EA Program Mission

The mission of the EA Program is to facilitate the entry and participation of faculty from underrepresented minority and women's institutions into biomedical and behavioral research and research training, through activities targeted to minority and women's institutions.

EA Program History

EA Program Staff Descriptions
The EA Program relies on the following staff to achieve its mission:

• The director has overall responsibility for setting EA Program goals and for determining how to achieve those goals. The director also establishes, processes, and justifies the EA Program annual operation budget and supervises other EA Program staff.
• The special assistant has primary responsibility for day-to-day management and oversight of the EA Program participants' schedules, including recommending travel sites, meeting with the EAs and assigning their preceptors, and maximizing the residency experience.
• The program analyst assists the director on special projects and coordinates and manages the EA Program office. This position includes developing and coordinating public relations exhibits and documents for the EA Program, scheduling and managing EA Program Advisory Board meetings and retreats and periodic Regional Technical Assistance Workshops, and overseeing all office meetings and functions, such as reorganizations and/or relocations.

The EA Program is governed by the EA Program Advisory Board and is administered by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, part of the NIH.