Community Advisory Board

The GHUCCTS Community Advisory Board (CAB) is designed to serve a crucial function for achieving bi-directional communication between investigators and community leaders.  Our CAB members provide unique perspectives based on their positions in key leadership positions within organizations across metropolitan Washington, D.C. These representatives were identified based on their unique abilities to communicate the needs of their constituents when it comes to access to research. CAB members serve as a bridge between GHUCCTS investigators and the community and are able to facilitate dialogue between investigators and the community. The CAB has therefore played an essential role in allowing GHUCCTS investigators to build meaningful and lasting research partnerships with the community. Our CAB plays a key role in evaluating the degree to which GHUCCTS activities align with the needs and concerns of the local community.

Following are our current CAB members and their Organization / Affiliations:

Cooper, Leslie, PhD
Independent Consultant

Cruz, Yanira, DrPH, MPH
President & CEO, National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA)
http://www.nhcoa.org

Magrini, D
Assistant Director of Community Commitment and Training 
http://www.whitman-walker.org

McCollough, Mathew, MPA
Director, DC Office of Disability Rights' (ODR)
https://odr.dc.gov/

Adam Visconti, MD, MPH
Director, CAPRICORN Practice-Based Research Network
Department of Family Medicine
Georgetown University Medical Center
http://familymedicine.georgetown.edu/divisions/research/capricorn

Nunez, Abel, BA
Executive Director, Central American Resource Center (CARECEN)
www.carecendc.org

Roberts, Roslyn, Rev., M.Div.
Elder, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Minister to Children, Youth and Young Adults

Washington, Abyssinia, MEd, PsyD
Child Psychologist/Trauma Therapist and Consultant, Washington DC