José A. Bauermeister, the Albert M. Greenfield Professor of Human Relations in Penn Nursing and chair of the department of family & community health, director of the Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative, and a senior fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, has been appointed to the National Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NACMHD). This council is part of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Members of the council are drawn from the scientific, medical, and lay communities in order to offer diverse perspectives on minority health and health disparities. The NIMHD Council, which meets three times a year, advises the secretary of Health and Human Services and the directors of NIH and NIMHD on matters related to NIMHD’s mission. The council also conducts the second level of review for grant applications and cooperative agreements related to research and training, recommending approval for projects that demonstrate the potential to make valuable contributions to human knowledge.