Media Expertise:
Health Equity
Impacts of racism on HIV care, tools to study racism-related health disparities
Contact Rob Spahr, Director of Public Relations, to request an interview:
rob.spahr@emory.edu
Bio
- Outstanding Academic Title for 2020, Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professional (APHA Press, 2019) American Library Association Choice magazine, 2020
- Wade Hampton Frost Award, Epidemiology Section of the American Public Health Association, 2020
- TrueHero Award, TruEvolution, 2020
- Paul Cornely Award from the Health Activist Dinner group, 2019
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Association of Black Women Physicians, 2019
Education
- PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health
- MLIS, University of Pittsburgh
- MPH, University of Pittsburgh
Courses Taught
- PUBH 505 - PH Critical Race Praxis
- PUBH 506 - Critical Race Theory Concepts
- BSHES 558 - CRT and Public Health
Affiliations
African American Studies, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
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