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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 →

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

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Worked in healthcare finance. Networking and collaborations,

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

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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 →

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

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

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I would like to learn about how I can collaborate with others in different specialities to work on eliminating disparities in access to healthcare and reducing gun violence in the community.

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I have a doctorate in Adult Learning and Leadership and have done extensive mixed-method research in the areas of adult learning and success especially as they pertain to physician-scientists. My research studies are based on the work of leading adult learning theorists including Kolb Brookfield Freire Deci & Ryan and Mezirow. For nearly 22 years I served as administrative director of the →

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I am a board-certified Cardiologist with training in advanced heart failure; and a health services researcher with a Master’s of Science in Clinical Epidemiology & Health Services Research and a special interest in geriatric medicine. I bring a unique blend of skills and interests to the Center as an emerging leader in the growing field of Geriatric Cardiology. I believe that my growing →

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community engagement help; implementation research help

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Telemedicine administration, clinical research design goal, and increase collaboration network.

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I’m excited to bring my public health mixed methods social science and risk communication experience to this group. I’ve worked in urban and rural settings with youth and adults clinicians and academics across an array of disciplines policy makers powerful research participants and extremely vulnerable ones. I like thinking about how to explore and talk about these issues so they register. Part of →

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I have spent the last 5 years working toward the goal of one day being a global physician leader. I first began this journey as an undergraduate student studying the Chikungunya virus, which caused an outbreak that ravaged many developing countries in the Caribbean and Latin America throughout 2014. In 2016, I was awarded a Princeton Project 55 fellowship, which is given to graduating students who →

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I bring years of clinical experience and have worked collaboratively with research teams from several institutions in my role at REACH Medical and previously. As a member, I hope to continue to network, form research collaborations and gain insights into best practices on education for residents and others on topics related to health equity.

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Interested in understanding health disparities

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Family Physicians are trained to treat and care for the whole person-physically, mentally, emotionally and socially. I have an interest in Social Determinants of Health, Health Equity and integrating The National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care. As student demographics at post-secondary institutions become increasingly ethnically and →

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I have expertise in both quantitative and qualitative methods, social-behavioral intervention research, and program evaluation. I hope to collaborate on community-based research with other researchers, students, and local organizations.

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My expertise in computer science can help the technical system or platforms to be more patient-friendly, regardless of their age, gender, location, race, or other factors. I would like to work and collaborate with several professors or other fellows to promote health equity. There is not much education on health equity nowadays and it is very important to raise public recognition and attention. →

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We are interested in collaborators working on public health education and messaging.

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I hold a master’s degree in Community Change and Civic Leadership focused on environmental justice. I have been working with Physicians for National Health Program (PNHP) and Single Payer New York (SPNY) for passage of single payer health legislation on both the federal and state level. Lobbying legislators in Washington, DC and Albany, NY with coalition members for federal and state legislation →

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As an individual with hopes of pursuing medicine myself, I graduated with a Biology degree with an emphasis on sociology and diversity. Through the Center for Health Equity and the Diversity Center of Excellence we hope to debunk the path to medicine for students and increase the quality of physician-patient relations to address the growing diversity in the national patient population.

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Experience with advanced statistical analyses.

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I have been a primary healthcare provider for adolescent and young adults for greater than 20 years. Working primarily with underserved and underrepresented minorities (my preference) I have had an extensive opportunity to address health inequity and disparities. I have developed community programs and collaborated with other agencies and institutions to improve the quality of healthcare for these →

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I hope to get change in the healthcare system or learn how I could better position myself to influence change in the future. I used to be a personal trainer and I understand the importance of health promotion and preventative care. If we could focus on prioritizing this type of care where it is applicable we could prevent and reduce chronic disease prevalence significantly. Also if the hospital →

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I am looking for a collaborator who is also willing to be a mentor in this multifaceted field of health. I am also looking for some who is similarly passionate about the prevention of non-communicable (and communicable) diseases that disproportionately impact disadvantaged groups in the U.S.

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Training and technical assistance in data collection (especially qualitative), how to communicate data to the community in a meaningful, relevant way, community engagement strategies, monitoring and evaluation techniques, project management training while maintaining a focus on equity and inclusion.

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As Founder of BLMiM, I’ve been afforded the opportunity to navigate the diversity community at WCM and NY region. These experiences have garnered a network which, in partnership with the Center for Health Equity, would certainly aid in coordinating the most impactful opportunities needed for our underrepresented youth. Additionally, the Center’s academic resources would assist in establishing →

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I serve as the Diversity Champion for our department and have established a collaboration with Dr. Lynne Holden Founder of Mentoring in Medicine to sponsor labs in our Neurosurgical Innovations space for students interested in the health sciences. This collaboration and experience provides a connection to students who could benefit from the initiatives of the Center. I have also pursued Healthcare →

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I would like to engage with experts in digital health and implementation science to advance projects related to the delivery of equitable health care.

