Updates & Stories

BMJ COVID-19 in the US Series: Race, Racism & COVID-19

From our paper in the BMJ, systemic racism, economic inequality, & racial capitalism all contribute to health conditions linked to COVID-19

Dean's Distinguished Research Lecture

For Duke University School of Medicine's Dean's Distinguished Research Series Lecture, I decided to give an arch of my research on racism...

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...

New Pub: In COVID-19 & Weight Loss Disparities, We Must Fight Racism & Build Health Equity

New Publication: We look at the shared pre-cursors to COVID-19 and behavioral weight-loss intervention (BWI) disparities. Spoiler Alert:...

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

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...

Eat, Pray, Live...A new research brief

Research brief, religion and health

Co-Authored Paper Wins JIIA Outstanding Article Award!

I have been over the moon since Dr. Paul Robbins and I were notified that we received the Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics...

New Book Chapter: Little Black Girls with Curves

My work is included in Teaching Beautiful, Brilliant Black Girls, Corwin Press This chapter is part of my ongoing love letters to Black...

New Research: Got Skillz, Racial Coping in Schools

Some research takes more time to get to publication, but it couldn't be more timely! Thrilled that the article Skillz? Recasting and...