Inclusion/Diversity/Equity/Anti-Racism/Social Justice (IDEAS) Committee

The IDEAS Committee is a committee established by the ANA Board of Directors to implement actionable steps that relate to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). The Committee is charged with developing, instituting, and assessing programs and policies that develop an organizational culture that values and acknowledges the ANA’s diverse membership; and foster an inclusive and equitable organizational culture that serves as an example to its members and the academic neurology and neuroscience community at large.

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Co-Chairs

Amanda Brown, PhD
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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Nerrisa Ko, MD, MAS
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University of California, San Francisco

Immediate Past Co-Chair

Lesli Skolarus, MD, MS
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Northwestern University
Allison Willis, MD,MS
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University of Pennsylvania

Members

Chantale Branson, MD
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Morehouse School of Medicine
Frank Conyers, MD, MPP
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University of Michigan
Roland Faigle, MD, PhD
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Johns Hopkins University
Elizabeth Felton, MD, PhD
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mihir Kakara, MD, PhD
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University of Pennsylvania
May Kim-Tenser, MD
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Keck Medical Center of USC
Justin C. McArthur, MBBS, MPH
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Johns Hopkins University
Adys Mendizabal, MD
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University of California, Los Angeles
Uma Menon, MD, MBA (HC)
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Avindra Nath, MD
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National Institutes of Health
Sima Patel, MD
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University of Minnesota
Maisha Robinson, MD
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Mayo Clinic
Mwiza Ushe, MD, MA
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Washington University in St. Louis

ANA Board Liaison

Devin Brown, MD, MS
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University of Michigan

Ex Officio

Frances E. Jensen, MD, FACP, FANA
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University of Pennsylvania
Dimitri Krainc, MD, PhD
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Northwestern University
M. Elizabeth Ross, MD, PhD
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Weill Cornell Medicine

ANA Staff Liaison

Nadine Goldberg, PhD, MS
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