The work of our EQUATE team will be further elevated by an expert advisory committee composed of leaders in content areas crucial to the success of the EQUATE Health Equity Research Network.
Senior Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
Professor & Director, Division of Preventative Medicine
Edward E. Partridge, M.D., Endowed Chair for Cancer
Disparity Research
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
Cora E. Lewis, MD, MSPH, FACP, FAHA
Professor & Chair, Department of Epidemiology
School of Public Health
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Vice Chair for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Duke University
Assistant Professor of Black Health
Department of Community Health Prevention
Dornsife School of Public Health
Drexel University
Presidential Fellow
Executive Director of Health Equity Initiatives
Distinguished Professor of Practice
Purdue University
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of General Medicine
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Meredith C. Smith, PhD, MA
Executive Director of Cradle Cincinnati
Founder of Queen’s Village
Assistant Professor, University of
Cincinnati Medical College
Brandon K. Bellows, PharmD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences (in Medicine)
Division of General Medicine
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Associate Vice President of Global Health
Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology, McMaster University
Director, Chanchlani Research Centre
Canada Research Chair in Ethnic Diversity and CV Disease
