| Name | Title | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Albert Avila, Ph.D. |
Acting Director, ODHD |
301-496-8804 |
| Pamela Goodlow | Public Health Analyst | 301-435-0925 |
| Flair Lindsey | Program Analyst | 301-435-0779 |
| Julie Cross-Huffman | Extramural Support Specialist | 301-443-9798 |
| Charlotte Annan | Secretary | 301-443-0441 |
Biographies
Pamela Goodlow
Pamela Goodlow has served as a public health analyst in NIDA’s Office of Diversity and Health Disparities since 1994. She is the expert coordinator for the Institute’s Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Diversity Supplements) program, and is the Institute’s contact for the Diversity-promoting Institutions Drug Abuse Research Program (DIDARP). In addition, she chairs NIDA’s internal workgroup on minority issues, the NIDA Consortium on Minority Affairs. Until recently, Ms. Goodlow coordinated NIDA’s Special Populations Research Development Seminar Series. Prior to coming to the Office of Diversity and Health Disparities, Ms. Goodlow served as Public Affairs Specialist in the former Community and Professional Education Branch (OSPC) at NIDA.
Flair Lindsey
Flair Lindsey is a program analyst in NIDA’s Office of Diversity and Health Disparities. Her numerous responsibilities include coordinating NIDA’s Special Populations Research Development Seminar Series for new investigators and the Summer Research with NIDA program for high school and undergraduate students. In addition, Ms. Lindsey manages the ODHD’s logistics contract, which provides support to various NIDA and ODHD-related activities. Since joining NIDA in 1995, Ms. Lindsey has been involved in the planning and coordination of meetings and activities relevant to health disparities research.
Charlotte Annan
Charlotte Annan joined the Office of Diversity and Health Disparities in 2002. Ms. Annan handles all of the office’s administrative needs, which include scheduling program activities for the ODHD, maintaining files of ODHD programs, arranging all staff travel, assisting with the coordination of diversity supplement application reviews, and the activities of the Summer Research with NIDA program. She brings over 35 years of administrative experience, including 20 years in the Federal government, to the ODHD.
ODHD/Lead Program Coordinating (LPC) Task Force
This Task Force is comprised of ODHD staff (above), and NIDA program and review staff and has a major role in shaping, coordinating and implementing research training and promoting and conducting health disparities research. The Task Force also identifies research opportunities and gaps aimed at improving health diversity and health disparities research and research training programs across all of NIDA.
Members include:
NIDA Consortium on Diversity Affairs
This Consortium serves as the review committee for the Diversity Supplement Program.
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