James P. Comer, M.D., M.P.H., HS ’66

James P. Comer, M.D., M.P.H., HS ’66, Maurice Falk Professor in the Child Study Center and of psychiatry and one of the nation’s leading experts on children, is serving on a national panel exploring the performance of minority students in schools. In a report issued in October, the College Board’s National Task Force on Minority High Achievement found that African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans lag behind non-Hispanic whites and Asians. The report recommends that schools share information on programs that boost minority achievement.Edmund W. Gordon, Ph.D., professor emeritus of psychology, is one of the co-chairs of the 31-member task force.