Nadra C. Tyus, DrPH, MPH, Urban Health Institute Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Tyus is currently a second-year postdoctoral fellow with the Urban Health Institute. She assists research investigators with planning and conducting community-based health promotion projects that focus on improving the health status of East Baltimore residents. Dr. Tyus has published articles on predictors of sexually transmitted infections among young women and has participated in community-academic collaborations as part of her fellowship. She is also working on several manuscripts and community-focused projects that examine social and cultural determinants of health outcomes as well as innovative methods for addressing health disparities. Dr. Tyus received her DrPH from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Stephanie Farquhar, 2007 Brown Scholar Stephanie comes to the Bloomberg School from Dallas, Texas. She plans to study the public health impact of Baltimore’s new 80-acre Biotech Park. The project, planned for East Baltimore, is heralded as a model community revitalization project. Farquhar will examine the project’s impact on the education and health levels on East Baltimore residents. Chandra Jackson, 2007 Brown Scholar Chandra, originally from Atlanta, Ga., wants to focus on health disparities associated with chronic diseases, such as obesity and type-2 diabetes. Jackson was previously involved in efforts to reduce health disparities in Baltimore as a participant in the Bloomberg School’s Minority Summer Internship Program. She assisted in research projects designed to promote healthy diets and physical activity for minorities living in public housing. Amanda Latimore, 2007 Brown Scholar Amanda, of Santa Monica, Calif., intends to focus on social epidemiology with the goal of reducing HIV, syphilis and other diseases transmitted among Baltimore’s marginalized populations. Latimore says she knew from the age of 10 that she wanted to help children stay healthy when their parents could not be there for them. She says her most significant achievements have been those moments in her life when she was able to aid a child or a battered woman. Kamila Mistry, Doctoral Student
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