Updates & Stories

Critical Term Documentary on Black Perinatal Health

Black parents and babies deserve better than the care they have been given. I was a featured expert to give context to the short but...

CureTheCulture Podcast: Talking Racism, Gender, & Culture

I joined Nia and Eboni on their Cure The Culture Podcast to talk racism, gender, and culture and its impact on health. Such a great...

We Can Do Better - Teaching Black History Month

Every year, I re-post my Time Magazine Op-Ed on how Black History Month, and Black American History in general is taught. We can do better

Highlighting COVID Messaging Confusion

I was recently asked to give feedback on the CDC recommendations for COVID quarantine and isolation. The CDC guidelines (shown in the...

Religion & Health Research Featured in the News

My team's work on the influence of religion in the health of Black Americans was published in The Washington Post and across the...

What looks like normal on an ordinary day...is killing my people. My TEDxDuke Talk

The TEDx folks just uploaded my Talk, and I couldn't be more excited. I cover a lot of ground here, but the underlying theme is that...

Coming Soon...My TEDxDuke Talk

In February, I joined an awesome line up of speakers for the 2021 TEDxDuke. This year's theme was "A Matter of Time." The audience was...