CPATH Advisory Board - The Center for Policy Analysis
on Trade and Health is
committed
to building the leadership capabilities of both its own staff and
community
members who participate in its projects and campaigns. The
CPATH
Advisory Board provides consultation and strategic direction for the
organization,
and is comprised of regionally and nationally recognized
activists
and leaders in the public health, medical, environmental and
labor
communities. The CPATH Advisory Board reflects the diversity of
the
community.
Felix
Aguilar, MD MPH, Long Beach Department of Public Health. Active
member
of Doctors for Global Health, Southern California Public Health
Association.
William
Arrocha, PhD, International Trade Policy, Monterey Institute of
International
Studies, Monterey, California.
Roberta
Brooks, former legislative director for U.S. Representatives Ronald
V.
Dellums and Barbara Lee, works as a consultant to nonprofit
organizations
in Alameda County.
Garrett
Brown, Coordinator, Maquiladora Health & Safety Support Network,
links
local groups fighting for safe and healthy workplaces on both sides of
the
U.S-Mexico border.
Elizabeth
Drake, JD, Stewart and Stewart, tracks the effects of international
trade
agreements on U.S. businesses and on union members.
Meredith
Fort, PhD Candidate, University of
Washington, and Instancia de
Salud, Guatemala. Implements and advocates for primary care programs.
Erica
Frank, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Emory University School of
Medicine,
serves on the national boards of the American College of
Preventive
Medicine and Physicians for Social Responsibility, is PSR’s Atlanta
Chapter
President, and is actively involved in the environmental movement.
Wenonah
Hauter, Director, Food and Water Watch, coordinates national
grassroots
campaigns on accountability for water, energy and
environmental
protection.
Nuria Homedes, MD, DrPH, Associate Professor, University of Texas, at El
Paso.
Ying
Lee, former staff aide to U.S. Representative Ronald V. Dellums and
Barbara
Lee, consults with Bay Area nonprofits including projects that
Bring
healthy food to elementary schools.
Brenda
Lein, Director Project Immune Restoration; Information and
Advocacy,
Project Inform, brings together leading AIDS researchers with
grassroots
activists to shape both the advocacy and research agendas.
Mary
Ann Mercer, DrPH, Assistant Professor, International Health Program,
University of Washington, works extensively on primary health care issues
in
developing countries, and on Health Alliance International programs to
make
affordable medications available.
Laura
Metune, Consultant, California Senate Committee on International
Trade.
Judy
Norsigian, a founding member and Director of Our Bodies Ourselves,
has
created links with women’s groups around the world through the
widely
translated manual.
Terri Owen, CTR, Manager Cancer
Registry, Stanford Cancer Center,
collecting cancer incidence
and treatment data for the California State
Registry, SEER and the American
College of Surgeons.
Viji
Rangaswami, JD, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Mark
Ritchie, Director Emeritus, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy,
links
agricultural activists in the U.S. heartland with policy-makers and
advocates
on a wide range of topics, including health and environmental
safety.
Sarah
Shannon, Executive Director, Hesperian Foundation.
Victor
Sidel, MD, Professor, Montefiore School of Social Medicine, Past
President,
APHA, is a national and international force for universal access
to
health care and for peace.
Kristen
Smith, MPH, CPATH Fellow.
Robert
Stumberg, JD, Professor, Harrison Institute for Public Law,
Georgetown University, conducts legal clinics and organizes legal research
that
challenges the inequitable effects of international trade agreements.
Antonio
Ugalde, PhD, Professor Emeritus, University of
Texas, Austin.
Cesar Vieira, MD, MPH, MPhil, Area Manager Emeritus, Governance and
Policy,
Pan American Health Organization.
Alicia
Yamin, JD, Director of Research, Physicians for Human Rights, and
Assistant
Professor, School of Public Health, Harvard University, focuses
on
human rights issues related to access to water and health care in
Latin America and
the U.S.
Donald
Zeigler, PhD, Deputy Director, RWJ Matter of Degree Program.