The IDEAS Committee is a committee established by the ANA Board of Directors to implement actionable steps that relate to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). The Committee is charged with developing, instituting, and assessing programs and policies that develop an organizational culture that values and acknowledges the ANA’s diverse membership; and foster an inclusive and equitable organizational culture that serves as an example to its members and the academic neurology and neuroscience community at large.
Chair

Lesli Skolarus, MD, MS
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Northwestern University

Allison Willis, MD,MS
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University of Pennsylvania
Members
Chantale Branson, MD
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Morehouse School of Medicine

Amanda Brown, PhD
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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Frank Conyers, MD, MPP
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University of Michigan

Roland Faigle, MD, PhD
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Johns Hopkins University

Elizabeth Felton, MD, PhD
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University of Wisconsin-Madison

Frances E. Jensen, MD, FANA, FACP
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University of Pennsylvania
Mihir Kakara, MD, PhD
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University of Pennsylvania
May Kim-Tenser, MD
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Keck Medical Center of USC
Nerrisa Ko, MD, MAS
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University of California, San Francisco

Justin C. McArthur, MBBS, MPH
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Johns Hopkins University

Adys Mendizabal, MD
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University of California, Los Angeles

Uma Menon, MD, MBA (HC)
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Ochsner Medical Center

Avindra Nath, MD
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National Institutes of Health
Maisha Robinson, MD
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Mayo Clinic
Mwiza Ushe, MD, MA
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Washington University in St. Louis
ANA Staff Liaison
Nadine Goldberg, PhD, MS
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