UNITE

About

Venn Diagram: People Focused and Data Driven in the center

UNITE acts as a think tank to promote equity, generate bold ideas, and catalyze new actions. Collectively, it identifies and addresses any structural racism that may exist within the NIH and throughout the biomedical and behavioral workforce. UNITE facilitates activities to identify opportunities, make recommendations, and develop and implement strategies to spur widescale, systematic change.

The UNITE initiative focuses on three primary domains鈥攈ealth disparities/minority health research (HD/MH), internal NIH workforce, and external biomedical and behavioral research workforce鈥攖hat intersect and enable greater transparency, accountability, and communications across NIH and the biomedical and behavioral research community. UNITE鈥檚 four focus areas underwritten by data on this page reflect the three key domains in the Venn diagram.

UNITE At a Glance

2023-2024 UNITE Progress Report

The latest progress report highlights UNITE's accomplishments since the 2022 inaugural report. It outlines efforts associated with UNITE's four focus areas, focusing on UNITE's impact on health inequities and minority health research funding, the external biomedical and behavioral workforce, and NIH staff. Additionally, this update addresses a transition in leadership for the next phase of UNITE and their plans for continuing UNITE's critical efforts.

UNITE Co-Chair鈥檚 Corner

Monthly updates from UNITE鈥檚 co-chairs and committee leadership.

Advisory Committee Updates

UNITE priorities and updates shared during the Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD) meetings.

UNITE-Related Funding Opportunities

How UNITE helps NIH to provide research funding for greater innovation.

Inclusiveness is Powerful

NIH diversified imagery helps reflect rich diversity of the NIH workforce.

Events

UNITE presents the latest data and ideas on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in the biomedical workforce and in research.

Funding opportunities across NIH that are related to diversity.

UNITE鈥檚 Four Focus Areas

Header for UNITE Focus Area 1: Elevating Health Disparities and Minority Health Research Across Institutes and Centers

Focus Area 1 ensures that ICs prioritize health disparities and minority health research (HD/MH) across clinical trials and human subject research.

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Header for UNITE Focus Area 2: Promoting Equity in the NIH-Supported Biomedical Research Ecosystem
As a result of ideas generated by UNITE, initiatives in this focus area were developed to promote听diversity and inclusion in the NIH extramural research ecosystem.

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Header for UNITE Focus area three. Promoting equity in the internal NIH workforce.
Efforts in Focus Area 3 concentrate on enhancing equity within the NIH internal workforce, role听modeling expectations of the external biomedical system.

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Header for UNITE Focus Area 4: Improving the Accuracy and Transparency of Racial and Ethnic Equity Data
Greater data transparency and availability enhances stakeholder efforts to address structural听racism and discrimination.

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UNITE鈥橲 Five Committees

Five UNITE committees with more than 80 NIH staff volunteers concentrate on catalyzing change and enacting real solutions听to foster equity for all. Each committee has a unique mission, while working collaboratively to develop methods that enhance听equity across the scientific enterprise.
A chart listing the roles of each of the five UNITE committees. U Committee: Understand stakeholder experiences through listening and learning. N Committee: Facilitate and develop new research on HD/MH. I Committee: Improve the NIH culture and structure for equity, inclusion, and excellence. T Committee: Foster transparency, communication, and accountability with internal and external stakeholders. E Committee: Change policy, culture, and structure to promote diversity in the extramural research ecosystem.

UNITE Leadership, Program Support, and Staff Volunteers

UNITE Co-Chairs

Mohammed Aiyegbo, Ph.D.
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Marie A. Bernard, M.D.
NIH Office of the Director/Chief Officer for
Scientific Workforce Diversity

Camille Hoover, M.S.W.
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

U Committee Members

Leah Miller听鈥 Co-Chair
最新麻豆视频 Heart, Blood, and Lung Institute

Mia Rochelle Lowden, Ph.D.听鈥 Co-Chair
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Nursing Research听

Troy Muhammad, Ph.D.听鈥 Co-Chair
最新麻豆视频 Cancer Institute

Anna Amar, Ph.D.
NIH Office of the Director

Shelli Avenevoli, Ph.D.
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Mental Health

Irene Avila, Ph.D.
NIH Office of the Director

Tanya Chakraborty, M.S.
NIH Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Dexter Collins, M.P.A.
Fogarty International Center

Joanna Goldfarb
最新麻豆视频 Library of Medicine

Jamie Gulin, M.P.H.
最新麻豆视频 Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Patricia Haggerty, Ph.D.
NIH Office of Dietary Supplements

John Haller, Ph.D.
最新麻豆视频 Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Shadab Fatima Hussain, Ph.D.
最新麻豆视频 Cancer Institute

Maura Landers
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Mental Health

Flair Lindsey
最新麻豆视频 Institute on Drug Abuse

Leslie Littlejohn
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

Laura Long, Ph.D.
NIH Office of the Director

Cristina Nigro, Ph.D., M.S.
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Karen Perkins, M.Ed.
NIH Clinical Center

