Updates & Stories

Nov 14

A Love Letter & A Proclamation: I'm not your superwoman

I am not your Superwoman! Society can no longer demand resilience from Black women and girls without making systemic change.

Mar 8

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

Mar 23, 2023

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...

Sep 23, 2022

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...

Mar 14, 2022

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:...

Jun 2, 2021

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...

May 17, 2021

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...