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ACTPCMD Leadership

Tonya Fancher, MD, MPHTonya Fancher, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Fancher is Professor of General Internal Medicine, Associate Dean of Workforce Innovation and Education Quality Improvement, Interim Head of the Division of General Internal Medicine, and Director of the Center for a Diverse Healthcare Workforce. For the past 20 years, she has worked in UME and GME to create inclusion pathways that address workforce shortages in medically underserved communities. She has been PI or co-PI on grants from HRSA and from the American Medical Association to create California’s first 3-year MD accelerated pathway and a regional collaborative with OHSU to address physician shortages in rural, tribal, urban and communities between Sacramento and Portland. Dr. Fancher serves on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s DEI Advisory Committee and studies challenges and solutions to inequities in medical education. After completing a primary care general internal medicine residency at NYU and Bellevue Hospital, Dr. Fancher spent four years in the US Air Force stationed at Travis Air Force Base. She graduated from Cornell University where she majored in Classics and in Biology. She is mom to a 16-year-old cattle dog, Sydney.

Brookshield Laurent, D.O.Brookshield Laurent, D.O.

Dr. Laurent is an Osteopathic Family Medicine physician. Dr. Laurent is Chair for the Department of Clinical Medicine at the NYITCOM newly established second site on the Arkansas State University campus. Dr. Laurent is a fellow of the Osteopathic Health Policy Fellowship sponsored by the American Osteopathic Association, a leadership training program on the analysis, formulation, and implementation of health policy. Dr. Laurent became the founding Executive Director for the Delta Population Health Institute (DPHI), the community engagement arm of NYITCOM. DPHI leverages academic resources in education, research, policy, and community engagement to bring policy, system, and environmental change, catalyzing rural community development and creating a culture of health in the Mississippi Delta.

Appointed Members

Members are appointed based on their competence, interest, and knowledge of the following primary care health professions and disciplines:

  • Family Medicine
  • General Internal Medicine
  • General Pediatrics
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Physician assistants
  • General Dentistry
  • Pediatric Dentistry
  • Public Health Dentistry
  • Dental Hygiene

Membership roster

  • Chair
    Tonya Fancher, MD, MPH
    Professor of General Internal Medicine
    Associate Dean for Workforce Innovation and Education Quality Improvement
    University of California, Davis, School of Medicine Sacramento, CA
    Term End Date: 07/21/2025

  • Pangela H. Dawson, PhD, MSPAS, PA-C
    Assistant Dean, Department Chair and Founding
    Program Director
    Physician Assistant Studies
    Department of Medical Education
    Morehouse School of Medicine
    Atlanta, GA
    Term End Date: 03/24/2027

  • Vice Chair
    Brookshield Laurent, DO
    Associate Dean of Population and Public Health
    Associate Professor, Dept. of Clinical Medicine
    Executive Dir. of the Delta Population Health Inst.
    NYIT-College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University
    Wilson Hall
    Jonesboro, AR
    Term End Date: 03/24/2027

  • Eni Obadan-Udoh, DDS, MPH, Dr. Med. Sc.
    Associate Professor
    Director, Dental Public Health Postgraduate Program
    Project Director, UCSF Open Smiles Collaborative
    Div. of Oral Epidemiology and Dental Public Health
    Dept. of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences
    UCSF School of Dentistry
    San Francisco, CA
    Term End Date: 07/21/2025

  • Members
    Frank Ambriz
    Chair and Clinical Professor
    UT System Health Professional Scholar 2012
    Department of Physician Assistant
    Term End Date: 03/24/2027

  • Brandi K. Freeman, MD, MS
    Associate Professor
    General Pediatrics
    Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
    Department of Pediatrics
    Attending Physician, Child Health Clinic
    Aurora, CO
    Term End Date: 03/24/2027

  • Ruth Wauqua Bol, DDS, MPH, FICD
    Dental Director
    Residency Program Coordinator San Ysidro Health
    Diplomat, American Board of Pediatric Dentistry
    San Diego, CA
    Term End Date: 07/21/2025

  • David Henderson, MD
    Professor Emeritus Family Medicine
    University of Connecticut School of Medicine
    VP for Equity, Diversity and Belonging in MedEd
    American Medical Association
    Term End Date: 03/24/2027

  • Colleen M. Brickle, EdD, RDH
    Dean, Health Sciences
    Normandale Community College
    Bloomington, MN
    Term End Date: 07/21/2025

  • Yuri T. Jadotte, MD, PhD, MPH, FACPM
    Assistant Professor of Family, Population, and Preventive Medicine
    Associate Program Director of Preventive Medicine Residency
    Stony Brook University
    Renaissance School of Medicine
    Health Sciences Center
    Stony Brook, NY
    Term End Date: 03/24/2027

  • Mark Koday, DDS
    Dental Advisor-Rural Residency and Teaching Health Center Planning and Development-Technical Assistance Center
    Yakima, WA
    Term End Date: 03/24/2027

  • Hugh Silk, MD, MPH, FAAFP
    Professor and Vice Chair of Community Health
    Dept. of Family Medicine and Community Health
    University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
    Worcester, MA
    Term End Date: 03/24/2027

  • Janet H. Southerland, DDS, MPH, PhD
    Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
    Interim Dean, School of Dentistry
    Professor, Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
    LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
    New Orleans, LA
    Term End Date: 03/24/2027

  • Shane Rogers
    Designated Federal Officer
    Division of Medicine and Dentistry
    Bureau of Health Workforce
    Health Resources and Services Administration
    5600 Fishers Lane
    Rockville, MD 20857
    Phone: 301-443-5260
    Email: srogers@hrsa.gov

Nominations for membership 

All ACTPCMD positions are filled. Please reach out to us again after May 2024 when we will be seeking nominations for individuals to represent the fields of general internal medicine, pediatric dentistry, public health dentistry, and dental hygiene. 

Are you eligible? 

We have up to 14 members appointed by the HHS Secretary for up to three years. 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. 

  • Members will be appointed based on their competence, interest, and knowledge. Committee members may be from the following professions and disciplines: 
  • Family or general internal medicine
  • General pediatrics
  • Preventive medicine
  • Physician assistants
  • General or pediatric dentistry
  • Public health dentistry
  • Dental hygiene

At least one member on the committee must be an allopathic physician and at least one member must be an osteopathic physician. One member will be selected as chair and one member will be selected as vice chair. Members are appointed as Special Government Employees. A quorum is a majority of the members who have been appointed to the Advisory Committee. 

Questions about eligibility?

Email Shane Rogers, Designated Federal Officer.

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