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I have a broad range of experience both in terms of settings (rural, suburban, urban, racial/ethnic diversity and LGBTQIA+ populations which allows me to bring many perspectives to complex issues related to health equity. I hope to explore potential collaborations between the Cornell Cooperative Extension system and the Cornell Center for Health Equity. Also I am interested in building on my →

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Systematic approach to something rather conceptual – in regards health equity related research topics and generating meaningful data that will eventually help reducing care gap.

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Health equity research; mentoring young faculty in health equity research careers; developing cross-institutional collaborations to promote health equity research and health services research; work with young scholars interested in developing research in the space where technology/innovation meets social determinants of health and health equity; advocate and promote diversity and inclusion at the →

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I have worked all over New York City for the past 6 years and I have extensive experience in human services having worked with both adolescents and adults with a particular focus on under-served populations. Prior to my current position as a Prevention Navigator I worked with the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene as an Outreach Specialist conducting outreach and health education focused →

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I hope to contribute to work that dismantles health Inequities for people of color that may have no insurance or limited medical coverage. Community advocacy and advancement in studies for women’s health is an important goal for me as well. Research and advances for diseases like Endometriosis, Postpartum depression and PCOS needs to be expanded. Diversity in Executive Staff, Clinicians Students →

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My professional expertise and experience benefit the Center because I have significant clinical experience with this patient population and have completed research in this area previously. I hope that my membership will provide the opportunity for increased collaboration, networking and enhance my ability to perform this important research.

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Community publicity collaboration on above projects, possible panel members for community discussion

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I’m not coming from a medical background. Collaboration with “experts in human health” will help me to improve my work and research.

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Pediatric Critical Care fellowship director I am looking to increase awareness of healthcare disparities and how they impact our clinical care and patient outcomes.

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I hope to learn more about health equity research and policywork that is being done to address these inequities. I’m also hoping to potentially collaborate with other students and researchers on these projects.

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Having recently completed a PhD at Cornell on community, race and the construction of identity, I am currently completing NYS licensure as a social worker. I have worked on a number of health-related projects in Tompkins County over the past three years and am excited to have the opportunity to foster synergies at the intersections of Cornell and the wider community. Through membership of the →

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As a public health practitioner and registered dietitian, I have over 11 years of experience engaging with community collaboratives with a diversity of stakeholders to design, implement, monitor and evaluate activities that advance health equity in Tompkins County and its surrounding region. Over the past three years I’ve seen tremendous growth in our organization’s ability to identify and act →

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As a junior investigator in Infectious Diseases and in Healthcare Policy and Research I am eager to create research synergies with Center investigators. With the help of my mentors I am developing skills in mixed-methods health services research economic evaluations of healthcare interventions and in research related to infectious diseases and substance use disorder. These skills can be used to →

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I am a junior at Mount Holyoke College majoring in Neuroscience and a minor in Critical Social Thought. I am interested in the subject of health equity and mental health treatment in the underserved communities in particular. In the past, I was a volunteer at Kurn Hattin Home for Children (VT, USA) as well as at the Center for Curative Pedagogy and Differentiated Learning (Pskov, Russia) where I →

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My hope is that I can marry my basic/translational research background with an exposure to larger scale epidemiological research to identify meaningful opportunities to improve health equity. Furthermore, I am excited by the prospect of identifying and contributing to community outreach opportunities.

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I am interested in collaborating with others who have shared interests in developing research and interventions to advance equity in the burden of cancer.

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This past summer I worked at the Cornell Cooperative Extension in New York City teaching nutrition to young children in Queens and Brooklyn and have continued to be involved with CCE on campus in Ithaca. I am passionate about public health nutrition and youth development. I would love to combine these passions with my interests in medicine and research with work going on at Weill and the new →

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My interests and experiences span clinical medicine healthy policy and media. I am particularly interested in communicating about important and timely health issues to patients practitioners and the public. I hope to engage with other members of the Center to research and advocate for evidence based practices that promote health equity.

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My goal is to make sure our program lives, breaths, and constantly aims for healthy equity in all elements of our work. From staff recruitment, inter-team dynamics, strategic program planning, implementation, community feedback, etc. that we are considering, applying, and constantly re-evaluating if we are doing all that we can for health equity.

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I am looking to better inform myself about statistical methods that are applicable in health equity research settings. Also, as an early career researcher, I am looking to better develop my professional skills, such as writing manuscripts.

