Dr. Orringer, a physician with a specialty in hematology/oncology, has extensive experience in research support infrastructure that can provide the ACRWH with the benefit of his long-standing expertise in these areas. As a Principal Investigator in the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) program, Dr. Orringer brings knowledge about the importance of training a new cadre of researchers doing interdisciplinary research on women's health as well as his unique and successful approaches to mentoring. His intimate knowledge of the ORWH career programs will be of great importance in evaluating career development efforts.

Dr. Sloan's expertise and education span the fields of education, law, and medicine. She combined her research interest in osteoporosis with her work among the American Indian population most recently by looking at bone density in American Indians. She served as Secretary of the Association of American Indian Physicians and as President and committee member of the Association of Native American Medical Students, a national organization. She received the American Medical Women's Association 2005 Local Legend from Tennessee Award as part of the National Library of Medicine "Changing the Face of Medicine" exhibit on women physicians.


Dr. Yee's current research examines how gender, health literacy, and acculturation influences health benefits and lifestyle practices across three generations of Vietnamese and Pacific Islanders living in the United States. She served on the editorial boards of the Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, Psychology and Aging, and Topics of Geriatric Rehabilitation. She is a member of the PHS Expert Panel of Minority Women's Health, and the HRSA steering committee for the Bright Futures for Women's Health and Wellness. Dr. Yee is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and Gerontological Society of America. She was awarded the Okura Community Leadership Award in 2004 from the Asian American Psychological Association, Okura Mental Health Leadership Foundation, for outstanding community leadership that benefits the Asian American community.

The Office of the Director, the central office at NIH, is responsible for setting policy for NIH, which includes 27 Institutes and Centers. This involves planning, managing, and coordinating the programs and activities of all NIH components. The Office of the Director also includes program offices which are responsible for stimulating specific areas of research throughout NIH. Additional information is available at http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- The Nation's Medical Research Agency -- includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit http://www.nih.gov.

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