Committee is charged with advising the Dean on issues related to achieving cultural diversity within the school of public health and on issues related to achieving societal equity as an essential component of health of the community. Areas of purview include but are not limited to: 1) recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority students, faculty and staff; 2) building a supportive environment in which diversity can thrive and which promotes mutual understanding and tolerance as a condition of academic freedom; 3) advocating for issues and positions which promote and encourage the elimination of health disparities and social inequity within the community.
Diversity Committee Membership, 2007-2008
Melinda M. Pettigrew, Ph.D. (Chair)
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
LEPH 816D
(203) 785-5220
melinda.pettigrew@yale.edu
Colleen Barry, Ph.D..
Associate Professor of Public Health
LEPH 3
(203) 785-6230
colleen.barry@yale.edu
Jon Atherton
Assistant Director, Development Core
Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
(203) 764-4338
jon.atherton@yale.edu
Jacqui Comshaw
Director of Admissions
47 College Street
(203) 785-2844
jacqui.comshaw@yale.edu
Yongtao Guan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Public Health
LEPH 207
(203) 785-6125
yongtao.guan@yale.edu
Haiqun Li, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Public Health
LEPH 208
(203) 785-4707
haiqun.lin@yale.edu
Xiaomei Ma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
LEPH 405
(203) 785-3880
xiaomei.ma@yale.edu
Diane McMahon-Pratt, Ph.D.
Professor of Epidemiology
LEPH 715
(203)785-4481
diane.mcmahon-pratt@yale.edu
Kevin Nelson, M.P.H. ‘92
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Compliance Officer, Hudson Health Plan
Phone: (914) 631-1611
Fax: (914) 631-1615
knelson@hudsonhealthplan.org
Nina S. Stachenfeld, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, PB/GYN and EpidemiologyJohn B. Pierce Laboratory
(203) 562-9901 x219
nstach@jbpierce.org
Susan V. Whalen
Director of Student Affairs/Registrar
47 College Street, Room 110
(203) 785-3862
susan.whalen@yale.edu
Herbert Yu
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
LEPH 700
(203) 785-5688
Herbert.yu@yale.edu
Danielle S. Williams, J.D.
Director of Alumni Affairs
135 College, Rm 218
(203) 785-2228
danielle.williams@yale.edu
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