1980s - Sanchez

Idalia Ramos Sanchez, M.P.H. ’81, was named senior policy advisor of the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) in February. The center is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Sanchez will serve as the primary legislative liaison within the Division of Scientific Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis, which coordinates the development of NCMHD’s strategic plan and is responsible for assessing and highlighting NIH’s efforts to eliminate health disparities. Sanchez has spent 25 years in public health; she began her career with the Department of Public Health in Hartford.