2021-2022 Oversight Board Members

Marja Hurley, M.D.
Chair
Professor of Medicine and Orthopedics, UConn Health
Farmington, CT 06030-1850
hurley@uchc.edu

Rudy Ortiz, Ph.D.
Chair Elect
Professor, University of California, Merced, School of Natural Sciences
Merced, CA 95343
rortiz@ucmerced.edu

Myra Kleinpeter, M.D.
Past Chair
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine/Nephrology, Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA 70112
mkleinp@tulane.edu

Larry D. Alexander, Ph.D.
Member
Associate Dean of Curriculum and Innovation, Associate Professor of Physiology Department of Professional and Medical Education, Meharry Medical College
Nashville, TN 37208
ldalexander@mmc.edu

Lynda Brown, Ph.D.
Member
Chief Executive Office, Funding Pathways
Grant Director, New Journey
Greensboro, NC 27455
lmb_psalm1@yahoo.com

Ayotunde Dokun, M.D.
Member
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, TN 38163
dokun001@gmail.com

Joseph Larkin, III, Ph.D.
Member
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611
jlarkin3@ufl.edu

Bolni Nagalo, Ph.D.
Member
Associate Consultant I, Dept. Hematology and Oncology, Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona
Tempe, AZ 85281
nagalo.bolni@mayo.edu

Susanne Nicholas, M.D.
Member
Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Endocrinology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095
SuNicholas@mednet.ucla.edu

Mariya Sweetwyne, Ph.D.
Member
Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
sandu@uw.edu

Shirley Blanchard, Ph.D.
Ad Hoc Member
Professor, Creighton University
Omaha, NE 68178
sblancha@creighton.edu

Virginia Sarapura, M.D.
Ad Hoc Member
Professor, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO 80045
virginia.sarapura@ucdenver.edu

Lawrence Agodoa, M.D.
NIDDK Representative
Director, Office of Minority Health Research Coordination, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH
Bethesda, MD 20893-5454
agodoal@mail.nih.gov

Winnie Martinez
NIDDK Representative
Program Officer, Network of Minority Health Research Investigators, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH
Bethesda, MD 20893-5454
Winnie.Martinez@NIH.gov