Advisory Committees

The Internal and External Advisory Committees (IAC/EAC) have provided tremendous advice, support and guidance to the ACCEL Program. It is the responsibility of the PI to ensure all advisory committee recommendations are carefully considered and implemented in alignment with the overall goals of the ACCEL Program. Both the IAC and EAC meet formally twice a year at our Mid-Year Advisory Meeting and at the Annual ACCEL Meeting.

Internal Advisory Committee

Vicky Funanage, PhD, Director of Biomedical Research at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware
Gwendoline B. “Gwen” Angalet, PhD (Chair), CEO of GBA Consulting
Bethany Hall-Long, Lieutenant Governor for the State of Delaware
Tammy L. Loucks, MPH, DrPH, Science Development Officer at the South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research (SCTR) Institute; Associate Professor at the Medical University of South Carolina
Melissa Harrington, PhD, Associate Vice President for Research at Delaware State University
Charles G. Riordan, PhD, Vice President of Research, Scholarship & Innovation at the University of Delaware
Marlene A. Saunders, DSW, MSW, Chair of the ACCEL Community Advisory Council
Omar A. Khan, MD, MHS, FAAFP, President & CEO of the Delaware Health Sciences Alliance (DHSA)
Brian Levine, MD, Associate Chief Academic Officer and Designated Institutional Official for the Institute for Learning, Leadership & Development (iLead); Associate Medical Director of LifeNet/CareNet Transport ChristianaCare Health System; and Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Thomas Jefferson Medical College
Thomas Shaffer, MSE, PhD, Associate Director of Nemours Biomedical Research and Program Director of the COBRE Center for Pediatric Research at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware

External Advisory Committee

Scott A. Waldman, MD, PhD (Chair), Associate Deal of Clinical and Translational Research, the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at Thomas Jefferson Medical College
Daniel J. Rader, MD, Edward S. Cooper, MD/Normal Roosevelt and Elizabeth Meriwether McLure Professor, Chief of the Division of Translational Medicine and Human Genetics, Associate Director for the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, and Director of Preventive Cardiovascular Program at the University of Pennsylvania
James Padbury, MD, William and Mary Oh – William and Elsa Zopfi Professor of Pediatrics for Perinatal Research, Program Director of the COBRE for Perinatal Research, Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Pediatrics at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Saundra H. Glover, PhD, MBA, Professor of Health Services Policy and Management at the Arnold School of Public Health of the University of South Carolina
Aleksandra Zgierska, MD, PhD, DFASAM

The Community Advisory Council (CAC) directly advises the Community Engagement & Outreach (CEO) Core and provides input for the overall direction of ACCEL. The CAC collaborates with the ACCEL Program to clarify the best approaches to solving health problems, reach people statewide with new research information and build connections for research in the broad community.

The CAC adds value to the Community Engagement & Outreach Core in its mission to engage the community in translational research by simplifying the message from ACCEL to the community; helping ACCEL with circular feedback from the project to the community and back; clarifying and developing a common language; clarifying the process for building trust and sharing power between the academic/medical research community and the broader community; and, helping with overcoming existing barriers in reaching the community. The CAC is involved in clinical research issues in the ACCEL Program’s priority health issues. They review and disseminate information to others in their networks and communities. The CAC works collaboratively with the ACCEL Program to develop approaches to solve problems and advocate for practical application of research.

Community Advisory Council

Gwendoline B. “Gwen” Angalet, PhD, CEO of GBA Consulting (Chair)
Marlene A. Saunders, DSW, MSW, LMSW
Octavia “Penny” Dryden, Executive Director of the Community Housing & Empowerment Connections Inc., and Chairperson for the Delaware EJ community Partnership and Delaware Concerned Residents for EJ@CHEC
Terry-Ann Richards, Administrative Assistant at the University of Delaware with CRESP
LaVaida Owens White, MSN, RN, FCN, Coordinator for the Delaware Region Health Ministries Network
Sara M. Fuller, Tribal Citizen of the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware

More information about our Community Advisory Council Members

The Mentoring Oversight Committee (MOC) comprises Professional Development Core faculty, senior faculty from across ACCEL, and rotating mentor champions and Junior Investigators Network (JIN) members from each site. The group meets at least quarterly to review the status of PDC programs, the progress of ACCEL-supported faculty, and plans for further development and refinement of PDC activities.

Mentoring Oversight Committee

Melissa Alderfer (Chair) Mentored Research Development Award Director
Amy Griffin, PDC Education Programs Lead, Senior Member of the MOC
Danielle Hatchimonji, PDC Team Evaluation and Dissemination Specialist
Cariss Baker-Smith, Senior Member of the MOC
Josephine Elia, Senior Member of the MOC
Gwendolyn Scott-Jones, Senior Member of the MOC
Susan Birkhoff, MOC Member
Jared Goodman, Mentor Champion, MOC Member
Molly Sutherland, Mentor Champion, MOC Member
Annemaria Brescia, Mentor Champion, MOC Member

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