Principal Investigator
[Dissertation Research] A study of structural racism in redesigning the MPH core curriculum at a southern university. I used a mixed methods design to understand how the process of developing the new core curriculum both challenges and reinforces structural biases. I performed factor analyses of three scales tested in a health sciences student population: (1) paternalism, (2) social dominance, and (3) motivations to suppress prejudice scales. Additionally, I conducted an institutional ethnography of the process and products of the curricular redesign. Health Equity Fellow Office of Minority Health, US Department of Health and Human Services Created a data brief using the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) of precursors to disability, revealing disparities in morbidity trajectories among racial/ethnic minorities. Graduate Research Assistant University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Working on multiple teams, conducted five research studies including a community-engaged intervention study to reduce anti-Latino implicit bias among physicians, a call center study to improve employee productivity, and a national homeless youth population study. Designed studies, managed study team, monitored and analyzed study data, co-authored papers, presented at professional conferences, co-wrote grant proposals. Research & Evaluation Associate Community Science Conducted research and provided technical assistance for myriad public health program evaluations, including National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities (NPA).
Graduate Research Assistant Emory University Worked on several social and behavioral research projects simultaneously, including a study of new mothers and provider perspectives on existing parenting education, in partnership with the Georgia Department of Health (topic for master’s thesis).
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