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Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program

CaPTC Administrative Leadership

CaPTC's administrative leadership is primarily responsible for the consortium's strategic planning, including: defining and upholding its scientific goals and objectives, conducting environmental scanning for strategy development, directing and managing strategy implementation, scientific program evaluation and assessment, and ensuring adjustments are made for continuous quality improvement. CaPTC is directed by a Scientific Advisory Board and a Community Advisory Board.

Scientific Advisory Board members include:

  • Folakemi T. Odedina, PhD - Consortium Principal Investigator, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
  • Clayton Yates, PhD - Consortium Co- Principal Investigator, Tuskegee University
  • Windy Dean-Colomb, MD - Clinical Trials Director, Lafayette, Louisiana
  • Frank Chinegwundoh, MBBS, MS, FRCS, FEBU, University of London, U.K.
  • Getachew A. Dagne, PhD - Biostatistics Director, University of South Florida Tampa
  • J. Olufemi Ogunbiyi, MBBS, FWACP, IFCAP, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
  • Robin Roberts, MBBS, FRCSC, MBA, University of the West Indies, The Bahamas
  • R. Renee Reams, PhD, Florida A&M University
  • Titilola Akinremi, MBChB, FMCPath, MPH, FUICC, Federal Medical Center, Abeokuta, Nigeria
  • Shannon Pressey, MS - Consortium Manager, University of Florida

The Community Advisory Board members are:

  • Levi H. McIntosh, Jr., EdD - Advocate, represents U.S.-born Black men
  • James West - Advocate and Survivor, represents Caribbean-born Black men
  • Oladapo Odedina, CFE - Advocate, represents African-born Black men
  • Angela Adams, PharmD - Advocate, represents U.S.-born Black men
  • Samuel Gaddy - Advocate, represents U.S.-born Black men
  • Babatunde Akinremi, PhD - Advocate, represents African-born Black men