Strategic Plan to Eliminate Health Disparities in NJ, 2007

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The Office of Minority and Multicultural Health gratefully acknowledges and thanks all writers, contributors and reviewers of The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services Plan to Eliminate Health Disparities. The development of the Plan reflects the efforts of the Center for Health Statistics, the Office of Minority and Multicultural Health Advisory Commission, divisions and programs of the Department, members of the Health Disparities Work Group, academicians and public health practitioners.

The Office of Minority and Multicultural Health
Linda Holmes, M.P.A., Executive Director                               
Tonya Joyner, M.P.H., Research Scientist                                
Jose Gonzalez, M.P.A., Program Development Specialist         
Tamara Henry, Ed.D., Research Scientist                                 
Sudha Sharma, M.A., Public Health Representative
Daisy Monroe, Secretarial Assistant
Brie Mingo, Principal Clerk Typist

Office of the Commissioner
Jay Jimenez, Chief of Staff
Eddy Bresnitz, M.D., M.S., Deputy Commissioner/State Epidemiologist
Cindy Kirchner, M.P.H., Senior Policy Advisor
Ruth Charbonneau, R.N., J.D., Director, Legal and Regulatory Affairs
Patricia Cabrera, Office of Communications

The Division of Family Health Services
Celeste Andriot-Wood, Assistant Commissioner

The Division of HIV/AIDS
Larry Ganges, Assistant Commissioner

The Center for Health Statistics
Katherine Hempstead, Ph.D. Director
Colette Lamothe-Galette, M.P.H., Research Scientist
Maria Baron Duffy, M.A.S., Research Scientist
Loretta Kelly, M.S., Research Scientist

The Rutgers Center for State Health Policy
Mary Ellen Cook, M.P.P.
Sandra Howell, Ph.D.

The UMDNJ Center for Multicultural Health Communication
Debbie Salas-Lopez, M.D., M.P.H.

Office of Minority and Multicultural Health Advisory Commission
Robert E. Fullilove, Ed.D., Chair