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Luis Castellanos, M.D., resident in internal medicine at University of California, San Diego Medical Center. Dr. Castellanos, who plans to practice academic medicine, is interested in studying ways to reduce cardiovascular risk factors in underserved populations, with special attention to the Latino community.


Joan Griffith, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Kentucky. Childhood obesity is Dr. Griffiths' chief concern. She conceived, developed, and implemented a pediatric weight-management clinic, the only one of its kind in Kentucky, and hopes to establish a nationwide network of such clinics. She is also interested in seeking political appointment as a medical authority in the area of childhood obesity and related illnesses.



Stephaine Hale, M.D., neurology fellow at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles/Los Angeles County UCLA Medical Center. Dr. Hale's major research interests are health and ethnic disparities related to infant mortality rates, and investigating causes of such disparities in order to target programs and policies for change.


Ann Kao, M.D., Durant Fellow in Refugee Medicine and clinical and research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital. In 2005, Dr. Kao worked on behalf of the tsunami relief effort as part of Project HOPE. She has also worked at a Navajo reservation in Chinle, Ariz., and at an urgent-care clinic in Chelsea, Mass., serving a primarily Latin American immigrant population.



LaQuandra Nesbitt, M.D., chief resident in family medicine at the University of Maryland Medical System. Dr. Nesbitt's goal is to develop policies that will help improve access to medical resources and health education in minority communities.
 
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