Member Details | Cornell Center for Health Equity

Total members: 318

Health Equity/Research Interest

Screening and implementing the sustainable approach in the community for the prevention of non-communicable diseases especially cardiovascular diseases is my area of research interest.

Expertise/Goals

I am looking forward to a collaborative and supportive environment in implementing my research ideas and plans for decreasing the burden of cardiovascular diseases in rural communities of the US.

Health Equity/Research Interest

I would like to offer as a collaborator my clinical and patient-centered skills. My cohort predominately deals with critically ill children and their families.

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I am looking for research design, implementation, and strategy from a collaborator. Would also appreciate mentorship in grant writing and publication.

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My area of focus is mental health. I am interested in whether there are disparities in resources people can access to improve their mental health.

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I am highly educated in psychological disorders and ways to access resources to improve one’s mental health.

Health Equity/Research Interest

My research interests involve the promotion of health equity in underrepresented populations through cross-sectoral partnerships. I am also interested in the implementation of inclusive and culturally competent health education, communication, and promotion to advance health.

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I am currently pursuing a Master of Public Health (MPH), specializing in infectious disease. This program has equipped me with a variety of skills to assess and develop strategies needed to mitigate health issues. As an individual interested in pursuing a medical degree in the near future, through the Cornell Center for Health Equity, I hope to broaden my skills related to culturally competent →

Health Equity/Research Interest

Antiracism, diversity recruitment, inclusion, culturally appropriate care especially regarding end-of-life.

Expertise/Goals

I hope to better focus and direct my above research interests through collaboration with colleagues who are focused on health equity while hopefully identifying a group of mentors who can also help guide this work.

Esther Akapo, Global and Public Health Sciences

Health Equity/Research Interest

My research interests are public health and the intersections of policy and equity.

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My interest in community engagement is what had sparked my interest in public health. Having volunteered in many communities and organizations ranging from medical to political, I was able to get a sense of what it meant to serve a community. Through many of my volunteering efforts, I was able to connect with people, learn new things, as well as experience a new culture or practice and it was →

Health Equity/Research Interest

What I offer as a collaborator are deep connections within Tompkins County to support community engagement and outreach.

Expertise/Goals

What I would be looking for from a collaborator are more connections into research and education, with a key mindset for supporting program monitoring and evaluation.

Health Equity/Research Interest

The Center for Health Equity provides a platform for innovation and change that is long needed in the health care system. Research in Social disparities and health equity have been overlooked and neglected; this neglect has led to a series of detrimental strong holds within the healthcare system that makes it difficult for individuals more specifically minorities to receive quality health care. →

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Being a human biology major at Hunter College I have the opportunity to study a broad range of disciplines that contribute to the health and wellness of human beings. This includes studying the psychology and biology of humans as well as studying the health system in which we depend on. With my studies I will have extensive knowledge and resources at my disposal to contribute to the progression of →

Anjali N. Anbu, B.S. in Global & Public Health Sciences

Health Equity/Research Interest

My current research interests center around gender and disability, and the impacts these have on accessibility/quality of care and individuals’ likelihood to pursue it. I have demonstrated experience working within communities marginalized by gender and occupation in northern India towards promoting access to and utilization of healthcare resources. I am also passionate about youth empowerment and →

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Looking to collaborate with a PI currently performing research in healthcare sociology, population health/demography, or community health interventions for women, non-binary people and girls. My personal current foci are period poverty, topics surrounding education, & disparities in healthcare for women, disabled people, and LGBTQIA+ populations.

Health Equity/Research Interest

My primary area of research is in patient use of health information technologies such as patient portals; although I’ve done work in health numeracy/literacy and patient decision making I have also found that some of the most effective ways to increase patient engagement are actually system-level changes rather than individual-level interventions. My secondary area of interest is in clinical →

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I’d like to network with others interested in health equity and potentially develop new collaborations. I’d also like to contribute to educational and policy efforts to promote health equity in medical education.

Health Equity/Research Interest

As a collaborator, I would offer my experience as a member of the pediatric health equity task force and my experience in the assessment of disparities research based on insurance payer. I would also offer my enthusiasm and unwavering commitment to improve on existing disparities with the ultimate goal of achieving equitable care.

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From a collaborator, I would like to establish connections to advance projects with similar goals. I am also looking to learn from those who have done health equities work on their successes and lessons learned from failures.

Health Equity/Research Interest

I’m most interested in increasing access to standard of care for all patients, which requires the intersection of many aspects of medicine – physician recruitment and retainment, diversity and inclusion in research, quality improvement, and education, among others.

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I think it is most important to collaborate with someone who is not afraid to give honest feedback and is willing to think outside the box.

Health Equity/Research Interest

I have been working with and researching the healthcare of the homeless immigrants and refugees since the mid 90’s. I have developed related training curricula for public health students medical students and residents and participated in related advocacy and policy making at the national and international level. My current research focus is in health disparities curriculum development and cancer →

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I have extensive leadership experience in national and international organizations and professional associations that relates to global health and population-based medicine. My wide range of experience in developing service programs educational curricula and research in these fields will bring added value to the current faculty and resources at the center. I am looking forward to collaborating and →

Health Equity/Research Interest

I am interested in lung inflammatory diseases such as allergic asthma that preferentially affect underrepresented minorities and other under-served communities. I am also interested in work that contributes to increasing the diversity of the next generation of research working on health equity.

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Networking with others interested in this area. Finding a networking of basic sciences researchers in health equity.

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A point of contact and potential research collaboration outside of Cornell.

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Researchers interested in ArcGIS implementation for a hospital distribution study; connection to other researchers of public hospitals.

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I explore the role that employment relations factors play in the healthcare industry. As such, I examine the effects of a variety of workplace innovations, including new technology, delivery of care models, and innovative work practices, on patients, frontline employees, and organizational performance.

