Marie Bernard

**Marie A. Bernard, MD** likita ce 'yar Amurka. Ita ce Babbar Jami'ar Kimiyyar Bambancin Ma'aikata a Cibiyoyin Lafiya na Ƙasa (NIH). Kafin wannan, ita ce mataimakiyar darakta ta Cibiyar Kula da Tsufa ta Ƙasa a NIH, da kuma babbar likitan tsofaffi na cibiyoyin, inda ta kula da kimanin dala biliyan 3.1 a cikin binciken da ya mayar da hankali kan tsufa da cutar Alzheimer .  Bernard ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar Kwamitin Ba da Shawara ga Daraktan Ƙungiyar Aiki ta NIH kan Bambancin Ra'ayi, Ƙungiyar Aiki ta Kwamitin Gudanarwa ta NIH kan DEIA, da kuma shirin NIH UNITE da aka ƙaddamar a shekarar 2021 don gano da magance duk wani wariyar launin fata da ka iya wanzuwa a cikin NIH da kuma a duk faɗin ma'aikatan likitanci da ɗabi'a. Ta kuma jagoranci haɓaka *Tsarin Dabaru na NIH na Shekarar Kuɗi na 2023 - 2027 don Bambancin Ra'ayi, Daidaito, Haɗawa, da Samun Dama (DEIA)* kuma ta yi aiki a kan aiwatar da shi.

Ta jagoranci Kwamitin Gudanar da Hadaka, wanda ke haɓaka shiga cikin binciken asibiti ta hanyar jinsi/jinsi, launin fata/ƙabila, da shekaru. Ta kuma jagoranci maƙasudai biyu na Ma'aikatar Lafiya da Ayyukan Dan Adam na Lafiyar Mutane 2020: 1) Tsofaffi, da 2) Hauka, gami da cutar Alzheimer . Kafin ta isa NIH a 2008, Bernard ya yi aiki a matsayin Donald W. Reynolds Shugaba a fannin Magungunan Gari da kuma shugaban da ya kafa Sashen Magungunan Gari na Donald W. Reynolds a Kwalejin Magunguna ta Jami'ar Oklahoma, da kuma Mataimakin Shugaban Ma'aikata na Kula da Gari da Tsawaita Kulawa a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Tsofaffin Sojoji ta Oklahoma.

Abubuwan da Bernard ke sha'awa a bincike sun haɗa da abinci mai gina jiki da aiki a cikin tsofaffi, musamman ma ga ƙananan kabilu .

Bernard ta sami kyaututtuka biyu na ƙasa saboda jagorancinta a fannin likitancin tsofaffi: kyautar Kent ta 2014 ta ƙungiyar Gerontological Society of America ; da kyautar Clark Tibbits ta 2013 ta ƙungiyar Gerontology in Higher Education. Dr. Bernard ta yi ritaya daga aikin gwamnati a ranar 31 ga Disamba, 2024.

## Ilimi da aiki
Bernard ta sami horon digirinta na farko a Kwalejin Bryn Mawr a shekarar 1972,  inda ta kammala karatun *digiri na biyu* da girmamawa a fannin sinadarai sannan ta sami digirin MD daga Makarantar Magunguna ta Jami'ar Pennsylvania a shekarar 1976.  Ta yi horo a fannin likitancin ciki a Asibitin Jami'ar Temple da ke Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, inda ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin babban mazauninta . Bayan zamanta, Bernard ta ci gaba da aikinta a Makarantar Magunguna ta Temple, ta fara koyarwa a fannin likitanci, sannan ta yi aiki a matsayin farfesa a fannin likitanci a Sashen Magungunan Cikin Gida na Gabaɗaya, Daraktan Asibitocin Lafiya, da Mataimakin Shugaba na Shiga Jami'a. 

A shekarar 1990, Bernard ta shiga Jami'ar Oklahoma don gina shirye-shiryenta na ilimi da bincike kan tsofaffi . Har zuwa lokacin da ta koma NIA, Bernard ita ce daraktar da ta kafa Sashen Kula da Lafiyar Gari na Reynolds na Oklahoma, Sashen Kula da Lafiyar Gari na uku a Amurka  Baya ga kafa da kuma jagorantar sashen, Dr. Bernard ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Shugaban Ma'aikata na Kula da Lafiyar Gari da Tsawaita Kulawa a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Tsoffin Sojoji ta Oklahoma City.  

Bernard ya sami ƙarin horo ta hanyar Cibiyar Bincike kan Ayyukan Lafiya ta Ƙungiyar Kwalejojin Likitanci ta Amurka, Cibiyar Ilimi ta Gariatric ta Pennsylvania, da kuma shirin Ci gaban Zartarwa na Makarantar Wharton.  

Bernard ta jagoranci ci gaban Tsarin Binciken Bambancin Lafiya na Cibiyar Kasa kan Tsufa, wanda aka buga a shekarar 2015, wanda ya mayar da hankali kan tantance ci gaba da damammaki a cikin bincike kan bambance-bambancen lafiya tsakanin kabilu da kabilu da suka shafi tsufa.  A ranar 26 ga Mayu, 2021, an nada ta a matsayin Babbar Jami'a don Bambancin Ma'aikata a Cibiyoyin Lafiya na Kasa . 

Bernard ta kuma jagoranci kwamitin mace mai launin fata na Ƙungiyar Aiki ta NIH kan Mata a Ayyukan Kiwon Lafiya. 

## Nasarorin da aka samu a fannin likitanci da bincike

* Wanda ya lashe kyautar 2023 a cikin Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
* Kyautar Amintaccen Gidauniyar John A. Hartford ta 2022
* Lakca ta 2020 Barbara Payne a fannin Gerontology, Jami'ar Jihar Georgia 
* Kyautar Kent ta 2014, Gerontological Society of America (wanda ake bayarwa kowace shekara ga memba na Ƙungiyar "wanda ya fi misalta mafi girman ƙa'idodi na jagoranci na ƙwararru a fannin ilimin gerontology") 
* Kyautar Clark Tibbits ta 2013, Ƙungiyar Ilimin Gerontology a Ilimi Mai Girma (saboda gudummawar da ta bayar ga ilimin gerontology da ilimin tsofaffi) 
* Kyautar 2008 50 sama da 50, AARP, Babi na Oklahoma 
* Kyautar Pathmakers ta 2007, Ƙungiyar Tarihi ta Oklahoma City/County 
* 2007-2010 Babban Malamin Jagoranci na Hartford 

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