Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable
Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable is a Cuban-American physician-scientist. He is the director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. Early life and education Pérez-Stable was born in Cuba. In the early 1960s, his parents, fearful of the communist rise in their country, sent him to the United States to live with his grandparents. He grew up in Miami, Florida. When his parents emigrated, he moved to Pittsburgh. He earned his B.A. in chemistry from the University of Miami and his M.D. from the University of Miami School of Medicine. He completed his primary care internal medicine residency and research fellowship at University of California, San Francisco. Career Pérez-Stable began his research at UCSF in the 1980s as a professor of medicine, chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine, and director of the Center for Aging in Diverse Communities (CADC). Through the CADC, he continued his commitment to developing a diverse workforce in clinical and po ...
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National Institute On Minority Health And Health Disparities
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) is an American government health institute. It is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The stated mission of the NIMHD is to "lead scientific research to improve minority health and eliminate health disparities." History By the passage of the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act, NIMHD was established in 2000 as an NIH center with the initial title of National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD). It became a full institute, with its present name, on September 13, 2010, under the Affordable Care Act. Leadership John Ruffin was the first director of the NIMHD, serving until he retired in 2014.NIMHD: History.
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health.
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