SGM Research Coordinating Committee

The NIH Sexual & Gender Minority Research Coordinating Committee (SGM RCC) provides a trans-NIH forum for discussing the diverse health research issues of SGM communities and serves as a catalyst for developing additional research and research training initiatives in these areas across the agency.

SGM RCC Responsibilities

Facilitate and coordinate collaborations and other activities related to SGM health research across the NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices, as well as with other federal agencies.
Develop potential research and research training activities for NIH and ICO leadership to consider as a result of recommendations from the Institute of Medicine report on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender health.
Provide advice to the SGMRO on implementation and evaluation of the NIH SGM Research Strategic Plan.

Member Roster

Name	NIH Institute/Center/Office	Email Address
Erica Landis	All of Us Research Program	[email protected]
Maria Lopez-Class	All of Us Research Program	[email protected]
Sheri Schully	All of Us Research Program	[email protected]
Tom Beres	Center for Scientific Review	[email protected]
Mark Rubert	Center for Scientific Review	[email protected]
Mark Vosvick	Center for Scientific Review	[email protected]
Jean Shin	Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity Office	[email protected]
Lisa Evans	Division of Biomedical Research Workforce/Office of the Director	[email protected]
Parisa Parsafar	Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	[email protected]
Ronna Popkin	Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	[email protected]
Ranjan Gupta	Fogarty International Center	[email protected]
Brad Newsome	Fogarty International Center	[email protected]
LeeAnn Bailey	National Cancer Institute	[email protected]
Whitney Barfield	National Cancer Institute	[email protected]
Shauna Clark	National Cancer Institute	[email protected]
Chipper Dean	National Cancer Institute	[email protected]
Leila Jamal	National Cancer Institute	[email protected]
Amy Kennedy	National Cancer Institute	[email protected]
Shobha Srinivasan	National Cancer Institute	[email protected]
Vanessa White	National Cancer Institute	[email protected]
Guadalupe Aquino	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	[email protected]
Beda Jean-Francois	National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health	[email protected]
Emily Chew	National Eye Institute	[email protected]
Shefa Gordon	National Eye Institute	[email protected]
Anna Han	National Eye Institute	[email protected]
Bryan Ampey	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	[email protected]
DaRel Barksdale	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	[email protected]
Erik Rodriquez	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	[email protected]
Vence Bonham	National Human Genome Research Institute	[email protected]
Sheethal Jose	National Human Genome Research Institute	[email protected]
Jamil Scott	National Human Genome Research Institute	[email protected]
Keith Crawford	National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	[email protected]
Merriline Vedamony	National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	[email protected]
Justin Wilson	National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases	[email protected]
Stephanie Burrows	National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases	[email protected]
Heiyoung Park	National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases	[email protected]
Asha Storm	National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering	[email protected]
Dena Fischer	National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research	[email protected]
Jenna Norton	National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases	[email protected]
Bonnie Burgess-Beusse	National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases	[email protected]
Maureen Monaghan Center	National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases	[email protected]
Julie Wallace	National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases	[email protected]
Mark Miller	National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences	[email protected]
Edgardo Falcon Morales	National Institute of General Medical Sciences	[email protected]
Susannah Allison	National Institute of Mental Health	[email protected]
Mauricio Rangel-Gomez	National Institute of Mental Health	[email protected]
Beshaun Davis	National Institute of Mental Health	[email protected]
Brendan Weintraub	National Institute of Mental Health	[email protected]
Richard Benson	National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke	[email protected]
Naomi Booker	National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke	[email protected]
Stacey Chambers	National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke	[email protected]
Sara Dodson	National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke	[email protected]
Katie Reichard	National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke	[email protected]
Tam Vo	National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke	[email protected]
Joshua Wolff	National Institute of Nursing Research	[email protected]
Eddie Byrnes	National Institute of Nursing Research	[email protected]
Aaron Ogletree	National Institute on Aging	[email protected]
Melissa Gerald	National Institute on Aging	[email protected]
Janetta Lun	National Institute on Aging	[email protected]
Rajasri Roy	National Institute on Aging	[email protected]
Alyssa Tonsing-Carter	National Institute on Aging	[email protected]
Robert Freeman	National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism	[email protected]
Lisa Kopf	National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders	[email protected]
Carol Hubner	National Institute on Drug Abuse	[email protected]
Rich Jenkins	National Institute on Drug Abuse	[email protected]
Crystal Barksdale	National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities	[email protected]
Rada Dagher	National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities	[email protected]
Carlos Garrido	National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities	[email protected]
Kathel Dunn	National Library of Medicine	[email protected]
Yukiko Asada	NIH Clinical Center	[email protected]
David Saeger	NIH Clinical Center	[email protected]
Melissa Herrera	Office of AIDS Research/Office of the Director	[email protected]
Amber Wilson	Office of AIDS Research/Office of the Director	[email protected]
Roz King	Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research/Office of the Director	[email protected]
Eva Lancaster	Office of Data Science Strategy	[email protected]
Jennifer Alvidrez	Office of Disease Prevention/Office of the Director	[email protected])
Libby Walton	Office of Disease Prevention/Office of the Director	[email protected]
Usha Singh	Office of Disease Prevention/Office of the Director	[email protected]
Monique Robinson	Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion	[email protected]
Tamara Bruce	Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion	[email protected]
Bonny Harbinger	Office of Intramural Research/Office of the Director	[email protected]
Amanda Field	Office of Legislative Policy and Analysis	[email protected]
Drew Bremer	Office of Nutrition Research	[email protected]
Elizabeth Barr	Office of Research on Women’s Health/Office of the Director	[email protected]
Christy Kano	Office of Strategic Coordination/ Office of the Director	[email protected]
Toy Mitchell	Office of Strategic Coordination/ Office of the Director	[email protected]