Featured Research and Principal Investigators

The FDA Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE) Research and Collaboration Program works with FDA centers and external partners to support research studies about minority health and health disparities. Featured research highlighted below.

Featured Researcher Spotlight

Claudia R. Baquet, MD, MPH, PhD

Affiliate Professor — University of Maryland School of Pharmacy; Founder of the Hope Institute; member, PATIENTS Program

Billie Jo Kipp, PhD

Associate Director of Research and Evaluation — Center For Native American Youth

Stephine Poston, MA

President & CEO — Poston & Associates, LLC

Todd B. Seto, MD, MPH

Director of Academic Affairs and Research — The Queen’s Medical Center; associate professor and Vice Chair of Medicine at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine

Past Researcher Spotlight

Chari Cohen, DrPH, MPH

Senior Vice President — Hepatitis B Foundation

Bonnie Duran, DrPH

Professor Emeritus — University of Washington School of Social Work

Dr. Yasmin Ibrahim, Hepatitis B Foundation

Yasmin Ibrahim, MD, PhD, MBA

Program Manager, Public Health — Hepatitis B Foundation

Beverly Lyn-Cook, PhD

Senior Interdisciplinary Research Biologist — National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), Division of Biochemical Toxicology

Terri S. Moore, PhD, MBA

Senior Director of Academic Services and Strategic Initiatives — American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

Tim K. Mackey, MAS, PhD

Director of the Global Health and Data Policy Institute, UC San Diego, and Co-Founder, S-3 Research

Maria Rios, PhD

Research Biologist — Office of Blood Research and Review

Jocelyn Spates, PharmD, BCPS

Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs — Florida A&M University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Public Health

Patricia Y. Talbert, PhD, MPH, MS

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Administration — Howard University, College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences

Joshua Xu, PhD

Computer Scientist — National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), Division of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics

Joshua S. Yang, PhD, MPH

Professor — California State University, Fullerton

Featured Researcher Spotlight

Affiliate Professor — University of Maryland School of Pharmacy; Founder of the Hope Institute; member, PATIENTS Program

Associate Director of Research and Evaluation — Center For Native American Youth

President & CEO — Poston & Associates, LLC

Director of Academic Affairs and Research — The Queen’s Medical Center; associate professor and Vice Chair of Medicine at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine

Past Researcher Spotlight

Senior Vice President — Hepatitis B Foundation

Professor Emeritus — University of Washington School of Social Work

Program Manager, Public Health — Hepatitis B Foundation

Senior Interdisciplinary Research Biologist — National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), Division of Biochemical Toxicology

Senior Director of Academic Services and Strategic Initiatives — American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

Director of the Global Health and Data Policy Institute, UC San Diego, and Co-Founder, S-3 Research

Research Biologist — Office of Blood Research and Review

Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs — Florida A&M University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Public Health

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Administration — Howard University, College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences

Computer Scientist — National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), Division of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics

Professor — California State University, Fullerton

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