Members

Our diverse and highly qualified members aim to address the drivers of health inequity through education, mentoring, advocacy, and research.

Pamela Valera, PhD, MSW, ACSW, NCTTP
Pamela Valera

Pamela Valera, PhD, MSW, ACSW, NCTTP, is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health ...

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Rida Sohali

Rida Sohail is completing her undergraduate Public Health degree at Rutgers University...

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Jamie Delaney

Jamie Delaney is an MPH student at the Rutgers School of Public Health, Social and Behavioral Health Sciences Department...

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Carthimas Auguste

Carthimas Auguste (Anne) is an undergraduate student at Rutgers University pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology ...

Kendra Lewis

Kendra Lewis graduated from Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology ...

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Diamond Joelle Cunningham

Diamond Joelle Cunningham, MPH is a PhD student at the Tulane University ...

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Isabelle Souza

Isabelle Souza is currently finishing her undergraduate degrees ...

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Javier F. Boyas

Javier F. Boyas, PhD, MSW, is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Georgia ...

Joachim Sackey, PhD, MS
Joachim Sackey

Joachim Sackey, PhD, MS, has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical and Preventive Nutrition ...

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Luis Alzate-Duque

Luis Alzate-Duque received his medical degree from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in 2014 and completed ...

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Nicholas Acuna

Nicholas Acuna, MPH is a current PhD student in Epidemiology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California...

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Ismary Vento

Ismary Vento received her MPH at the Rutgers University School of Public Health, concentrating in Health Systems & Policy...

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Kimberly Pierre

Kimberly Pierre holds a Master of Public Health in Urban Public Health, and a certificate in Population Health from Rutgers University...

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Ramon Semorile

Ramon is a returning citizen and has been home for 16 years. Upon release to the community...

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Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow is a returning citizen who left the New York State system for the last time in 2003...

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Sarah Malarkey

Sarah Malarkey is a current MPH student concentrating in epidemiology at Rutgers School of Public Health. For her undergraduate education ...

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Humberto Baquerizo

Humberto Baquerizo is the Program Development Specialist, Office for Diversity and Community Engagement, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School...

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Nadia Smith

Nadia Smith is a graduate of Rutgers University-New Brunswick with a BS in Public Health and a Certificate in Health Disparities ...

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Jessica Plaha

Jessica Plaha received her BS in Public Health and a minor in Biological Sciences in May 2020. During her undergraduate career ...

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Lashida Barnes

Lashida Barnes, MPH, is a graduate of the Rutgers University School of Public Health with a concentration in Urban Public Health ...

David Carmona
David Carmona

David Carmona received his BS degree in Public Health with a minor in Biological Sciences and a certificate in Public Health ...

Karina Mercado
Karina Mercado

Karina Mercado is a first-generation college student from Rutgers University-New Brunswick. She is dual-enrolled ...

Noah Sinangil
Noah Sinangil

Noah Sinangil completed his BA degree in Public Health with a minor in Health Administration from the Edward J. Bloustein ...

Rachel Flumo
Rachel Flumo

Rachel Flumo is of Liberian heritage. She graduated from Rutgers Camden in 2020 with a Bachelor's in health sciences ...

Asia Lefebre
Asia Lefebre

Asia Lefebre is a graduate of Rutgers University-New Brunswick as of August 2020, with a BA in the Biological Sciences and Psychology ...

Madelyn Owens

Madelyn Owens is a MPH/MSW candidate concentrating in LGBTQ+ Health and Violence Against Women and Children at Rutgers School ...

Juan Carlos Ball
Juan Carlos Ball

Juan Carlos Ball is Biology major at Rutgers University – Newark and currently an Emergency Medical Technician ...

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Nivedita Nambrath

Nivedita Nambrath is a rising junior from Wellesley College, majoring in Biochemistry and minoring in Economics ...

Sebastian Acevedo
Sebastian Acevedo

Sebastian Acevedo recieved his BA in Biological Sciences from Rutgers University, New Brunswick. He is currently ...

Collaborators

  • Lorraine M. Gutiérrez, Ph.D., University of Michigan School of Social Work
  • Ana M. Natale- Pereira, MD, MPH, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
  • Michael B. Steinberg, MD, MPH, FACP, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School