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Tiffany Green

Studied racial and immigrant-status inequities in maternal and infant health, especially affecting Black and immigrant mothers.

Kafui Dzirasa

Increased neuroscience research inclusivity and highlighted exclusion of African-ancestry data in mental-health studies.

Alyson Shirley

Advanced Indigenous health by providing mobile HIV/STI testing, education, and culturally responsive interventions.

J. Nadine Gracia

Guided federal efforts to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in care for minority and underserved populations

Paola Gonzalez

Championed bilingual, culturally responsive oncology care and improved health access for Latino communities facing resource barriers.

Black Americans have the highest rate of heart attacks, heart failure and sudden cardiac arrest in the United States

David Williams

Focused on impacts of daily discrimination, which contribute to poor health.

Arline Geronimus

Developed the “weathering” theory, showing chronic racism caused early health decline, especially in Black mothers and infants.

Alyson Shirley

Advanced Indigenous health by providing mobile HIV/STI testing, education, and culturally responsive interventions.

Tiffany Green

Studied racial and immigrant-status inequities in maternal and infant health, especially affecting Black and immigrant mothers.

Vanessa Sheppard

Improved treatment access, survivorship support, and clinical-trial participation for Black women with breast cancer.

Kizzmekia Corbett

Helped develop mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and worked to build vaccine trust in Black communities.

Marcia Cruz-Correa

Led efforts to reduce colorectal and hereditary cancer disparities among Hispanic and Puerto Rican populations.

David R. Williams

Illuminated how structural racism harms health, documenting worse outcomes for Black Americans and other marginalized groups.

Mary Bassett

Centered her work on structural racism’s impact on Black, Latinx and Indigenous communities’ health outcomes.

Jamie Studts

Tackled lung-cancer screening inequities by creating decision aids and outreach tools for underserved, high-risk populations.

Diane Mahoney

Investigated social-determinant and survivorship disparities among Black and Hispanic ovarian cancer survivors.

Crystal Cené

Focused on reducing cardiovascular and chronic-care disparities among under-served populations through social-determinants research.

Harriet Washington

Exposed racism’s historic and ongoing impact on Black health through research, writing, and advocacy.

Avonne Connor

Studied breast-cancer outcomes among African-American, Hispanic and underserved women and the factors that contribute to unequal outcomes.

Jungyoon Kim

Examined racial disparities in cancer-clinical trials by highlighting much lower awareness and participation among Black survivors.

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