Ndifreke Ikpe manages and supports CMSS’s Encoding Equity project, working closely with the Advisory Committee, task forces and work groups, assisting with the grantee learning collaborative, and supporting alliance summits and other events.
Ndifreke is engaged in all CMSS programs and activities related to health equity, establishing and nurturing partnerships to foster collaboration in addressing racial disparities. She works with specialty societies on shared learning programs and best practices that support health equity, clinical guidelines and algorithms, research, informatics, and publishing. Ndifreke’s work helps CMSS and member societies build capacity around race-conscious clinical guidelines, and algorithms to better inform equitable clinical practice and clinical decision-making. Additionally, she contributes to project design and development, new program development, and development of grants related to health equity and other priority topics.
Previously, Ndi served as a senior associate at the Aspen Institute, where she supported the development and strategy for the institute’s Health Innovators Fellowship. She also served as a Maternal Mental Health Clinical Care Coordinator at the Joseph J. Peters Institute on developing strategies to improve mental health outcomes. Ndi holds a Master of Healthcare Administration from the University of Maryland.