Advisory Board
VCU has considerable strength in personnel and experience relative to rehabilitation with underserved populations. The advisors (practitioners, researchers and administrators) derive from VCU and the greater Richmond Community and are listed below:
Name |
Position |
Demographic Attribute |
| Dr. Cheryl Al-Mateen | VCU Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Member of the VCU Center for Health Disparities Steering Committee | Black Female |
| Sheryl Garland | VCU Vice President of Community Outreach and Co-Director of the VCU Center for Health Disparities | Black Female |
| Dr. Faye Belgrave | VCU Professor of Psychology and Founder/Director of the Center for Cultural Experiences in Prevention | Black Female |
| James Rothrock | Commissioner of the Virginia Dept of Rehab Services | Person with Disability |
| Dr. Shawn Utsey | VCU Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of African-American Studies and Editor of the Journal of Black Psychology | Black Male |
| Dr. Michael Pyles | VCU Associate Professor in the School of Allied Health Professions Doctoral Program in Health Related Sciences | Black Male |
| Dr. Jihad Aziz | VCU Assistant Professor of Psychology and Director of the University Counseling Center | Black Male |
