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Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Pages 287-294

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From page 287...
... Preven tive Services Task Force from 2009-2019 and served as chair of the task force from 2018-2019. She was chair of the task force when it released its 2018 recommendations for intimate partner violence screening.
From page 288...
... grants in her decades of advocacy policy work collaborating with domestic violence survivors, advocates, health care professionals and marginalized communities. She is particularly known for her research on domestic violence homicide and the development and validation of the Danger Assessment that helps intimate partner violence survivors more accurately assess their risk of being killed or almost killed by their abusive partner that is used widely in the U.S.
From page 289...
... Regardt Jacobus Ferreira, Ph.D., is the director of the Tulane University's Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy and an associate professor at the Tulane School of Social Work. His main research interest is at the intersection of disaster, climate change, resilience and behavioral health with an emphasis on interpersonal violence; with work conducted in Europe, Africa, North America, the Caribbean and South Asia.
From page 290...
... Dr. Gonzalez-Guarda serves on local and national organizations influencing services and policies addressing violence, abuse, mental health, and health equity for Latinos, including serving as the chair of the Board of Directors of El Futuro, a community based mental service organization serving Spanish speaking and uninsured immigrants in North Carolina, she is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Esperanza United, a National Technical Assistance provider for community based organization addressing Latino and immigrant families affected by violence, and a member of the executive team of LATIN-19 (Latinx Advocacy and Interdisciplinary Network for COVID-19)
From page 291...
... Dr. M ­ ittal is engaged in prevention and intervention research focused on mental health and t­raumatic stress, particularly intimate partner violence, and sexual and reproductive health outcomes among populations that experience health inequities.
From page 292...
... Her work addresses the impact of major health policy issues on women and girls, with an emphasis on insurance coverage, access to care, and lowincome populations. Ranji has led several analyses and written a number of major reports, including findings from national surveys of women on health care utilization and spending, state-level policies on Medicaid coverage of family planning and perinatal services, and the impact of the ACA on access to reproductive health services.
From page 293...
... He recently received the HHS Civilian Coronavirus Response Medal for his deployments in support of National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) response to COVID-19 at Marine Air Corps Station Miramar and two other deployments in support of returning NDMS teams in COVID-19 and Hurricane Ian.
From page 294...
... She is an internationally recognized expert in health care access and public health law, policy, and ethics. She has published extensively and served as consultant on matters relating to policy­ making during public health emergencies, particularly with respect to the use of population-wide non-pharmaceutical interventions.


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