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I believe that my focus on work and workforce related factors can add value to the center. I especially interested in the link between working conditions and outcomes for workers and patients, a link that has the capacity to inform a host of equity related research questions.

Health Equity/Research Interest

I am currently interested in the disparities in Breast cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment outcomes in diverse populations.

Expertise/Goals

I have an extensive background in Women’s imaging particularly in Breast imaging and Ultrasound and I have concentrated most of my teaching efforts in these areas. I am also working on ways to increase the representation of underrepresented minority faculty and trainees in our department of Radiology.

Health Equity/Research Interest

Food insecurity and health disparity.

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Food insecurity and maternal health.

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I study local and global disparities in cancer care delivery and outcomes. In particular, I focus on women’s health i.e. breast cancer, cervical cancer and endometrial cancer. There are persistent inequities in the outcomes for women with these cancers across the nation and within cities. In partnership with the Cornell Center for Health Equity, I aim to pinpoint the reasons for these pervasive →

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I have prior experience with community education and outreach. I also have experience with clinical research and trial development. I hope to work with like-minded colleagues to ensure that the health of our communities (especially as it relates to cancer) is improved and not dependent on your race or socioeconomic status.

Health Equity/Research Interest

My current research interests are in using multivariate statistical theory to solves the major statistical challenges in analyzing big data (electronic health records health insurance claims) and small data (smartphone data) in the context assessing need of mental health interventions among disadvantaged community members and its delivery to the community. I am also interested in the risk →

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I am the Director of the Methods Core of Weill Cornell ALACRITY Center for Late- and Mid-Life Mood Disorders (P50 MH113838) which focuses on behavioral interventions improve the care of older and middle-aged adults with mood disorders treated in the community. I can facilitate connections between CCHEq and ALACRITY. I can also provide statistical guidance to CCHEq investigators in their grant →

Health Equity/Research Interest

Economic and policy strategies to support evidence-based care for mental health and substance use conditions including strategies to promote equity in behavioral health care.

Expertise/Goals

I bring to the Center deep understanding of the interplay among policy organizational and clinical factors that contributed to lack of equity in health care access use and outcomes. I also bring expertise with multiple types of population data to address equity issues. I hope to expand my collaborative network and be inspired and encouraged in general.

Health Equity/Research Interest

Depression; eating disorders; health education; health communication; prevention; health disparities; alternative therapies for health; and spiritual health.

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Received my doctorate in health education from Teachers College Columbia University. Currently working at the Division of General Internal Medicine at WCM and teaching part-time undergraduate communication and health courses.

Health Equity/Research Interest

As a collaborator, I would like to offer my experience in health equity, health policy, research, community engagement, and education.

Expertise/Goals

I am passionate about collaborating on health equity, health policy, research, education and community engagement.

Health Equity/Research Interest

I am pursuing a career in surgery to improve outcomes for underserved patients, and for the West Indian and African American communities that I represent. With this purpose, I am empowered to address health disparities through research, global health initiatives, and policy reform.

Expertise/Goals

I aim to connect with others who are dedicated to addressing health disparities so that I may learn from those who have come before me, and collaborate on future projects. As a surgical resident, I hope that my perspectives will also serve as a resource to students as they navigate school, residency, and research environments.

Health Equity/Research Interest

Dr. Behrends’ current research focuses on HIV HCV and opioid overdose prevention among people who use drugs. More broadly her work examines health services access and care for people who use drugs with the goal of generating relevant and timely health policy programmatic and economic research that addresses social justice and health equity concerns of people who use drugs. Ensuring culturally →

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I have been working in the area of substance use research for 11 years with a focus on health services that sensitively meet the needs of people who use drugs using a combination of epidemiological methods economic analysis and mixed methods approaches. My expertise in this subject area will help ensure that substance use research is represented in this center to promote health equity research for →

Health Equity/Research Interest

My research explores how modifiable behaviors and environments impact child and parent behaviors related to nutrition, physical activity, and healthy growth, particularly those that relate to childhood obesity. My focus is on improving health outcomes and equity of audiences most at risk for health disparities (limited resources, minority-populations, and rural settings) and those with limited →

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I am interested in networking and learning from others in the Center to advance the collective work being done to reduce health disparities, particularly in the areas of nutrition and health.

Health Equity/Research Interest

Women’s health, consumer health informatics, health information technology approaches to improving health equity

Expertise/Goals

Many health equity interventions are now leveraging technologies. My expertise involves evaluating the usability of technology and how it fits the needs and goals of diverse populations. Ensuring the needs and values of users are met ensures that solutions may be equitably utilized. I would like to be connected with others in the Cornell and WCM community doing health equity research to gain →

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As a Spanish-speaking neuropsychologist, my research has been informed by clinical dilemmas that were not fully explained by extant literature. Until recently, neuropsychology research generalized findings collected in ‘majority’ populations to under-represented groups, minimizing the role of bilingualism and culture. However, a “one-size-fits-all approach” is neither ethical nor appropriate, and →

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Since my recent appointment at Weill Cornell Medical Center, I have continued working with a diverse patient base across the lifespan, evaluating neurosurgical candidates in their native Spanish and also in Russian. Doing so has provided their neurosurgical care teams with valuable insights regarding the patients’ treatment planning and prognostication. Moreover, I have become an integral member →

Health Equity/Research Interest

My interest lies in the development of innovative graduate medical education models that place an emphasis on community engagement and the social determinants of health that will result in new physicians with a primary care and population health focus.

