Cassandra Dictus, PhD, MPH, RN
Investigating long-term care, systems, and policy to improve quality of life and health equity for older adults and their caregivers
Our Scholars
Latesha K. Harris, PhD(c), RN
Investigating how racism-related stressors, particularly expectations of police violence, impact intergenerational cardiometabolic risk among pregnant Black American women and their infants.
Stephanie Hart, PhD, NP-C
Improving quality of stroke care and stroke outcomes by examining and addressing health disparities and social determinants of health through policy and community-engaged approaches.
Shewit Jaynes, PhD(c), MSPH, RN
Advancing maternal health equity by (1) critically examining social determinants of health and structural inequality, including gendered racism (2) leveraging a community-engaged approach to design interventions and inform policy solutions.
Ryan Kane, MD, MPH
Utilizing community engaged research methods, health system integration, and political advocacy to address inequities in socially derived metabolic diseases with a particular focus on co-occurring obesity and food insecurity.
Allison O. Taylor, MD, MS
Understanding disparities in diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes for patients with hematologic malignancies from underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds, and developing relevant interventions to address these inequities through community engagement.