Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor in Population Health Sciences
·
2025 - Present
Population Health Sciences,
Basic Science Departments
Recent Publications
Defining racial health equity: an integrative analysis of terminology and conceptualizations.
Journal Article J Clin Epidemiol · December 12, 2025 OBJECTIVES: The current literature lacks an established and adoptable definition of "racial health equity." This study aimed to catalog and evaluate, via thematic analyses, definitions and terminology related to racial health equity across the specific stu ... Full text Link to item CiteDisparities in post-traumatic neurodegeneration among adults of African American or Black racial identity: a scoping review protocol.
Journal Article BMJ Open · November 28, 2025 INTRODUCTION: This scoping review will evaluate and synthesise what is known about the impact of structural and social determinants of health on neurodegeneration among adults of African American or Black (AAB) racial identity with a history of traumatic b ... Full text Link to item CiteTerminology and Definitions of Racial Health Equity in Prominent Health Websites: Systematic Review.
Journal Article J Med Internet Res · July 23, 2025 BACKGROUND: The websites of prominent public health and health care organizations play pivotal roles in ensuring access to quality health information, including information guiding health equity. Several initiatives have been developed in the United States ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Black Men's Brain Health and Aging, Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: Life Course Perspectives
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2029Risk and Resilience, Clinical Presentation, and Biomarker Profiles of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and Related Dementias: The DIAGNOSE CTE Research Project II
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Boston University · 2024 - 2029The Contribution of Repetitive Head Impacts and Social Determinants of Health to Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia in Older Adult Black Men
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2029View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
City University of New York ·
2010
Ph.D.