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I am interested in further developing my clinical, ethical, narrative, and writerly skills to build a more equitable medical-education environment and learn how to measure and harness the impact of interventions in health equity on everyday clinical practice.

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I would like to gain knowledge, skills and further experience from others in the field.

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We anticipate that closer relationships with the Center will lead to important collaborations research on effective practices and more successful engagement of communities.

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As a pediatric emergency physician with a public health degree and background in comparative literature, I understand the ways in which the healthcare system and social narratives intersect with the lives and care of individual patients. I lead narrative medicine sessions at the medical campus at every level from trainee to faculty, and have also led workshops nationally. My goal is to work →

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My professional experience prior to my PhD encompasses frontline work as a paramedic which taught me much about professional hierarchies, the service ideal and difficulties of coordinating across organizations in healthcare. I also worked as a human resource management consultant and this experience taught me the value of human resource management practices for organizations as well as the →

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My educational background and experience provide a unique lens to approach healthcare disparities research. During my MD/MBA training, I focused on healthcare systems design innovations to deliver high quality care to vulnerable populations. In addition, I was involved in the development of a dedicated curriculum incorporated healthcare disparities education at the University of Michigan Medical →

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I’m looking for collaborators interested in housing as healthcare. Including measuring health outcomes after interventions including pesticide residues, and asthma rates. Also looking to learn more about housing conditions as social justice issue and learning about other efforts to improve housing conditions for vulnerable populations.

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With my past experience of working in community projects related to health promotion, access and piloting of different projects along with my current position as a medical resident, I want to work through a community level to tackle health/social aspects of our lives. I hope to get maximum support, opportunities, collaborations and educational activities to help in my innovative community and →

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I want to expose myself to more health equity research and learn from others with different areas of expertise. I want to participate in seminars and discussion with other collaborators to learn about and evolve my own research interests.

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I hope to collaborate with faculty members on topics that are of great interest to me. As a future PhD student, being involved in the center and its mission will greatly advance my personal development as a scholar.

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Different kind of health knowledge

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I am a basic biomedical scientist by training, spending the early part of my career studying the transcriptional regulation of the glucocorticoid receptor in an attempt to better understand stress regulation in the brain. However, I’ve gained skills in social science research methods in order to better understand challenges in areas of diversity, equity, and student development. Additionally, my →

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I am looking for a collaborator who shares a dedication to health equity, possesses complementary skills, and is driven to create meaningful change. A collaborative mindset, innovative thinking, and a commitment to inclusivity are qualities I value in a potential collaborator.

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Cross-disciplinary perspectives.

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I am a registered dietitian formally trained as a nutritional scientist and I have extensive training in the area of diet assessment. My area of expertise can be used to assist others who are interested in 1) collecting diet data (e.g. 24 hour recalls) and 2) designing dietary interventions. From the membership I am interested in identifying potential academic and community partners who are →

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I graduated from Cornell University (’18) with a B.S. in Human Biology Health and Society and a minor in Gerontology. I hope my current role as a Medical Content Developer for PALS and my connections with the Cornell-Ithaca and the NYC community will help facilitate intercampus collaborations to help serve underserved communities and promote health equity.

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Being able to communicate effectively with the Chinese population (Cantonese and Mandarin) would allow me to deliver community lectures to increase health literacy, as well as educating them on health care opportunities including telemedicine to narrow the gap in health disparity. By joining the center for health equity, I hope to meet collaborators with similar interests and extend the education →

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As director of an Internal Medicine Residency Program, whose goal is to train residents to become primary care physicians who improve healthcare equity for the medically underserved, I am hoping to be introduced to others in the community who can help me to achieve this goal through collaboration on community engagement projects, educational opportunities and mentorship.

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Prior experience in health services research looking at racial disparities in care. Prior experience in global health working in underserved areas (eg sub-Saharan Africa). Objectives: network, collaboration, and education

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I hope to broaden my network of professionals who are dedicated to improving the lives of people we care for starting with those with the most vulnerable needs.

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My various positions of leadership and academic work has always been centered around the core idea and desire I’ve had of creating a better future for future generations. But through the reflection of my life, it’s entailments, and my curiosity towards others did I realize that my passion does not simply lie in the idea of positive change, but in the systemic changes required to ensure individual →

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Eating Behavior Weight Control Nutrition use of self-weighing to control body weight.

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I hope this center will help to facilitate research collaborations with health equity researchers at Weill Cornell. As I study racial and economic disparities in health outcomes. I am increasingly interested in studying medical education practices and how they influence discordant doctor-patient interactions that sometimes contribute to disparities. I’m particularly interested in conducting →

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Expertise on zoonosis emergence and transmission, birth-related indicators, etc.

