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.
Co-Chairs
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Amanda Brown, PhD
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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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Nerrisa Ko, MD, MAS
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University of California, San Francisco
Immediate Past Co-Chair
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Lesli Skolarus, MD, MS
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Northwestern University
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Allison Willis, MD,MS
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University of Pennsylvania
Members
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Chantale Branson, MD
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Morehouse School of Medicine
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Frank Conyers, MD, MPP
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University of Michigan
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Elizabeth Felton, MD, PhD
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Mihir Kakara, MD, PhD
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University of Pennsylvania
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May Kim-Tenser, MD
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Keck Medical Center of USC
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Justin C. McArthur, MBBS, MPH
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Johns Hopkins University
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Adys Mendizabal, MD
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University of California, Los Angeles
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Uma Menon, MD, MBA (HC)
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Avindra Nath, MD
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National Institutes of Health
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Sima Patel, MD
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University of Minnesota
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Maisha Robinson, MD
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Mayo Clinic
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Mwiza Ushe, MD, MA
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Washington University in St. Louis
ANA Board Liaison
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Devin Brown, MD, MS
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University of Michigan
Ex Officio
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Frances E. Jensen, MD, FACP, FANA
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University of Pennsylvania
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Dimitri Krainc, MD, PhD
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Northwestern University
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M. Elizabeth Ross, MD, PhD
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Weill Cornell Medicine
ANA Staff Liaison
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Nadine Goldberg, PhD, MS
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