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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.

Humberto Brown, MA

Director, Health Disparities Initiatives
& New Constituencies Development

Camila Figueroa-Restrepo, MA

Senior Program Coordinator
Community Engagement & Research

LeeAnn Hicks

Executive Manager
Corporate Affairs & Special Events

Han Soros

Health Science Academy Program Assistant

Tenya Blackwell, DrPH

Director
Community Engagement & Research

Leidi Luna

Navigator/Research Assistant
Community Engagement & Research

Tiffany T. James, MPH

Senior Education Coordinator

Health Science Academy

Mary Valmont, PhD

Associate Executive Director
Health Science Education

Faven Araya, MPH

Manager

Community Engagement & Relations

Briana West, MPH

Program Coordinator

Community Engagement & Research

Rachel Novick

Alumni Coordinator
Health Science Academy

Brittney Vincent, MPH

Program Coordinator/Research Assistant
Community Engagement & Research

Kenya Kirkman, MPA