Peter Whitt, M.S.W., LSW
p.whitt@csuohio.edu
Associate Director

Kendra Daniel, M.G.S.
k.daniel@csuohio.edu
Project Coordinator

Mailing Address:
Center for Health Equity
Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs
Cleveland State University
2121 Euclid Ave., UR 127
Cleveland, OH 44115
Campus Location:
Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs
Room 127
1717 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44115

Georgia J. Anetzberger, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Health Care Administration Programs
College of Business Administration
2121 Euclid Avenue BU 425
Cleveland, OH 44115
216-687-3835
g.anetzberger@csuohio.edu
Interests: Elder abuse; protective and legal interventions; home and community-based care; aging-related public policy; health services.

Bette Bonder, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA
Dean, College of Science
Professor, Department of Health Sciences
2121 Euclid Avenue SR 353
Cleveland, OH 44115
216-687-5580
b.bonder@csuohio.edu
Interests: Meaning of occupation for older adults; cultural competence; culture and health

Yee Fei Chia, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
2121 Euclid Avenue RT 1712
Cleveland, OH 44115
216-687-3692
y.chia1@csuohio.edu
Interests: health economics, health policy and childhood health issues

Xiaoxing He, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Sciences
2121 Euclid Avenue HS 122
Cleveland, OH 44115
216-687-5447
x.he69@csuohio.edu
Interests: teaching and research in health sciences and health services, population-based studies in the area of obesity, cancer control, aging, health promotion, disease prevention, outcomes, and health disparities

Mittie Davis Jones, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Urban Studies
2121 Euclid Avenue UR 208
Cleveland, OH 44115
216-687-3861
m.d.jones97@csuohio.edu
Interests: Urban politics; early childhood education; child-well being; after school programs; self-sufficiency programs

Sanda Kaufman, Ph.D.
Director, Master of Arts in Environmental Studies
Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs
1717 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115
216-687-2367
s.kaufmant@csuohio.edu

Chris Mallett, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
2121 Euclid Avenue CB 324
Cleveland, OH 44115
216-523-7514
c.a.mallett@csuohio.edu
Interests: Analysis of federal and state social policy systems coordination and access concerns for at-risk youth and families; analysis of Cuyahoga County delinquent youth disability populations; regional analysis of Head Start child and family data; and juvenile criminal law.

Nancy Meyer-Emerick, Ph.D., R.S.
Assistant Professor
Department of Urban Affairs
2121 Euclid Avenue UR 311
Cleveland, OH 44115
216-687-4534
n.meyeremerick@csuohio.edu
Interests: Environmental health; citizen participation; risk perception

Monica Gordon Pershey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Speech and Hearing
2121 Euclid Avenue, MC 431 B
Cleveland OH 44115
216-687-4534
m.pershey@csuohio.edu
Interests: Language and literacy development

Douglas O. Stewart, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Economics
2121 Euclid Avenue, RT 1707
Cleveland OH 44115
216-687-4515
d.o.stewart@csuohio.edu
Interests: Public finance, economics of healthcare, and consumer economics

Cheryl Morrow-White, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Case Western Reserve University
Consultant
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106
216-368-0540
cheryl.morrow-white@case.edu
Interests: Health disparities; child health policy; cultural competence; patient advocacy and empowerment.

Maghboeba Mosavel, Ph.D.
Senior Instructor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Center for Reducing Health Disparities
MetroHealth Medical Center
MetroHealth Medical Center
Rammelkamp R213S
2500 MetroHealth Drive
Cleveland, OH 44109-1998
216-778-8475
mxm5@case.edu
Interests: Community-based research; trainer and educator; qualitative analysis; diverse populations; cervical cancer.

Ashwini Sehgal, MD
Duncan Neuhauser Associate Professor of Community Health Improvement
Director, Center for Reducing Health Disparities
Case Western Reserve University
MetroHealth Medical Center
MetroHealth Medical Center
Rammelkamp R214A
2500 MetroHealth Drive
Cleveland, OH 44109-1998
216-778-7728
axs81@case.edu
Interests: Health disparities; kidney disease and transplantation outcomes; quality improvement; multi-center studies.

Joseph J. Sudano, Jr., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Center for Health Care Research and Policy
Case Western Reserve University at The MetroHealth System
Rammelkamp 236A
2500 MetroHealth Drive
Cleveland, Ohio 44109-1998
216.778.1399
jsudano@metrohealth.org
Interests: disparities in health care access, utilization and health outcomes concentrating on minorities and other vulnerable populations; social determinants of health including community/contextual characteristics; measurement equivalence, validity and item-response theory in cross-cultural health status measurement; culturally-specific health beliefs and behaviors; cognition, intelligence, and education in relationship to health status and health behaviors; structural equation modeling/path analysis in health outcomes research; health related survey data collection and analysis.

J. Daryl Thornton, MD, MPH
Case Western Reserve University
Center for Reducing Health Disparities
MetroHealth Medical Center
MetroHealth Medical Center
Rammelkamp R209A
2500 MetroHealth Drive
Cleveland, OH 44109-1998
216-778-8732
dthornton@metrohealth.org
Interests: Organ donation; end of life care; database development; chronic disease management; multi-center studies.

Charles S. Modlin, MD
Co-Medical Director
Minority Men's Health Center
The Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Avenue/A100
Cleveland, OH 44195
216-445-7550
modlinc@ccf.org
Interests: Renal transplantation; general urology; minority healthcare initiatives