PCC Presents: Equitable Recovery Discussion Series

Considerations for an Equitable Vaccination Program

​Higher rates of underlying chronic disease, coupled with greater likelihood of employment in essential industries creates a perfect storm making people of color both more likely to get infected with COVID-19 and, once infected, more likely to have a negative outcome. Through this virtual discussion series, we will provide a platform to discuss and identify opportunities in support of an equity focused approach to COVID-19 recovery and response efforts.  In this session we will explore pressing questions about how to approach development and roll out of a COVID-19 vaccine in a fashion that acknowledges and is sensitive to the challenges of systemic racism.

Panelists

Carrie D. Wolinetz, Ph.D., 
Acting Chief of Staff, and Associate Director for Science Policy
Director of the Office of Science Policy (OSP)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
 
As leader of OSP, Dr. Wolinetz advises the NIH Director on science policy matters of significance to the agency, the research community, and the public, on a wide range of issues including human subjects protections, biosecurity, biosafety, genomic data sharing, regenerative medicine, the organization and management of NIH, and the outputs and values of NIH-funded research. Prior to joining NIH, Dr. Wolinetz worked on biomedical research policy issues as the Deputy Director for Federal Affairs at the Association of American Universities (AAU) and the Director of Scientific Affairs and Public Relations at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB). She also served as the President of United for Medical Research, a leading NIH advocacy coalition. She has a BS in animal science from Cornell University, and she received her Ph.D in animal science from The Pennsylvania State University, where her area of research was reproductive physiology.

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October 6, 2020
12:00 to 2:00 P.M.
Virtual panel and dialogue series

Thank you to our sponsor.

​Karey M. Sutton, Ph.D.
Director, Health Equity Research Workforce Scientific Affairs
​Association of American Medical Colleges

Dr. Sutton is Director of Health Equity Research Workforce at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). She received undergraduate degrees in Chemistry and Classical Civilization from Howard University and her PhD in Science and Technology Policy from Virginia Tech where she was awarded the National Human Genome Research Institute’s Ruth Kirschstein Minority Predoctoral Fellowship. Prior to joining the AAMC, Dr. Sutton worked as a research fellow at the Center for Genomics in Society at UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine. Her research investigated the challenges and opportunities for engaging underrepresented communities in genomics research, with emphasis on minority participation in population-based biobanking. Dr. Sutton works to help build AAMC member institutions’ capacity to conduct solutions-focused health equity research by identifying levers of change, building strategic partnerships, and incentivizing action. She is also responsible for leading efforts to increase the health equity research workforce by developing a vision, strategy, and resources which will aid in engagement and active participation from diverse groups of individuals, particularly by URM faculty and students, in AAMC health equity projects. As the director of health equity research workforce, Dr. Sutton created and launched the AAMC CHARGE (Collaborative for Health equity: Act, Research, ​Generate Evidence) which now has a membership of over 450 individuals, developed resources to help academic medical centers partner with communities to address injustice and community health needs and has continued to lead the maternal mortality and morbidity disparities work across the AAMC. Dr. Sutton serves on various committees and taskforces including the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Technical Expert Panel for the maternal morbidity electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) and the Prince George's County Healthcare Action Coalition.

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Rev. Dr. Terris A. King, Ph.D.
Pastor of Liberty Grace Church of God
CEO King Enterprise Group, LLC
 
Prior to launching a healthcare consulting company named King Enterprise Group, LLC, Dr. King served as Executive Director for Healthcare for AT&T and previously Deputy Director of the Office of Information Systems at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). As Deputy Director, Dr. King assisted the Agency's Chief Information Officer in planning, organizing, and coordinating the activities required to maintain an agency-wide Information Resources Management (IRM) program. Prior to this role, Dr. King was the Acting Director of the Office of Minority Health for CMS. In this role, Dr.King focused on the establishment of the new office with the mission to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations in concert with established operational mechanisms in the agency as they implement payment reform, regulation and survey, coverage policies, health information technology, quality improvement, data analysis, and development of innovation and demonstration projects. For six years, Dr. King served as Deputy Director of the Office of Clinical Standards and Quality (OCSQ). Rev. King is a proud alumnus of Walbrook Senior High School in Baltimore, Maryland from which he graduated in 1978 receiving a scholarship in football to Delaware State College. He furthered his education and athletic career at Towson State University where he played football and graduated with a B.S. degree in Mass Communication in 1984. He attended St. Mary’s Seminary in 1989, and in 1997, he attended Johns Hopkins University where he received his Master’s Degree in Applied Behavioral Science. He received a Senior Executive Fellowship from Harvard University in 1999. He received his Doctorate in Divinity from Saint Thomas College in 2012.

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Michael Horberg MD, MAS, FACP, FIDSA
Executive Director Research, Community Benefit and Medicaid Strategy of the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (MAPMG)
Director of the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Research Institute (MAPRI)
Kaiser Permanente
 
Dr. Horberg is responsible for all research activities in Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States, as well as the Community Benefit leader for MAPMG. Dr. Horberg serves as director of HIV/AIDS program-wide for Kaiser Permanente and as Clinical Lead for HIV/AIDS for the Care Management Institute. Dr. Horberg has served on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, having co-chaired the Access to Care and Improved Outcomes Committee. Dr. Horberg is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA). He is Past-Chair of the Board of Directors of the HIV Medicine Association of IDSA. He presently serves on the IDSA Quality Performance Committee. Dr. Horberg is a commissioner of the State of Maryland Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission. Additionally, he is a Fellow of Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy. He is past-president of the national Gay and Lesbian Medical Association. He also now serves as the MAPRI principal investigator for the Kaiser Permanente Research Bank (national genomics initiative). Dr. Horberg has published over ninety-five manuscripts and delivered over one hundred presentations at scientific meetings; all are in peer-reviewed literature or conferences. Dr. Horberg graduated from Boston University’s College of Liberal Arts and School of Medicine (with honors of Summa cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa) and completed his internal medicine residency at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago (University of Chicago affiliate). He received his Master of Advanced Studies (Clinical Research) from University of California San Francisco.

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