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Professor and Director, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence

Meharry Medical College, founded in 1876, is the nation's largest, private, independent historically black academic health center dedicated solely to educating minority and other health professionals. True to its heritage, it is a United Methodist Church affiliated institution. The College is particularly well known for its uniquely nurturing, highly effective educational programs; emerging preeminence in health disparities research; culturally sensitive, evidence-based health services and significant contribution to the diversity of the nation's health professions workforce. Diverse Issues in Higher Education's ranking of institutions annually lists Meharry as a leading national educator of African Americans with M.D. and D.D.S. degrees and Ph.D. degrees in the biomedical sciences.

Conducts community engaged research in areas of health disparities. Currently Center Director of various projects including: Research experience includes: -PI, Using a Total Environment Framework (Built, Natural, Social Environments) to Assess Life‐long Health Effects of Chemical Exposures, EPA‐G2017‐STAR‐D1 (1/2018-12/2020) -PI, PrEP Adherence among young black men who have sex with men, NIAID (8/2016 - 6/2018) -co-I, Prenatal and Early Childhood Pathways To Health (PATH): An Integrated Model of Chemical and Social Exposures, Mechanisms, and Sex-¬‐specific Effects on Neurodevelopment and Respiratory Outcomes (9/2016 - 8/2023) -PI, Environmental Context of Health Disparities (EPA) -PI, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence (NIMHD) -Nashville Urban Partnership Academic Center of Excellence to Prevent Youth Violence (CDC) -Jackson Teen Seat Belt Study (CDC) -Tennessee Model Area Health Education Center (HRSA) -(co-director) Community Engagement Core, Vanderbilt/Meharry CTSA Specialties: Injury Prevention, Community-based Participatory Research, Adolescent Medicine, Environmental Health