Associate Dean for Diversity Affairs and Inclusion
Director, Diversity in Research, Perlmutter Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Department of Population Health
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
My professional career has been dedicated to achieving health equity for minoritized populations through clinical practice and community-based research. My research focuses on community-engaged approaches to improving hypertension-related outcomes in Black men. I have been Principal Investigator of multiple NIH and CDC grant-funded projects to test community-based strategies focused on improving awareness and management of hypertension and improving cancer screening among black men throughout New York City. This work led directly to a community-based research network of over 200 community-based sites including churches, barbershops, mosques and soup kitchens throughout New York City that serve Black and Latine individuals.
To date, my research has:
1) illuminated Black men’s perceptions of health and barriers to primary care use
2) established the barbershop as a site for service-oriented community-based intervention trials to address cardiovascular disease in high-risk populations
3) advanced translational research by testing clinically proven interventions in community-based settings to address disparities in hypertension and colorectal cancer
4) developed culturally-targeted behavioral interventions for hypertensive black patients in clinical settings
My work has expanded from effectiveness research to implementation research, exploring how evidence-based solutions to address hypertension I previously tested can be implemented in real-world settings and circumstances. I currently lead a project to test an intervention led by community health workers to facilitate hypertension prevention among 400 Black men in 22 Black-owned barbershops on the North Shore of Staten Island, New York.
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Associate Professor, Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Associate Dean for Diversity Affairs and Inclusion
Director, Diversity in Research, Perlmutter Cancer Center
MD from University of Chicago
Fellowship, Weill Cornell Medical College, General Internal Medicine/Clinical Epidemiology
Residency, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Internal Medicine
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