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I will contribute my experience of 30 years on the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center/Weill Cornell Medicine faculty to build collaborations and undertake joint educational initiatives with my Tri-Institutional colleagues interested in health equity.

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I would bring the lens of the pediatric provider and ways we strive to bring the best care to children.

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Ambition to improve the community conditions that allow people to Thrive. Funding for projects would be great.

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I am looking for collaborators with similiar or different areas in applied settings (e.g., community, hospitals), and I would love to learn more about community engagement, program evaluation, and curricular development.

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Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County provides community health outreach in multiple areas – family support, nutrition, youth outreach, environmental, poverty support, etc. Our interest is intended to expand this outreach and formalize a local program team that works collaboratively with other health minded organizations in Monroe County. Membership in CCHE will enable us to generate →

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As an undergraduate student minoring in inequalities on the health equity tract, I was able to begin learning about the multitude of factors that influence health outside of medicine and science. As a member of the Center, I hope to deepen my understanding of health equity beyond the scope of just taking classes by collaborating with researchers and other members.

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I’m am a certified diversity practitioner and a senior leader at Weill Cornell Medicine.

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I’m looking for someone that can help in strategy and with industry knowledge when creating digital tools

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I’m looking for someone that can help in strategy and/or industry knowledge to assist in creating products and/or services to improve the health equity of marginalized, Black and Brown communities.

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As an Associate Program Director of the General Surgery Residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital and the General Surgery Sub-Internship Course Director at Weill Cornell Medical School, I share the responsibility and opportunity to facilitate surgical training at both the undergraduate and graduate levels with a specific focus on the transition from medical school to residency and residency →

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I have expertise in social determinants of health theory research design and advanced quantitative methods.I hope to expand my network of folks with similar interests in health equity and find opportunities for mentorship and to collaborate on projects with clinicians and researchers.

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I would like to network with others who are interested in examining the ways immigration legal services providers can contribute to health equity in the communities they serve.

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My expertise in qualitative research is of benefit to the Center as it is often used as an important starting point, and throughout the research process, to meaningfully engage with community members and create high quality data that can inform subsequent research or projects. Through my work, I have extensive experience engaging communities and key stakeholders. Additionally, I have developed →

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I am looking to collaborate with someone performing research or an internship emphasizing health disparities research, maternal/child care, food insecurity, community-based interventions, and health equity promotion, whether in the state of New York or elsewhere. Most importantly, I am looking for a collaborator that will allow me effectively exchange knowledge with them so we both learn through →

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My area of expertise is that of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacology and also of Public Healthcare.

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My past research experience is in surgical and device outcomes research including topics of device safety provider effect and policy impact. I have expertise in advanced methods for surgical epidemiological research. My current research is extending to look at disparity questions involved in device and surgical fields. My experience and expertise will contribute to the generation of evidences that →

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I’m interested in learning from others who work on issues related to affordability and cost of medical care and medical debt.

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I can listen, care and respond to my participants and community with compassion and kindness. Being genuine, allowing others to confide in me. Provide and teach advocacy, inspire hope and give support. My goal is the community members will be self-sufficient after all. I learn from them and share all my resources to improve overall health.

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I am a woman of color, health care provider who participates in Faith base organization engagement outreach programs on gun violence, racism, food distribution and health care issues,etc. Additionally, I am a doctoral professional as well as a Family and psychiatric Nurse Practitioner who has vast amount of knowledge in healthcare disparity, diseases, illnesses, etc. I would be a great assess to →

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My personal interests as a student, beyond my professional endeavors, include a desire to continue bridging gaps between underrepresented, low-income students of color and health organizations. Because I am a member of this community and realize that there is still so much work to be done, even on this campus, I am deeply interested in mental health equity, implicit bias training in healthcare, →

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To expand my knowledge and gain experience is data-driven analysis..

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I have been interested in and educating myself on implicit biases since I was an undergraduate student studying these topics in a Psychology laboratory at Harvard College. Since becoming a faculty member I have noticed that my department does not yet have someone dedicated to recruitment and retention of URM faculty. My participation in the Mentoring Cascade has given me access to a large network →

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I have worked in the nonprofit world in various roles that include addiction, health, and poverty. I have also been the champion for a previous agency around Cultural Competency and Health Literacy in order to educate staff on the importance of understanding our own bias and how we all have a different lens in which we see the world. I hope to have more opportunities through this membership to →

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My work is focused on alleviating health disparities in resource-limited settings. I look forward to collaborations within the Center towards this goal.