
SelfMade Health Network Leadership Council
SelfMade Health Network gains strategic leadership and operational direction from its membership through the Leadership Council. The following members currently serve on the Leadership Council.
Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP)
Chief Medical Officer and Director of Clinical Innovation
Clinical Nurse Specialist – Breast Cancer Continuum
Academy of Oncology Nurse and Patient Navigators
Bruce Christiansen, PhD (Retired)
Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Deputy Director, Center for Cancer Health Equity
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, The James Cancer Hospital Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
Vice President, Office of Faculty Affairs and Development
Meharry Medical College
Director, Cancer Prevention and Control; Associate Center Director
West Virginia University Cancer Institute at West Virginia University
Alaina Boyer, PhD
Director of Research
National Health Care for the Homeless Council, Inc.
Alison Teitelbaum, MS, MPH
Executive Director
American Health Quality Association
Earl Robinson-Benjamin, DrHSc, CPH
Director of Tobacco Control & Prevention
Louisiana Public Health Institute Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco Free Living
Felesia Bowen PhD, DNP, ARNP, FAAN
Professor, Associate Dean for Diversity Equity & Inclusion
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Nursing
Lissette Blondet, EdM
Health Resources In Action (HRiA)
Director, Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers
Manacy Pai, PhD
Associate Professor
Kent State University Department of Sociology Areas of Expertise: Aging/Gerontology, Social Determinants of Disparities
Melissa A Simon MD MPH
Founder/Director, Center for Health Equity Transformation
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine and Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center Vice Chair of Research, Department of Obstetrics…
Nicole A. Vaughn, PhD, MS
Rowan University School of Nursing and Health Professions
Associate Professor Department of Health and Exercise Science Glassboro, New Jersey
Porsche Fisher MS, MA
Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance
Education and Registry Manager
Vanessa Lamers, MPH
Public Health Foundation
Assistant Director, Performance Management and Quality Improvement