Expertise/Goals

As a physician and clinician educator in Tompkins county I bring detailed knowledge and experience regarding the local healthcare delivery systems and its patient population. Through greater collaboration with the CCHEq I hope to partner physicians in training with local researchers network with community leaders and receive as well as provide education that will increase the health of the local →

Health Equity/Research Interest

Healthcare delivery systems and methods to under-served and/or remote communities, the role of companion animals in family units, infectious disease management, disaster response, public health, animal welfare

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I am the Swanson Endowed Director of Shelter Medicine at the veterinary college. Our Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program at Cornell, founded in 2005, is one of only four comprehensive shelter medicine training programs in the world. The program has trained 3 residents and 20 shelter medicine specialty interns since 2008, as well as thousands of veterinarians and veterinary students in both classroom →

Health Equity/Research Interest

As a physician, medical educator and investigator, I aspire to build, teach and empirically study a practice of medicine that is as unrelenting in its application of scientific rigor as it is generous in its consideration of the whole person. My work tackles problems of empathy loss, communication failure, power dynamics, and physician burnout. Clinically, I am interested in improving →

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I have an interdisciplinary background in Religious Studies with a focus on medical anthropology and bioethics as well as an epidemiological research background at the NIH. After undergoing a train-the-trainer communication program at Vital Talk, I am hoping to find through the Center collaborators interested in applying these techniques to improve care for vulnerable patients.

Health Equity/Research Interest

Van Poznak Research Fellow and Instructor in Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medical College. My primary research focus is the development and evaluation of noninvasive technologies and digital health tools to improve health outcomes in vulnerable populations in a variety of care settings including hospital and community based settings.

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I have over 10 years of experience in leading large-scale medical technology development projects. My past and current work in the areas of wearable health monitoring and machine learning will allow me to serve as an effective technology collaborator on digital health projects with the Center for Health Equity.

Health Equity/Research Interest

Carol L. Brown, MD, is a board-certified gynecologic oncologist who is the Senior Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the incumbent of the Nicholls-Biondi Chair for Health Equity. Dr. Brown also serves as Vice Chair of Health Equity in the Department of Surgery. She holds academic appointments as Attending Surgeon and Member at MSK, and →

Expertise/Goals

My Health Equity leadership role at MSK and my 31 years of experience as gynecologic cancer surgeon will bring additional expertise in cancer disparities to the Center. MSK hopes to gain collaborations networking and opportunities for Center members to expand research in cancer disparities.

Health Equity/Research Interest

My work is focused on health equity, especially in neurology and oncology. I am passionate about increasing access to care and diversifying clinical trials. I also work towards diversifying medicine and other STEM fields.

Expertise/Goals

I am a neuro-oncology and will be joining Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the summer of 2022 to work on health equity initiatives in addition to my clinical practice. I want to work together with collaborators across the Cornell community to research health disparities, develop and implement sustainable solutions and interventions, and to help educate about the importance of health →

Health Equity/Research Interest

As a social epidemiologist, Dr. Camacho-Rivera’s research focuses on three main themes: 1. Elucidating social determinants of racial/ethnic disparities in chronic diseases such as asthma, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer 2. Exploring within-group heterogeneity in the prevention and treatment of chronic disease outcomes among racial/ethnic groups 3. Developing culturally-tailored, →

Expertise/Goals

As a Latina first-generation college graduate, born and raised in the East New York section of Brooklyn, New York, my earliest life experiences have molded my career trajectory as a social epidemiologist and health disparities researcher. As a Center affiliate member, my goals are to strengthen existing partnerships and develop new collaborations with faculty across Cornell to design and evaluate →

Health Equity/Research Interest

Broadly speaking, my research interests include the impact of racial and socioeconomic determinants of health on disparities in oncologic outcomes. A particular interest of mine is endometrial cancer from a genomic standpoint and how that may translate into biologic differences that impact morbidity and mortality.

Expertise/Goals

Cancer disparities persist. As a gynecologic oncologist, I am uniquely positioned to address these issues. It is easy to become siloed in medicine. My hope would be to network with other researchers and perhaps find common ground to collaborate or at bare minimum, hear about new/interesting developments in other fields of medicine.

Health Equity/Research Interest

I am a primary care clinician educator at the only community based teaching site for our Internal Medicine Residency training program. I also co-direct the Psychosocial Curriculum, a year-long series of seminars offered to our PGY-1 class with emphasis on the biopsychosocial model of health, relationship centered communication skills, identifying social determinants of health, cross-cultural →

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I am interested in collaborating with and learning from collaborators, strategies for social determinants of health and cross-cultural care curriculum development. I am also looking forward to the possibilities for new ideas for strategic development and enhancement of pipeline programs.

Health Equity/Research Interest

Education – International East Africa and Central-South America

Expertise/Goals

Gynecological cancer – gastrointestinal cancer – health disparities – global health

Health Equity/Research Interest

An economist by training, my research focuses on the industrial organization of health care, with special attention to federal regulation of health insurance markets. My research informs the design of publicly-subsidized health insurance markets such as the Affordable Care Act marketplaces. I am particularly interested in the success of federal regulations, such as reinsurance and risk →

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Interested in fostering connections between Weill Cornell and the Ithaca campus.

Health Equity/Research Interest

I am the Associate Director of the Sloan Program in Health Administration (confers the Master of Health Administration degree) at Cornell University (Ithaca campus) and teach both graduate and undergraduate courses in population health and population health management. I enjoy working with community partners to use data to solve real-world problems while providing applied learning experiences form →

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I would like to collaborate with other interested members around creating holistic recruitment and retention policies programs and practices of graduate students. Additionally I am interested in trading and creating ideas for building inclusive classroom practices and applied learning opportunities as they related to teaching population health.

Health Equity/Research Interest

Dr. Cassano is a nutritional epidemiologist studying the interaction of nutrition with the genome in order to identify strategies to prevent chronic disease. In addition to her discovery-based research program, Dr. Cassano directs The WHO/Cochrane/Cornell Summer Institute for Systematic Reviews in Nutrition for Global Policy Making. The Institute teaches review methods including considerations of →

Expertise/Goals

I hope to network with Center members given my various roles and to find ways to work together to advance goals to reduce health disparities, particularly in relation to the role of nutrition in health inequities. I am interested in representing not only my own professional interests, but the interests of various groups that I represent.

