Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Risha Irvin, M.D., M.P.H.
Program Director, Health Equity
JHM Office of Diversity, Inclusion & Health Equity Vice Chair for
Diversity, Inclusion, & Health Equity, Department of Medicine Associate Professor,
Division of Infectious Diseases, JHU School of Medicine
Alaysia Phillips, M.P.H.
Program Manager, Health Equity
JHM Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity
Paula Neira, J.D., M.S.N., R.N., C.E.N.
Program Director of LGBTQ+ Equity and Education
JHM Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity
Hessam Sadatsafavi, Ph.D.
Business Intelligence Developer
JHM Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity
Panagis Galiatsatos, M.D., M.H.S.
SDOH and Health Equity SME Associate Professor of Medicine, JHU School of Medicine
Senior Vice President, Operations
Johns Hopkins Health System
The Johns Hopkins Medicine Health Equity Advisory Committee
Assist in developing operational workflows to ensure accurate sociodemographic data collection across JHM
REaL (race, ethnicity, language)
SOGI (sexual orientation, gender identity)
Disability status
Social determinants of health
Determine how health equity should be structured, resourced, and operationalized for data analysis and intervention delivery across JHM
Name
Title
Mysha Allen
Director Case Management & Utilization Review
Chevaunne Edwards
Program Director, Experience Insights & Analytics
Badia Faddoul
Sr. Director of Quality & Safety
Kendrick Gwynn
Assistant Professor/
Associate Director of Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute
Raena Hariharan
Physician
Raquel Hernandez, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics /Director, Center for Pediatric Health Equity Research
Dawn Hohl
Sr. Director of Transitions & Relationship Management
Ann Kane, M.D.
Medical Director of Quality
Julia Kim, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics /Director, Center for Pediatric Health Equity Research
Aisha Rahim, M.D.
Medical Director
Monique Sanfuentes
Admin Director of Community Affairs & Population Health
Kai Shea, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.-C
Executive Director of Care Management & Social Work
Erica Shelton
Assistant Professor/Emergency Medicine
Tarleen (Tina) Singh
Medical Director
Alexis White
Director of Women & Infant Services
As outlined in the figure below, there are 5 existing health equity work groups with whom our ODIHE health equity team collaborates:
JHM Social Determinants of Health Work Group
JHM Language Services Advisory Council
JHM Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Work Group
JHM Safety & Quality Leads Council
Disability Inclusion and Accessibility Taskforce
Each of our JHHS clinical entities has a Health Equity Subcommittee of its Diversity Council. The co-chairs of each entity committee are members of the JHHS Health Equity Steering Committee that meets quarterly to share best practices and align around common entity health equity goals.