Membership

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• Members
• ACICBL leadership
• Appointed members
• Membership roster
• Are you eligible?
• Questions about eligibility?

Members

The Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages (ACICBL) has up to 14 members who are appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Our members serve three year terms. By legislation and Charter, our membership must include health professionals from urban and rural areas. We must also have an adequate number of women and minority members.

ACICBL leadership

Grace M. Kuo, Pharm.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., FCCP, FNAP
Chair
Dr. Grace Kuo is dean and professor at the Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. She is also professor emerita of clinical pharmacy, family medicine and public health, and founding faculty of the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute at the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Dr. Kuo's clinical expertise is primary care pharmacy practice and medication safety. She is a certified executive team coach and has spearheaded development of innovative pharmacist-physician collaborative practice with reimbursement models. She has worked with inter-professional teams to design and implement comprehensive medication management practices in both primary care and specialty clinics.

Working with experts and national leaders, Dr. Kuo developed and administered the national pharmacogenomics education program (PharmGenEd), which has been used by more than 3,000 health care professionals and faculty in more than 100 countries. As a pharmacist health services researcher, Dr. Kuo is passionate about practice-based research that uses implementation science methods focusing on medication safety and medication management.

Appointed members

Members are appointed based on their competence, interest, and knowledge of the following program areas and health professions:

• Area health education centers
• Geriatrics
• Rural health
• Allied health
• Podiatry
• Chiropractic
• Mental and behavioral health
• Graduate psychology
• Pain care
• Quality improvement and patient safety

Are you eligible?

We have 14 members who are appointed by the HHS Secretary for up to three years. The HHS Secretary will appoint health professionals from schools described in PHS Act sections 751(b)(1)(A), 753(b), and 755(b).

The HHS Secretary will ensure a fair balance between the health professions. At least 75% of our members are health professionals who serve a balance of urban and rural communities. The HHS Secretary will also appoint a balance of women and minority members.