About Us

The REACH Initiative is led by Terrance Mayes, Ed.D., Associate Dean of Equity and Strategic Initiatives at the School of Medicine and the Commission’s executive director in partnership with leaders throughout Stanford Medicine. Working together synergistically, these components will empower diverse cohorts of students to attend medical school at Stanford and beyond, advance health equity through new training programs, create new opportunities for collaboration with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority Serving-Institutions, and increase diversity in the academic research pipeline.

Leadership

The Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean of the School of Medicine, Vice President for Medical Affairs, Stanford University, Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery and Professor of Neurobiology and of Bioengineering, by courtesy

Terrance Mayes, Ed.D

Associate Dean for Equity and Strategic Initiatives, SoM - Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity

Faculty Directors

Faculty Director of REACH Postbaccalaureate Experience in Research

Hannah Valantine, MD

Faculty Co-Director
REACH-HBMC Visiting Student Exchange Program

Payam Massaband, MD

Advisor, REACH-HBMC Visiting Student Exchange Program

Florette K. Gray Hazard, MD

Advisor, REACH-HBMC Visiting Student Exchange Program

Faculty Director Clinical Clerkship in Community Health of the Underserved

Nancy Wang, MD

Faculty Director MD/MS Program in Health Equity Research

Stephen Richmond, MD

Faculty Director Scholarly Concentration in Health Equity and Social Justice Research

Staff

Judith Ned, Ed.D

Director of HBCU Partnership, Engagement and Strategy

Executive Director, Presence + Program in Bedside Medicine, Med/Program/Bedside Med

James Harden Ph.D.

Director of REACH Postbaccalaureate Experience in Research

Kelsea Jackson PhD

REACH Clerkship Program Manager

Kewana Nichols

Steering Committee

Terrance Mayes, Ed.D

Associate Dean for Equity and Strategic Initiatives, SoM - Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity

Neil Gesundheit, MD

Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education, George DeForest Barnett Founders Professor of Medicine and Professor (Teaching) of Medicine (Endocrinology)

Reena Thomas, MD, Ph.D.

Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences Clinical Associate Professor (By courtesy), Neurosurgery

Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy) and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery

Senior Associate Dean, Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs and Professor of Surgery (Abdominal Transplantation)

Yvonne Maldonado, MD

Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Development and Diversity, Taube Professor of Global Health and Infectious Diseases, Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and of Epidemiology and Population Health