Offices of Minority Health at HHS

In 2010,Offices of Minority Health were established within six agencies at HHS: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

CDC and AHRQ previously established such offices administratively, and AHRQ had established a senior adviser position on minority health to serve as a focal point for coordinating minority health disparities work in the agency. Both HRSA and AHRQ have elected to keep their existing reporting structure under provisions of the ACA.

These offices join the HHS Office of Minority Health and NIH National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to lead and coordinate activities that improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations and reduce health disparities.

Contacts

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Francis D. Chesley, Jr., MD


Director, Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations
540 Gaither Road, Room 2034
Rockville, MD 20850
301-427-1521
Francis.Chesley@ahrq.hhs.gov

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Leandris Liburd, PhD, MPH


Director, Office of Minority Health and Health Equity
Mail stop K-77
4770 Buford Hwy
Atlanta, GA 30329
770-488-8200
Leandris.Liburd@cdc.hhs.gov

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Dr. LaShawn McIver


Director, Minority Health
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21244
410-786-6842

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

RADM Richardae Araojo


Associate Commissioner for Minority Health
Director, Office of Minority Health and Health Equity
Office of the Commissioner
Food and Drug Administration
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
Bldg. 1 Room 4239
Silver Spring, MD 20903
Office (301) 796-1152
Richardae.Araojo@fda.hhs.gov

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

Michelle Allender, RN, MS


Director, Office of Health Equity
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 12-70
Rockville, MD 20857
301-443–2042
mallender@hrsa.gov

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD


Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
National Institutes of Health
6707 Democracy Blvd. Suite 800
Bethesda, MD 20892-5465
301-402-1366
Eliseo.perez-stable@nih.gov

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Mary Roary, PhD


Director, Office of Behavioral Health Equity
Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
240-276-1748
mary.roary@samhsa.hhs.gov