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06.09.2023 Lillie Head

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Lillie Jewel Tyson Head

Lillie Jewel Tyson Head is the president of Voices for Our Fathers Legacy Foundation, an organization honoring the 623 men who were victims of the U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study at Tuskegee. Her father, Freddie Lee Tyson, was one of the men in the study.

Fellow Sean Hagan

05.10.2023 Lisa Bero, chief scientist at the Center for Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Colorado Anschutz, and professor of medicine and public health

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Lisa Bero

Lisa Bero is chief scientist at the Center for Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Colorado Anschutz, as well as a professor of medicine and public health. She is internationally recognized for studying commercial determinants of health, focusing on tobacco control, pharmaceutical policy, and public health.

Fellow Caroline Dignard

04.26.2023 a person posing for the camera

Performing Public Health with Jonathan Hamilt

Jonathan Hamilt is co-founder of the NYC Chapter of Drag Story Hour and the executive director of Drag Story Hour, a national organization operating separately from DSHNYC. His drag persona, Ona Louise, works to heal her inner child by offering affirming and accepting programming for kids.

Fellow Abby Outterson

04.25.2023 a woman smiling for a picture

Creating Community Health with Raquel Farrell-Kirk

Raquel Farrell-Kirk, an art therapist and community advocate, served as the lead therapist for an art program for the cities of Coral Springs and Parkland, Florida in the aftermath of a tragic school shooting.

Fellow Abby Outterson

03.27.2023 a woman with short hair wearing glasses

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Sondra Crosby

Sondra Crosby is a professor at Boston University School of Public Health and School of Medicine. She is internationally recognized as a medical expert in the evaluation and documentation of torture.

Fellow Hannah Tremont

03.16.2023 a woman wearing glasses and a necklace

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Katherine Flegal

Katherine Flegal is a consulting professor at Stanford University and is one of the most highly cited researchers in obesity epidemiology.

Fellow Hannah Tremont

02.24.2023 a woman smiling with a blue background

Caren Solomon

Caren Solomon is a physician and deputy editor at the New England Journal of Medicine, where she oversees a series of review articles for practicing physicians, and handles original articles related to clinical cases, women's health, and most recently, climate change.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

02.10.2023 a woman smiling at camera

Hannah Thompson

Hannah Thompson is an epidemiologist researching school- and community-based methods to decrease health disparities among youth.

Fellow Abby Outterson

02.03.2023 a woman smiling at camera

Leeann Passaro

Leeann Passaro is the chief operating officer of The Hidden Opponent, an advocacy-based nonprofit organization that raises awareness for student-athlete mental health.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

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