ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Wei Li Fang and Moses K.A. Woode
We gratefully acknowledge the time and effort that representatives of our Medical Academic Advancement Program Consortium have committed to the development of this advising manual. Initiated in 1994, the advising manual has gone through a series of brainstorming sessions, rough drafts, revisions, and more drafts. We are very pleased with the final product.
The Consortium consists of 29 institutions of higher education across the country. Representatives from these Consortium sites are responsible for assisting in the recruitment of participants for our Medical Academic Advancement Programs (MAAP) and for providing follow-up monitoring and advising services for former MAAP participants.
Special thanks go to the Chairpersons of the Advising Manual Committee, Ms. Ruby Mason, Stanford University, and Dr. Cynthia Lewis, San Diego State University. They not only wrote specific sections, but they also developed the organization of the manual and worked with the writers of the individual sections. Many thanks also go to the writers of the individual sections:
- Ms. Janice Turner, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
- Ms. María Colón and Ms. Marie Washington, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, New Jersey
- Dr. Howard Duncan, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia
- Ms. Helen Hendricks and Dr. Daniel Marien, Queens College of the City University of New York, Flushing, New York
- Dr. Cynthia Lewis, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
- Dr. Peter S. Van Houten, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
- Dr. Thomas L. Pearce, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
- Ms. Beth A. Bailey, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia
- Ms. Tara L. Atkins-Brady, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia
We also thank the rest of the members of the Consortium who had a part in reviewing the manual and providing constructive comments. They include the following:
- Dr. Francis Buckmire, Bennett College, Greensboro, North Carolina
- Dr. Robert Ripley, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
- Ms. Mary Gray Bush, California State University L.A., Los Angeles, California
- Ms. Lolita A. Wood-Hill, The City College of the City University of New York, New York, New York
- Dr. Isabella Finkelstein, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia
- Dr. Robert D. Bonner and Dr. Alfred P. McQueen Sr., Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia
- Dr. James Abram, Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma
- Dr. Susan Safford, Lincoln University, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania
- Dr. Clifford S. Pitt, Dr. Leotis Williams, and Dr. Sam Khairul Bashar, Miles College, Birmingham, Alabama
- Mr. Thomas Blocker, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia
- Dr. Ephraim Gwebu, Oakwood College, Huntsville, Alabama
- Dr. George E. Brown, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas
- Ms. Maureen Pierce-Anyan, Queens College of the City University of New York, Flushing, New York
- Dr. Sunday Adesuyi, St. Paul's College, Lawrenceville, Virginia
- Dr. Charlesworth R. Martin, Savannah State University, Savannah, Georgia
- Dr. Barbara Bell, Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
- Dr. Maggie Wright, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
- Dr. Joel Sheffield, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Dr. Marlon Priest and Ms. Shirley Sanders-Ginwright, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
- Dr. Sharon Watson Fluker and Ms. Linda Bahá'i, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
- Dr. Regina Knight, Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia
- Dr. Harry Bass, Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia
In addition, we appreciate the able assistance of members of our staff in preparing this document. They include Ms. Laura Fox, Ms. Mary O'Leary, Ms. Gloria Saylor, Ms. Tara Atkins-Brady, Ms. Liesel Copeland, Ms. Patti Reynard, Ms. Jennifer Haupt, Ms. Kathy Nixon, and Ms. Karen Rainey.
And last but not least, we gratefully acknowledge our granting agencies, who made this work possible. Special thanks go to Dr. Clay Simpson and Dr. William Holland, the Health Careers Opportunity Program, Division of Disadvantaged Assistance, Bureau of Health Professions, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (grant # 2 D18 MB02125-04), and to Ms. Annie Lea Shuster, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (grant # 026087 MMEP). Dean Robert M. Carey, University of Virginia School of Medicine, also provided financial support as well as encouragement and leadership.