Health Equity/Research Interest

Community organizing with a focus on international or indigenous mutual aid and undocumented worker empowerment.

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I have a background in information technology and using technology as a tool for documenting oral and historical memory as archival record of generational trauma that can pave a path for healing and reconciliation. I have presented at Columbia University’s Annual Conference of The Historical Dialogues, Justice, & Memory Network, the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) →

Health Equity/Research Interest

As a collaborator, I would like to offer my experience and expertise in the area of child and adolescent mental health, the intersection of mental health and chronic medical illness, and integrating mental health into medical settings including primary care, subspecialty care, and inpatient units.

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I am looking for collaborators with expertise in engaging community voices to inform healthcare delivery models, development of equitable healthcare services, and conducting inclusive research.

Health Equity/Research Interest

My research focuses on the economics of risky health behaviors. I am particularly interested in obesity and the diet and physical activity patterns that contribute to it. Specifically, I study the factors that explain differences in obesity, the economic consequences of obesity, and I evaluate policies and programs to reduce disparities in obesity, diet, and physical activity. I teach courses in →

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I study disparities in risky health behaviors, such as poor diet and physical inactivity, and disparities in health conditions such as obesity. My goals are to shed light on the causes of risky health behaviors, the consequences of risky health behaviors, and the effects of policies and programs to modify risky health behaviors. I also enjoy teaching and mentoring the next generation of scholars.

Health Equity/Research Interest

My clinical expertise is in burn care, from the initial injury through the acute hospitalization and oft-needed surgeries to the scar rehabilitation and long term recovery for burn patients. Burn injury disproportionately affects working-class adults and children from lower socioeconomic areas in the United States. Globally, burn injuries are particularly devastating for patients in low and →

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I previously worked with Physicians For Peace, a non-governmental organization, dedicated to improving quality of burn care in low and middle income countries through educational outreach missions and visited burn centers in the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Colombia, Ghana, and Bolivia. I have over a decade of experience with clinical research on all aspects of burn care. Like many in the →

Health Equity/Research Interest

I am a social scientist trained in public health research committed to improving understanding of social determinants of elder mistreatment across diverse social, cultural, and care settings. In particular, I focus on late-life health disparities in the context of violence, mistreatment, and exploitation through the lens of social justice. I am also interested in developing, evaluating, and →

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I have prior experience with community education and outreach, with a focus on elder abuse prevention and intervention in minoritized communities. I would like to network with others interested in health equity research and identify opportunities to develop collaborations. I also would like to contribute to policy efforts to promote social and age justice in long-term care and other care →

Health Equity/Research Interest

My research focus is both clinical and translational with an emphasis on health disparities among women with gynecologic malignancies. My clinical research includes focus on creation of health interventions to improve compliance for cervical cancer screening. My research interests expand to both local community engagement, health education and international collaborations.

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As a gynecologic oncologist, I am both a surgeon and provide chemotherapy for my patients with expertise in cancer care, palliative care discussions and preventative care. I am interested in networking with others interested in health equity with the goal of developing new collaborations to improve care among underserved cancer populations.

Health Equity/Research Interest

Witnessing the narratives behind illness in developing countries early on, I came to understand the biological phenomena of disease as a complex function of cultural norms and lack of access to basic needs, mired in abuse of human rights. I also learned that the challenges to obtaining high quality anesthesia and surgical care are rooted in dysfunctional healthcare systems, ineffective policies, →

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I will be able to contribute my robust analytical skills in epidemiology, human rights lens, and insights due to grassroots national and international public health programming experiences. I hope to gain mentorship and collaboration opportunities.

Health Equity/Research Interest

My research has focused on the role of community institutions in the delivery of social and health services particularly to under-served communities such as immigrant communities and communities of color. I am also interested in how key community-based institutions in immigrant and minority communities shape community values and norms particularly in relation to controversial or sensitive topics →

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I have been working in and conducting research about immigrant communities and communities of color for more than 25 years. My combined experience as an academic public health researcher urban policy and planning professor and previously as the deputy executive director of an immigrant health organization provides a unique perspective on questions of health care access and health promotion in →

Health Equity/Research Interest

My work experiences on effectively communicating and executing goals on interdisciplinary teams and knowledge on survey research and intervention design

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Someone to expand my current knowledge on not only health equity issues themselves, but also innovative approaches to evaluating these issues (particularly with a focus on modeling and infectious diseases)

Kristi Marie. Coffelt, BA, Communications and Spanish

Health Equity/Research Interest

I have a background in operations and team management within healthcare and hospitality settings. I’m inquisitive and enjoy research, using data, and process/workflow creation. I am currently working on achieving Healthcare Equality Index Leadership status for my organization. I participate actively in a diversity working group and am leading our patient advocacy efforts.

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I’m looking to learn from others and exchange ideas and best practices.

Health Equity/Research Interest

Partnership with the Cornell Population Center

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Collaboration

Health Equity/Research Interest

It is critical that we work in partnership with communities to establish and disseminate health-focused programs. In doing so, we must be able to determine measures of success, evaluate if we are hitting those markers, and adjust our approaches as needed to achieve our ultimate goals of improving health and equity

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Increase equitable provision and utilization of evidence-based strategies to support prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

Health Equity/Research Interest

My research interests include understanding of the disability experience and how disability intersects with other identities to influence work, wellbeing, systems involvment, and everyday life.

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I would like to share my expertise and learn from others as collaborative partners on projects of mutual interest.

Health Equity/Research Interest

My experience lies in understanding the mechanisms of social and healthcare disparities created by language barriers. As a linguist with an emphasis in Hispanic sociolinguistics, I conducted a fieldwork based study that sought to examine the opinions and attitudes of limited English proficiency (LEP) Latino immigrants on care in a non-native language (NNL).

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I hope to contribute to these research endeavors from my linguistics and political experiences.

