National Advisory Committee members

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Gilbert C. Gee

NAC Member, he/him/his

Dr. Gilbert C. Gee is a Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

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Adonia E. Lugo, PhD

NAC member, she/her/hers
Cultural anthropologist Adonia Lugo is the chair of the Urban Sustainability Department at Antioch University Los Angeles in traditional and unceded Tongva territory.
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Antwan Jones, PhD

NAC Member on Temporary Leave

Dr. Jones is an Associate Professor with appointments in Sociology, Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, and Africana Studies at The George Washington University.

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Jim Krieger, MD, MPH

NAC Member, he/him/his

Dr. Krieger is founding Executive Director of Healthy Food America (HFA), Clinical Professor at University of Washington, and was chief of Chronic Disease Prevention at Public Health-Seattle & King County.

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Thomas D. Cook, PhD

NAC Member, he/him/his

Dr. Cook is a Research Professor at George Washington University and a Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Psychology and Education at Northwestern University. Dr.

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Janice Johnson Dias, PhD

NAC Member, she/her/hers

Dr. Johnson Dias is an Associate Professor of Sociology and a Graduate Faculty in the Department of Criminal Justice at John Jay College. Her research focuses on mothers and children who grew up and/or are living in poverty.

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Greg J. Duncan, PhD

NAC Member

Dr. Duncan spent the first 25 years of his career at the University of Michigan working on and ultimately directing the Panel Study of Income Dynamics data collection project.

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Marshall Chin, MD, MPH

Marshall Chin, MD, MPH

NAC Member, he/him/his

Dr. Chin is a general internist with extensive experience improving the care of vulnerable patients with chronic disease.

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Aaron Carroll, MD

Aaron Carroll, MD

NAC Member, he/him/his

Dr. Carroll is the President and CEO of AcademyHealth, Associate Dean for Research Mentoring and a Professor of Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr.

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