Latino Diabetes Initiative Team

Latino Advisory Board

The Latino Diabetes Initiative created the Latino Advisory Board in 2005 to develop future activities and strategies designed to increase the reach and effectiveness of the Latino Diabetes Initiative in the Boston area.

Morella Mendoza de Grossmann
Trustee, Joslin Diabetes Center

Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, MPA, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Society, Human Development and Health
Harvard School of Public Health

Hortensia Amaro, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Health Sciences
Northeastern University

Dolores Calaf
Director, Lawrence Center, Cambridge College

Jenny Cintron
Director, ABCD Citywide Hispanic Center

Dharma E. Cortés, Ph.D.
Instructor, Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School

Patricia Daly
Health Systems Specialist, Diabetes Prevention and Control Program,
Department of Public Health

Jose Duran
Executive Director, Hispanic Office of Planning and Evaluation

Sara Suarez
Producer, Univision

Joseph Tavares
Producer, La Plaza, WGBH

Luis Valles, M.D.
Pediatrician

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