Health Equity/Research Interest

I was referred by Dr. Madeline Sterling to join the Cornell Center for Health Equity to explore my research interest in understanding the HCW and patient- physician relationship. What interventions can we utilize to improve numeracy and health literacy among heart failure and cognitively impaired HF patients? Through chart reviews and community-based research I hope to continue the research →

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My experiences as a volunteer in the triage of the Emergency Room in Philippine General Hospital in the Philippines inspired my interest in the Cornell Center for Health Equity. I became more aware of the health inequities within the healthcare and medical system when I found that patients could not read medicine labels in English nor could they afford and access basic medical needs such as pain →

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Among my many interests is identifying factors and obstacles leading to the leaky pipeline spanning from motivated high school students who are underrepresented minorities or from underserved backgrounds, through college, medical school, and into a career in medicine. I believe many who drop off that path do so for reasons which are eminently manageable. I’d consider it one of my crowning →

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My strength lies in my academic and clinical experiences heretofore—I have worked and taught widely disparate environments. For 5 years, I was clinical faculty at an urban community hospital in Bronx, NY. That hospital is under-resourced and the community is underserved in every regard. I bore witness to the frustrations and injustices endured by those on the losing end of health inequity. →

Health Equity/Research Interest

My research interests are in human-computer interaction (HCI) information and communication technologies for development (ICTD). My main focus is on designing building deploying and evaluating novel computing systems that improve the lives of underserved populations in low-income regions. I am broadly interested in understanding the social technical and infrastructural challenges faced by diverse →

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I am an expert in the design implementation and evaluation of computing technologies that aim to solve problems in health equity. I am looking for community partners and collaborators with medical and health expertise that have in need for or are excited about new technology-based interventions that will positively impact health equity.

Health Equity/Research Interest

As a clinician in Internal Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine I care for a wide range of patients and have experience with how disparities in health care access and health literacy negatively impact health outcomes. I mentor medical students and residents on how to care for patients of different backgrounds and role model one-tier medical care for a diverse NYC patient population.

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I hope to foster collaborations in both education and research across the NYC and Ithaca campuses particularly through medical education for medical students and residents who rotate through electives and courses on both campuses. I am actively involved in recruitment and curriculum development for the newly ACGME – accredited Internal Medicine Residency Training Program based at Cayuga Medical →

Health Equity/Research Interest

Antonio has dual roles on the faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM). In his first role as Program Lead, Decision Navigation & Patient Support in the WCM Meyer Cancer Center’s Office of Community Outreach and Engagement (COE), Antonio is a leader in providing decision navigation support and promoting shared decision-making among the cancer patient community through the management of a Patient →

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Research partnerships, collaborations, and mentorship opportunities.

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I am pediatrician that has worked in both the rural and urban settings and am currently the medical director for multiple school districts in Central New York. I can offer mentorship or support in pediatrics and in school health.

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I am looking for a collaborator that has experience building, implementing and evaluating mobile healthcare units and/or school based health centers.

Health Equity/Research Interest

My research focuses on understanding how clinicians’ non-English language proficiency affects the quality of care derived to patients with limited English proficiency (LEP). Ultimately I plan to use the results of my research to establish standards for the appropriate use of non-fluent non-English language skills by clinicians and to identify process and outcomes measures that capture the quality →

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My experience in language barriers research has the potential in combination with networking and collaboration with other professionals in the Center from Health Equity to expand the reach of my work into changes in policy to improve care for patients.

Health Equity/Research Interest

I conduct formative, implementation, and evaluation research on effectiveness of community-based programs to improve nutrition and reduce food insecurity and health inequities in the US and globally. This includes qualitative and quantitative research on maternal and child nutrition behaviors, enabling environments, food security, capacity building for multisectoral nutrition, and sustainable food →

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My expertise is in applied research methods, focused on development, implementation and evaluation of nutrition programs designed to reduce inequities. I have experience working with low-income families in New York to understand food insecurity and other stresses that influence parenting and feeding practices. I have also worked in several low-income countries in Africa and Asia, again doing →

Health Equity/Research Interest

My current research interests center around health communication and education, global and public health, HIV/STIs, substance use, interpersonal violence and abuse, stigma reduction, and mental/behavioral health.

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Methodologically, I am interested and experienced in community-based and mixed-methods approaches in public health research, particularly to serve vulnerable, marginalized populations. Through my research endeavors/collaborations, I aspire to discover, translate, and disseminate socially-insightful findings to the public at large and inform healthcare practices and policies. At Cornell’s Center →

Health Equity/Research Interest

As a collaborator, I would offer a new perspective based on my experiences as a young, female scientist and the intersections my many other identities play into science, medicine, and health equity. I am particularly interested in providing support and assistance in clinical work, research, and outreach/education and would be willing to do in-person and digital projects.

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I am looking for someone who could help guide me in learning more about clinical work and interacting with patients and communities historically underserved in medicine and health. In particular, I am looking for collaborators who share similar goals as myself in trying to reduce health disparities so that medical treatment will be equitably given to all.

Health Equity/Research Interest

I am a physician-scientist trained in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Epidemiology and have conducted research at the Weill Bugando School of Medicine in Mwanza, Tanzania since 2008. My three major areas of research have been: (1) conducting implementation studies to increase health and health equity in rural communities in Tanzania, (2) determining the relationship between schistosome infection →

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I am looking for collaborators who share an abiding commitment to working to improve health and health equity globally.