Elizabeth Sekine
最新麻豆视频听Institute on Mental Health

Denesha Simmons
最新麻豆视频 Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

Kelly Ten Hagen, Ph.D.
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

Vidya Vedham, Ph.D.
最新麻豆视频 Cancer Institute

Robert Walker Jr., Ph.D.
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

Susan Wetherby
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Mental Health听

N Committee Members

Monica Webb Hooper, Ph.D.听鈥 Co-Chair
最新麻豆视频 Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Kathy Etz, Ph.D.听鈥 Co-Chair
最新麻豆视频 Institute on Drug Abuse

Jennifer Alvidrez, Ph.D.听鈥 Co-Chair
NIH Office of Disease Prevention

Hope Mabry听听鈥 Staff Support
最新麻豆视频 Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Frank Bandiera, Ph.D.
最新麻豆视频 Institute on Aging

Vence Bonham, J.D.
最新麻豆视频 Human Genome Research Institute

Christine Cutillo
最新麻豆视频 Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

Janine Clayton, M.D.
NIH Office of Research on Women鈥檚 Health

Tilda Farhart, Ph.D., M.P.H.
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities

Robert Garcia,听Ph.D., M.P.H.
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities

Lauren Oliveira Hashiguchi, Ph.D.
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Nursing Research

Sharon Jackson, M.D.
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

Vanessa Marshall, Ph.D.
最新麻豆视频 Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Nathan Moore, Ph.D.
最新麻豆视频 Institute of General Medical Sciences

Jenna Norton
最新麻豆视频 Institute of General Medical Sciences

Janet Sanchez
NIH Office of the Director

Tiffany Wallace
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Cancer

Vivian Ota Wang, Ph.D.
NIH Office of Research on Women鈥檚 Health

Shannon Zenk, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N.
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Nursing Research

I Committee Members

Laura Koehly, Ph.D.听鈥 Co-Chair
最新麻豆视频 Human Genome Research Institute

Kevin Williams, J.D. 鈥 Co-Chair
NIH Office of听Equity, Diversity and Inclusion听

Yvonne Payne听鈥 Staff Support
NIH Office of the Director

Jamelle Banks, M.P.H.
最新麻豆视频 Institute on Aging

Leia Butler听
NIH Office of the Director

Shauna Clark, Ph.D.
最新麻豆视频 Cancer Institute

Charles Egwuagu, Ph.D.,听M.P.H.
最新麻豆视频 Eye Institute

Courtney Fitzhugh, M.D.
最新麻豆视频 Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Claudia Gonzalez, Ph.D.
最新麻豆视频 Institute of General Medical听Sciences听

Kendall Hill
最新麻豆视频 Cancer Institute

Shawn Lewis
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Nursing Research

Joe Martin
NIH Office of the Director

Darryl Murray, Ph.D.
NIH Office of the Director

Beth Perry
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Brenda Robles
NIH Clinical Center

Victoria Rucker
最新麻豆视频 Library of Medicine

Shaun Sims
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

T Committee Members

John Burklow 鈥 Co-Chair
NIH Office of the Director

Samantha Calabrese听鈥 Co-Chair
Eunice Kennedy Shriver 最新麻豆视频 Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Eric Sid, M.D.听鈥 Co-Chair
最新麻豆视频 Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

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NIH Office of the Director

Claudia Figueroa-Romero听鈥 Staff Support
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Jessica Forbes听鈥 Staff Support
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Lakshmi Grama, M.A., M.L.S.
最新麻豆视频 Cancer Institute听

Paule Joseph, Ph.D.
NIH Office of Intramural Research

Traci M. Murray, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., NHDP-BC, CPH
最新麻豆视频 Institute on Drug Abuse

Eric Refsland, Ph.D.
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Cathy Rowe
最新麻豆视频 Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Wayne Wang, Ph.D.
最新麻豆视频 Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

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E Committee Members

Ericka Boone, Ph.D. 鈥 Co-Chair
NIH Office of Extramural Research

Jon Lorsch, Ph.D. 鈥 Co-Chair
最新麻豆视频 Institute of General Medical Sciences

Anna E. Ord贸帽ez, M.D. 鈥 Co-Chair
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Mental Health

Beverly Hines听鈥 Staff Support
最新麻豆视频 Institute of General Medical Sciences

Eddie Billingslea, Ph.D.
NIH Office of Research on Women鈥檚 Health

Tiffany Calvert, M.Ed.
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Rena D鈥橲ouza, D.D.S., Ph.D.,听M.S.听
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

Zeynep Erim, Ph.D.
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Leonardo Garzon-Velez
Fogarty International Center

Leah Hubbard, Ph.D.
最新麻豆视频 Cancer Institute

Patricia Jones,听 Dr.PH.,听M.S., M.P.H.
最新麻豆视频 Institute on Aging

Vonda Smith, Ph.D.
Center for Scientific Review

James Washington, Ph.D.,听M.S.听
最新麻豆视频 Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Maryam Zaringhalam, Ph.D.
最新麻豆视频 Library of Medicine

This page last reviewed on October 10, 2024