Inclusion/Diversity/Equity/Anti-Racism/Social Justice (IDEAS) Committee
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
Amanda Brown, PhD, FANA
2023 – 2025
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Nerrisa Ko, MD, MAS, FANA
2023 – 2025
University of California, San Francisco
Vice Chairs
Mihir Kakara, MD, PhD
2024 – 2025
NYU Langone
Mwiza Ushe, MD, MA
2024 – 2025
Washington University in St. Louis
Members
Chantale Branson, MD
2022 – 2025
Morehouse School of Medicine
Kimystian Harrison, MD
2024 – 2027
Washington University in St. Louis
Lidia Maria Moura, MD, PhD, MPH
2024 – 2027
Harvard University
Vidith Phillips, MBBS
2024 – 2027
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Kiran Thakur, MD
2024 – 2027
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Frank Conyers, MD, MPP
2022 – 2025
University of Michigan
May Kim-Tenser, MD
2022 – 2025
Keck Medical Center of USC
Sima Patel, MD
2023 – 2025
University of Minnesota
Maisha Robinson, MD
2022 – 2025
Mayo Clinic
Alejandro Vargas, MD
2024 – 2027
Rush Medical College
ANA Board Liaison
Devin Brown, MD, MS, FANA
2023 – 2025
University of Michigan
Ex Officio
Frances E. Jensen, MD, FACP, FANA
2021 – 2025
University of Pennsylvania
M. Elizabeth Ross, MD, PhD, FANA
2021 – 2026
Weill Cornell Medicine
Dimitri Krainc, MD, PhD, FANA
2023 – 2029
Northwestern University
ANA Staff Liaison
Nadine Goldberg, PhD, MS
Chief Program Officer