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. 2023 Mar 21;30(8):1456–1462. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocad043

Table 1.

SDoH community champion advisory board

graphic file with name ocad043ilf1.jpg Kase Cragg is a transmasculine-nonbinary person with lived experience as a recipient and provider of mental healthcare, both of which informs their work. He earned dual master’s degrees from the University of Washington in public health and social work, where they focused on the SDoH that impact transgender and nonbinary peoples’ engagement with the healthcare system. They are a member of the “Birth Includes Us” research team, a study that examines queer and transgender experiences in pregnancy and birthing. He currently works in Seattle as an intensive outpatient therapist for youth and families.
graphic file with name ocad043ilf2.jpg Shoma Goomansingh advocates for all spectrums of under spoken groups. She is a first-generation Caribbean American from Trinidad and Tobago with a background in computer science. She is a chef, small business consultant, and a certified peer counselor in Washington State. She has experience assisting people who live with serious mental health issues with social resources ranging from housing and employment to drug rehab, sex protection, and free small business consulting. She initiated Tech Chef Productions, a start-up company for entrepreneurs and artists. She is passionate about combining her love of research and technology to help make the system a better place for people experiencing mental health complications.
graphic file with name ocad043ilf3.jpg Searetha Simons is passionate about helping people who don’t have a voice to speak up, including people experiencing homelessness, mental health issues, and victims of sex trafficking. She has lived and professional experience providing outreach and group facilitation at a Seattle-based organization for prostitution survivors. She served as a resident member of the board for a Seattle-based Housing Group that provides permanent homes and comprehensive services for people experiencing chronic homelessness. A Seattle native, She loves music and was named a “Community Star” by the Starbucks Community Star program, a partnership between Starbucks and Kraken Ice Hockey Team that recognizes anchors in the Seattle Metropolitan community who drive positive change.
graphic file with name ocad043ilf4.jpg J. J. Wong lived with a birth disease, in 5 countries, through various varietal intersectional socioeconomic strata in the healthcare systems to successfully advocate for self and for those who are disenfranchised, marginalized, stigmatized, discriminated, in particular, directly related to basic living: healthcare, housing, nutrition across culturo-lingo-technological-socioeconomic strata. He is intersectionally represented and advocated for the underprivileged/underserved, to bring peace, justice, and wellness (ie, transcendence) to LGBTQQIP2SAA* locally, nationally, and internationally, in body, mind, and spirit.
*LGBTQQIP2SAA: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, pansexual, 2-spirit, asexual, and ally. “P” stands for pansexual: A term that describes a person who may have a physical, emotional, or romantic attraction to people of any gender.
graphic file with name ocad043ilf5.jpg Angeilea’ Yancey-Watson has a background in community advocacy and SDoH in her role as a lead program coordinator at a nonprofit organization that addresses health disparities and inequities in healthcare services for people of African descent. She is also a mental health first aid instructor. She earned dual degrees in community psychology and health administration, where she studied SDoH best practices. In her free time, she loves to travel and hike.