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Mary Jo Dudley is the Director of the Cornell Farmworker Program and a faculty member in Cornell University’s Department of Global Development. Her work focuses on improving the living and working conditions of farmworkers and their families. Her research examines the contributions of farmworkers to the economic and social fabric of NYS and their visions for the future. This research provides →

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My research with farmworkers (interviews, focus group discussions, surveys) provides the groundwork for developing materials and activities (workshops, clinics, and consultations) that respond to farmworker priorities. Through this iterative process, we collaborate with farmworkers in building individual and community capacity designed to fulfill aspirations and address daily challenges. Since →

Malembe Dumont Copero, Phd City and Regional Planning

Health Equity/Research Interest

I’m an urban planner by training, and my research as a PhD student is at the intersection of cooperative and community-driven infrastructures that help advance climate adaptation/environmental justice as well as community health (multiple determinants of health). As a collaborator, I can support community-based and -engaged research projects in NY and internationally and develop new collaborative →

Expertise/Goals

I’m looking for researchers to co-creating research projects with community-based organizations regarding urban health disparities and environmental health, as well as researchers conducting community health assessments (so I can learn). I’m also looking for communities that want to work with researchers to advance co-creative research on their urban health impacts and needs.

Health Equity/Research Interest

I am interested in how the US healthcare system can take evidenced-based steps toward health equity. In particular, I am interested in the use of public-private partnerships to drive changes in the social determinants of health and reforms to healthcare delivery to work better for vulnerable populations.

Expertise/Goals

I have an undergraduate education in health policy, enabling me to understand current trends in policy research relating to health. I am also pursuing a Master of Health Administration. The combination of my degrees enables me to understand the social and clinical components that produce health. I hope to use my expertise in health policy and management to drive changes in heath outcomes of →

Health Equity/Research Interest

My research interest focused on preterm birth in African-American women and finding ways to alleviate health disparities in vulnerable populations.

Expertise/Goals

With my research experiences, I hope to be introduced to valuable mentors through networks at Cornell’s Center for Health Equity to allow for my continued growth in the field of public health and medicine.

Health Equity/Research Interest

My research interests are utilizing simulation in teaching neonatal resuscitation and optimization of communication with families.

Expertise/Goals

My professional experience includes curriculum development utilizing simulation. I hope to expand simulations beyond neonatal resuscitation to address microaggressions that may affect patient care.

Health Equity/Research Interest

Minoring in Inequality Studies with a concentration in Health Equity.

Expertise/Goals

As an undergraduate student minoring in health equity I hope to potentially collaborate with other members and hear about the current research being conducted.

Health Equity/Research Interest

My research interests focus on cardiothoracic surgical technique/technology innovation and biopharmaceutical synthesis and clinical application. Additionally I seek to translate research into affordable and thus practical solutions to health issues that can be used by patients of all disparities regardless of socio-economic background/standing.

Expertise/Goals

I hope to share my passion for healthcare and medical sciences with the Cornell Center for Health Equity in bridging the divide that currently exists within many of the research labs and the medical school/ health center rooted in Cornell.

Health Equity/Research Interest

Deborah Estrin is a Professor of Computer Science at Cornell Tech in New York City. She is founder of the Health Tech Hub in the Jacobs Institute and directs the Small Data Lab at Cornell Tech. Her students in the Master of Science program are interested in projects that could address health equity challenges. She holds The Robert V. Tishman Founder’s Chair and has recently taken on a leadership →

Expertise/Goals

I am interested in collaborating with domain and community expertise.

Health Equity/Research Interest

As an Asian-American from Alabama, I can offer a unique perspective from my observations viewing health disparities whilst volunteering in impoverished neighborhoods and food deserts. Furthermore, I can share my experiences shadowing a family medicine physician, seeing numerous patient appointments within family-like communities, and a general surgeon, viewing multiple procedures from hiatal →

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From other collaborators, I strive to search for varying perspectives and opinions on health equity and how different regions address situations that arise from negligence and medical illiteracy. Additionally, I plan to gain more knowledge about health ethics from medical professionals and expand upon concepts with peers.

Health Equity/Research Interest

I am interested in how health outcomes are determined, socially, politically and economically, in post-industrial cities in the United States. Specifically, I focus on the various “fundamental causes” associated with racial/ethnic disparities in these communities, focusing on Black, Brown, and indigenous groups, using mixed methods approaches. My work takes a broad view of how public policy, and →

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I hold degrees in sociology and public health and conduct work that speaks to the intersections of these two fields – adopting both a theoretical view and a perspective rooted in real-world applications. I have a growing publication record in the sociomedical sciences, including original research involving mixed methods, and I have roughly 10 years of experience conducting research and doing →

Health Equity/Research Interest

I am an endocrine surgeon who is interested in functioning and non-functioning tumors of the endocrine glands – including the adrenal glands, thyroid and parathyroid. My specific interest in the Center originated with a study that we recently completed that demonstrated that screening rates for primary hyperaldosteronism – a common cause of surgically remediable hypertension – are particularly →

Expertise/Goals

My career has focused on improving the diagnosis and treatment of patients with endocrine tumors. I hope that I can combine my expertise in the diagnosis and management of primary hyperaldosteronism with the resources and expertise in the Center in carrying out studies on a community level in populations that suffer from health disparities.

Health Equity/Research Interest

My research interests are related to the health disparities of vulnerable populations in settings of conflict and displacement. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the number of forcibly displaced individuals worldwide has exceeded 65 million. This growing population carries a unique and disproportionate risk of poor health outcomes due to the effects of displacement on →

Expertise/Goals

My long-term career goal is to be a physician-scientist conducting research on health disparities related to conflict and displacement. This is notably relevant in my native country of Lebanon, where there are an estimated 1.5 million Syrian refugees displaced. I have conducted several years of service and research among Syrian refugee populations. In 2014 I was awarded funding through Columbia →

Health Equity/Research Interest

My primary research interest is in the social determinants of health and how they disproportionately impact vulnerable communities locally and abroad.

Expertise/Goals

My experience ranges from basic to clinical research at the undergraduate, graduate, and medical school level. During my MS in Global Health, my research focused on the social determinants of health for West Bank Palestinians and consisted of a literature review of this topic in the context of settlement and occupation. At the medical school level my research thus far has focused on →

Health Equity/Research Interest

Health policy Single payer national health insurance Community engagement: Brooklyn Queens and South Bronx and Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx.

