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OUR TEAM

Dr. Marilyn Fraser is the Chief Executive Officer at the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health, a Research Associate Professor in both the Department of Medicine and the School of Public Health at the SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, and the co-Director of the Brooklyn Health Disparities Center. In her previous capacities as the Deputy Director and the Associate Director for Research & Training, she was primarily responsible for overseeing the Institute’s community outreach and research programs. Dr. Marilyn Fraser is a graduate of the Spartan Health Sciences University School of Medicine in St. Lucia, West Indies, where she maintained an enviable scholastic record. During her medical education, she was afforded the opportunity to be exposed to various types of health care delivery systems, within the United States and abroad. Her medical training has included work in the West Indies, Mexico and various US cities such as Kansas City, Washington, DC and New York City. Dr. Fraser is a former scholar of the NHLBI funded Summer Institute Program to Increase Diversity (SIPID, now known as PRIDE-CVD) in cardiovascular disease; and, she has participated as a faculty member to train new scholars on the importance of community engagement in addressing health disparities.

Faven Araya, MPH

Community Relations &

Engagement Manager

Hector Gonzalez

Senior Education Coordinator, Health Science Academy

Kenya Kirkman, MPA

Senior Program Coordinator, Community Engagement & Research

Deborah Neal

Senior Administrative Assistant

Janille Williams, MPH

Education & Evaluation Manager

Tenya Blackwell, DrPH

Director,

Community Engagement & Research

LeeAnn Hicks

Executive Manager, Corporate Affairs & Special Events

Luna Leidi

Navigator/Research Assistant, Community Engagement & Research

Mary Valmont, PhD

Associate Executive Director,

Health Science Education

Kenneth Zhen

Data & Education Coordinator,

Health Science Academy

Humberto Brown, MA

Director,

Health Disparities Initiatives &

New Constituencies Development

Tiffany T. James

Education Coordinator,