Center for Research on People of Color

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

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  • 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

  • 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

    Headshot of Aravinda Chakravarti.

  • 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

  • Amadou Gaye, PhD, MSc

    • National Human Genome Research Institute

    Staff Scientist

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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