Our Team
Executive Director
Jacquelyn Y. Taylor, PhD, PNP-BC, FAHA, FAAN
Columbia University School of Nursing
Helen F. Pettit Professor of Nursing
Director, Center for Research on People of Color
Affiliate Members
Suzanne B. Bakken, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI
Columbia University School of Nursing
Professor of Biomedical Informatics
Alumni Professor of the School of Nursing
Director, Center for Precision in Symptom Self-Management (PriSSM)
Director, Reducing Health Disparities Through Informatics Training Program
Veronica Barcelona, PhD, MSN, MPH, RN, PHNA-BC
Columbia University School of Nursing
Assistant Professor of Nursing, Nursing Scholarship & Research
Enobong (Anna) Branch, PhD
Rutgers University
Professor of Sociology
Senior Vice President for Equity at Rutgers University
Billy Caceres, PhD, RN, AGPCNP-BC
Columbia University School of Nursing
Assistant Professor of Nursing
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Aravinda Chakravarti, PhD
New York University School of Nursing
Professor, Institute for Systems Genetics
Professor, Department of Genetics
Muriel G. and George W. Singer Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology
Director, Center for Human Genetics and Genomics
Elizabeth J. Corwin, PhD, RN, FAAN
Columbia University School of Nursing
Anna C. Maxwell Professor of Nursing Research
Vice Dean, Strategic and Innovative Research
Waverly Duck, PhD
University of Pittsburgh Department of Sociology
Urban Sociologist
Associate Professor of Sociology
Lorraine Frazier, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA
Columbia University School of Nursing
Dean of Columbia University School of Nursing
Mary O'Neil Mundinger Professor of Nursing
Senior Vice President, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Ervin Fox, MD
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Professor
Cardiology Consult Rotation, Attending Physician
Tonda L. Hughes, PhD, RN, FAAN
Columbia University School of Nursing
Henrik H. Bendixen Professor of International Nursing (in Psychiatry)
Associate Dean, Global Health
Paule V. Joseph Ph.D, MS, FNP-BC, CTN-B
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Lasker Clinical Investigator
Eugenia Millender, PHD, RN, MS, PMHNP-BC, CDE
Florida State University College of Nursing
Associate Professor of Nursing and for the Center for Indigenous Nursing Research for Health Equity
Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS
Yale School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Founding Director, Equity Research and Innovation Center
Director, Center for Research Engagement
Deputy Director, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation
Director, Pozen-Commwealth Fund Fellowship in Health Equity Leadership
Associate Dean, Health Equity Research
Ogedegbe Olugbenda, MD, MPH
New York University School of Global Public Health
Professor of Population Health & Medicine, Chief Division of Health & Behavior
Physician
Director Center for Healthful Behavior Change in the Department of Population Health at the School of Medicine
Daichi Shimbo, MD
Columbia University Department of Medicine
Co-Director, Columbia Hypertension Center
Director, Translational Lab at Columbia
Director of Cardiovascular Physiology Research, Cardiovascular Ultrasound, Laboratories, Division of Cardiology
Director of the TRANSFORM (TRaining And Nurturing Scholars FOr Research that is Multidisciplinary)
Associate Dean of Research Career Development
Patricia W. Stone, PhD, RN, FAAN
Columbia University School of Nursing
Centennial Professor of Health Policy in the Faculty of Nursing
Director, Center for Health Policy
Yan V. Sun, PhD, MS
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Vivian Taylor, EdD
Columbia University School of Nursing
Associate Dean for Diversity and Cultural Affairs
Support Staff
Laura Prescott, MA
Project Manager
Stephanie Potts-Thompson, MPH
Research Coordinator