Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL): A National Institutes of Health Program to Advance Health Equity

George A Mensah¹, Lenora E Johnson¹, Xinzhi Zhang¹+26

• ¹George A. Mensah, Xinzhi Zhang, Maliha R. Ilias, and Karen Plevock Haase are with the Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD. Lenora E. Johnson, Hillary Archer, Michelle Bolek, Melanie Santos, and Shondelle Wilson-Frederick are with the Office of Science Policy, Engagement, Education, and Communications, NHLBI. Nathan Stinson Jr, Kelli Carrington, Gargya Malla, Vanessa Marshall, Tilda Farhat, Monica Webb Hooper, and Eliseo J. Perez-Stable are with the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, NIH. Stephanie R. Land is with the National Cancer Institute, NIH. Erynn Huff and Naomi Freeman are with the Office of Management, Immediate Office of the Director, NHLBI. Catherine Stoney is with Stoney Consulting, Washington, DC. Bryan Ampey and Dina Paltoo are with the Immediate Office of the Director, NHLBI. Dave Clark is with the Eunice Kennedy Schriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH. Nishadi Rajapakse is with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH. Antonello Punturieri is with the Division of Lung Diseases, NHLBI. Michael G. Kurilla is with the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH. Stephanie Devaney is with the All of Us Research Program, Office of the Director, NIH. David R. Wilson is with the Office of the Director, NIH.