Expertise/Goals

Networking faculty involvement with the perspectives on the Changing Health Care System Course for all first year medical residents and more faculty involvement in the Rogers Colloquium.

Health Equity/Research Interest

Social determinants of health; access to care for disenfranchised populations

Expertise/Goals

I am Adjunct Faculty at Columbia University with a teaching focus on cross-sectoral collaborations to combat global health threats.

Health Equity/Research Interest

My research combines concepts and methods across disciplinary boundaries to examine interconnections between the social and behavioral determinants of health and nutrition, with a particular focus on children’s energy-balance behaviors in underrepresented and low-income communities.

Expertise/Goals

My research program is community centered. I have conducted studies focusing on childhood obesity in diverse early childhood contexts, low-income, and U.S. Latino families. For example, I have engaged in research activities with participants in: (a) Flea markets and Laundromats in low-income community settings in San Antonio, TX; (b) Hispanic Church settings in San Antonio, Texas; (c) Family child →

Health Equity/Research Interest

As a board-certified Endocrine Surgical Oncologist dedicated to pursuing a career as a surgeon-scientist, my clinical and research interests lie within the field of Endocrine Oncology, including investigating functional adrenal tumors. Accordingly, one major focus of mine is to address the known under-diagnosis of primary aldosteronism as a treatable cause of secondary hypertension. Our group →

Expertise/Goals

I believe I can contribute to the Center by addressing gaps in health disparity within the field of Endocrine Oncology. Given my background in clinical research, my goal is to identify factors associated with the under-diagnosis of primary aldosteronism in disparate populations and accordingly implement novel platforms to target these populations, eliminate disparities, and improve diagnostic →

Health Equity/Research Interest

The author of over 400 publications, his most recent book is Rights Come to Mind: Brain Injury, Ethics and The Struggle for Consciousness (Cambridge University Press, 2015). Dr. Fins is also the author of A Palliative Ethic of Care: Clinical Wisdom at Life’s End (Jones and Bartlett, 2006). Dr. Fins is a co-author of the 2007 Nature paper describing the first use of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in →

Expertise/Goals

I am especially interested in health equity for patients with severe brain injury and have advanced a civil rights/disability rights agenda on their behalf building upon advances in the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of this population. To that end, in additional to addressing the ethical and normative obligations we owe to this population through my work at Weill Cornell Medicine and →

Health Equity/Research Interest

My research aims to understand the interactions among environmental change and livelihood food and nutrition global fisheries and the households that are reliant on the environment to access food and income. The challenges inequalities and unprecedented global environmental change drive my work in two central areas: 1) Effects livelihood and nutrition security and 2) Interactions of resource →

Expertise/Goals

My research examines the interactions between environmental change inequality and health in global settings. Lake Victoria in Kenya and in Cambodia provides rich case studies for better understanding these phenomena. Cornell Center for Health Equity I look forward to opportunities to collaborate and engage with a broad network health equity and to engage new tools and opportunities to support the →

Health Equity/Research Interest

My drive to be an agent for change has been fueled by my personal, professional, and academic experiences. Specifically, I am determined to continuously serve in the movement for immigrant, refugee, and asylum-seeker rights. Basic rights and resources, inclusive of access to equitable health care/reproductive justice, are often denied to these communities. My aim is to leverage my existing →

Expertise/Goals

Informed by my own personal immigrant background, and over a decade of experience serving in the private and nonprofit sectors; and empowered by my graduate work, I hope to be able to contribute to the Center’s initiatives.

Health Equity/Research Interest

My research interests relate to improving the implementation of nutrition interventions such that they are culturally and contextually appropriate for target beneficiaries, particularly for women and children. I am also interested in exploring approaches across food systems, including those related to the food environments and provider behaviors, to support equitable and sustainable diets among →

Expertise/Goals

I use focused ethnographic methods, including semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions, participatory observations, free listing, pile sorting, social mapping, and photo elicitation to explore the priorities, preferences, and value tradeoffs people make related to their nutrition decisions.

Health Equity/Research Interest

Cancer genetics, health care disparities in utilization of genetic services

Expertise/Goals

Gynecologic oncologist

Health Equity/Research Interest

My main interest is translational neuropharmacology in neurological disorders without a proven treatment or in which we may be able to move beyond the current gold-standard to improve neurological outcomes. I am particularly interested in catecholaminergic systems (i.e., dopaminergic, noradrenergic and glutamatergic neurotransmission) and drug development in long-term disorders of consciousness →

Expertise/Goals

I am a neurologist specialized in neurological rehabilitation and a neuroscientist with background in neurophysiology, neuroimaging and molecular neuroimaging. I have been extramural PI of the NIH for almost 11 year and Co-Founded NeuroHealing Pharmaceuticals, Inc a startup company. My experience comes from the clinical field, integrating pre-clinical data to form new human background in my fields →

Health Equity/Research Interest

In my pursuit of Biology and Anthropology majors and an Inequality Studies minor all at once in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences, I have thus far forged an undergraduate academic experience for myself that firmly rests at the intersection of the studies of life sciences as they relate to the human body and experience, of anthropological theory regarding the human species at bodily and at →

Expertise/Goals

With research in both wet lab and soft science lab environments under my belt, I bring to the table both an interest in and an experienced approach to research that has one foot in the life sciences and the other in the humanities. As articulated in my response to the previous question, my academic path so far leads rather directly to the doorstep of work such as that done by the Center, equipping →

Health Equity/Research Interest

I currently focus on health services research as it applies to vulnerable women with gynecologic cancers. Using large statewide and national data sets, I work with a research team within our gynecologic oncology fellowship program to assess the impact of policy decisions on women’s gynecologic cancer care. This past year we have studied the perioperative outcomes, quality of care, and survival of →

Expertise/Goals

As a surgeon-scientist in training, my background in health policy, advocacy, and health services research adds a unique perspective to the center. I hope to network with like-minded individuals, and to leverage these connections not only in collaborative research projects but also in building local and state advocacy into our work and the work of this center.

