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 I
nstitutes, 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 | |
Maria Lopez-Class | All of Us Research Program | |
Sheri Schully | All of Us Research Program | |
Tom Beres | Center for Scientific Review | |
Mark Rubert | Center for Scientific Review | |
Mark Vosvick | Center for Scientific Review | |
Jean Shin | Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity Office | |
Yukiko Asada | NIH Clinical Center | |
Lisa Evans | Division of Biomedical Research Workforce/Office of the Director | |
Parisa Parsafar | Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development | |
Ronna Popkin | Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development | |
Ranjan Gupta | Fogarty International Center | |
Brad Newsome | Fogarty International Center | |
LeeAnn Bailey | National Cancer Institute | |
Whitney Barfield Steward | National Cancer Institute | |
Shauna Clark | National Cancer Institute | |
Chipper Dean | National Cancer Institute | |
Leila Jamal | National Cancer Institute | |
Amy Kennedy | National Cancer Institute | |
Guadalupe Aquino | National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences | |
Beda Jean-Francois | National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health | |
Melissa Trevino | National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health | |
Emily Chew | National Eye Institute | |
Shefa Gordon | National Eye Institute | |
Bryan Ampey | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute | |
DaRel Barksdale | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute | |
Erik Rodriquez | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute | |
Zo Bly | National Human Genome Research Institute | |
Vence Bonham | National Human Genome Research Institute | |
Erin Ramos | National Human Genome Research Institute | |
Jamil Scott | National Human Genome Research Institute | |
Keith Crawford | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | |
Daphne Robinson | National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases | |
Stephanie Burrows | National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases | |
Heiyoung Park | National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases | |
Asha Storm | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering | |
Dena Fischer | National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research | |
Jenna Norton | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases | |
Bonnie Burgess-Beusse | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases | |
Maureen Monaghan Center | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases | |
Julie Wallace | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases | |
Vanessa White | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases | |
Mark Miller | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences | |
Edgardo Falcon Morales | National Institute of General Medical Sciences | |
Susannah Allison | National Institute of Mental Health | |
Beshaun Davis | National Institute of Mental Health | |
Tamara Lewis-Johnson | National Institute of Mental Health | |
Richard Benson | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | |
Naomi Booker | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | |
Stacey Chambers | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | |
Sara Dodson | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | |
Shalanda Bynum | National Institute of Nursing Research | |
Eddie Byrnes | National Institute of Nursing Research | |
Melissa Gerald | National Institute on Aging | |
Janetta Lun | National Institute on Aging | |
Rajasri Roy | National Institute on Aging | |
Alyssa Tonsing-Carter | National Institute on Aging | |
Robert Freeman | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism | |
Janet Cyr | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | |
Carol Hubner | National Institute on Drug Abuse | |
Rich Jenkins | National Institute on Drug Abuse | |
Crystal Barksdale | National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities | |
Rada Dagher | National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities | |
David Saeger | NIH Clinical Center | |
Paul Gaist | Office of AIDS Research/Office of the Director | |
Melissa Mera | Office of AIDS Research/Office of the Director | |
Amber Wilson | Office of AIDS Research/Office of the Director | |
Michelle Boyle | Office of Budget/Office of the Director | |
Roz King | Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research/Office of the Director | |
Jennifer Alvidrez | Office of Disease Prevention/Office of the Director | |
Libby Walton | Office of Disease Prevention/Office of the Director | |
Kate Winseck | Office of Disease Prevention/Office of the Director | |
Tamara Bruce | Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion | |
Bonny Harbinger | Office of Intramural Research/Office of the Director | |
Amanda Field | Office of Legislative Policy and Analysis | |
Elizabeth Barr | Office of Research on Women’s Health/Office of the Director | |
Dever Powell | Office of Research Services/Office of the Director | |
Stephanie Courchesne | Office of Strategic Coordination/ Office of the Director |