Health Equity/Research Interest

Dr. Gariepy is the newly appointed Director of Complex Family Planning at Weill Cornell Medicine. Her research focuses on developing and testing innovative, multi-faceted strategies for decreasing unintended pregnancy in marginalized populations, with specific focus on permanent contraception, the effect of unintended pregnancy on women, cost and contraceptive provision, and digital health →

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Developing and testing innovative, multi-faceted strategies for decreasing unintended pregnancy in marginalized populations, with specific focus on permanent contraception, the effect of unintended pregnancy on women, cost and contraceptive provision, and digital health interventions to improve reproductive health.

Health Equity/Research Interest

In the past I have conducted microbiological global health research in the Nathan Laboratory of Weill Cornell Medicine studying a putative drug target in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. I am currently working on a tick surveillance data analytics project for the Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases to highlight disparities between the tick surveillance efforts of different →

Expertise/Goals

Through the Center I hope to dedicate my time research training and knowledge in inequality studies to benefit the work of the Center. I would like to contribute to a research project where assistance is needed and exchange my time and efforts for the development of skills in conducting health equity research and deepening my understanding of disparities in health access. I hope to work directly →

Health Equity/Research Interest

My interests are in the areas of disparities with regard to hypertension as well as other chronic conditions.

Expertise/Goals

I have a long-standing interest in epidemiological research and hope to get involved in more collaborations research and educational opportunities.

Health Equity/Research Interest

Disparities in hospitalised patients as well as disparities in immigrants.

Expertise/Goals

Worked in healthcare finance. Networking and collaborations,

Health Equity/Research Interest

I would like to join in community engagement and advocate for health equity across all health disparities. I would like to also maintain and nurture relationships between undergraduates and Weill Cornell faculty.

Expertise/Goals

I would be interested in a collaborator that engages in community advocacy and has strong ties to Weill Cornell.

Health Equity/Research Interest

My research focuses on understanding how socio-cultural behaviors and networks can be leveraged to address disparities in obesity and obesity-related conditions among Hispanic populations. This work utilizes a multidimensional approach through analyses of social networks, socially-mediated behaviors and targeted community engagement.

Expertise/Goals

I am an Internal Medicine-trained primary care physician that continues to serve a predominantly under-resourced Hispanic community. My research aims to understand and leverage community strengths to overcome systemic inequities, and I look forward to collaborations to advance that aim through the Center for Health Equity. As a first-generation Latino physician, I am also deeply committed to →

Health Equity/Research Interest

Racial disparities in arthroplasty utilization and outcomes have persisted for decades but the contributions of race poverty or other social factors have been difficult to sort out. My research has focused on the interactions of race education poverty and other social factors and arthroplasty outcomes.

Expertise/Goals

My experience at HSS in arthroplasty research can bring this area of research interest to the Center to foster collaborations.

Health Equity/Research Interest

As an educator and non-profit leader I am offering years of experience working with underserved communities and building trust and partnerships in those communities. I can also offer project management in disseminating and collecting surveys and data. I have years of experience in teaching and training with both youth and adult learners.

Expertise/Goals

I am interested in building skills in Public Health Community Research and Epidemiology and access to funding opportunities through partnerships.

Student/Trainee/Staff Member

Sameer Acharya, MD

Health Equity/Research Interest

Expertise/Goals

I’m a trainee practicing patient-centered care and advocating for equitable access to care

Nonyerem Acholonu-Fomin

Health Equity/Research Interest

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Student/Trainee/Staff Member

Adeola Adetayo, Psychology

Health Equity/Research Interest

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Student/Trainee/Staff Member

Abena Adwetewa-Badu, BA

Health Equity/Research Interest

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Academic Member

Alexander Ajeto

Health Equity/Research Interest

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Student/Trainee/Staff Member

Esther Akapo, Global and Public Health Sciences

Health Equity/Research Interest

Expertise/Goals

I’m a community-based leader interested in collaboration to improve health equity

Shannon Alvord, MSW

Health Equity/Research Interest

Expertise/Goals

Student/Trainee/Staff Member

Priscilla Amanquah

Health Equity/Research Interest

Expertise/Goals

I’m a community-based leader interested in collaboration to improve health equity, I’m an undergraduate student involved with or seeking opportunities for health equity research or practice, I’m a trainee practicing patient-centered care and advocating for equitable access to care

Anjali N. Anbu, B.S. in Global & Public Health Sciences

Health Equity/Research Interest

Expertise/Goals

Academic Member

Jessica Ancker, PhD, MPH

Health Equity/Research Interest

Expertise/Goals

I’m a researcher involved with health equity research or practice, I’m a clinician practicing patient-centered care and advocating for equitable access to care

Zoltan Antal, MD

Health Equity/Research Interest

Expertise/Goals

I’m a researcher involved with health equity research or practice, I’m a clinician practicing patient-centered care and advocating for equitable access to care

Cynthia Arvizo, MD

Health Equity/Research Interest

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Academic Member

Ramin Asgary, MD

Health Equity/Research Interest

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Academic Member

Avery August, PhD

Health Equity/Research Interest

Expertise/Goals

I’m a researcher involved with health equity research or practice

George Aumoithe, Ph.D.

Health Equity/Research Interest

Expertise/Goals

Academic Member

Ariel C. Avgar

Health Equity/Research Interest

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Academic Member

Kemi Babagbemi, MD

Health Equity/Research Interest

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Affiliate Member

Zahrine Bajwa, PhD

Health Equity/Research Interest

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Academic Member

Onyinye Balogun, MD

Health Equity/Research Interest

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Academic Member

Samprit Banerjee, PhD

Health Equity/Research Interest

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