SUNY PRIDE Scholars

Oyinlola Babatunde, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department, School: Department of Nutrition Science, College of Human Ecology

University: East Carolina University

Location: Greenville, North Carolina

Research Interests: Reducing health disparities and promoting optimal health among minority population groups, particularly older adults of African descent.

Carissa Baker-Smith, MD

Assistant Professor

Department, School: Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine

University: University of Maryland

Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Research Interests: Determinants of pediatric hypertension and premature cardiovascular disease

Dorine Brand, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department, School: Department of Public Health, College of Public Affairs and Administration

University: University of Illinois, Springfield

Location: Springfield, Illinois

Research Interests: Exploring Mechanisms that will help reduce health disparities and developing effective behavioral strategies to improve poor cardiovascular outcomes via faith-based organizations.

Marlene Camacho-Rivera, ScD

Assistant Professor

Department, School: Department of Community Health and Social Medicine, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education

University: City College of New York

Location: New York, NY

Research Interests: Social determinants of asthma and cardiovascular outcomes among urban Latinos.

Heather Cuevas, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department, School: Division of Adult Health, School of Nursing

University: University of Texas, Austin

Location: Austin, Texas

Research Interests: Examining the underlying cardiovascular processes that affect cognitive function and diabetes self-management in Latinos/ as with type 2 diabetes.

Yuri Feito, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department, School: Department of Exercise and Sports Management, WellStar College of Health and Human Services

University: Kennesaw State University

Location: Kennesaw, Georgia

Research Interests: Physical activity in the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Role of high-intensity training, and it adaptations, in markers of cardiovascular and metabolic disease.

Trudy Gaillard, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department, School: College of Nursing

University: University of Cincinnati

Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

Research Interests: Examinations of racial and ethnic differences in the development of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Boubakari Ibrahimou, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department, School: Department of Biostatistics, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work

University: Florida International University

Location: Miami, FL

Research Interests: Exposure to air pollutants and risk of cardiovascular disease.

Nataria Joseph, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department, School: Department of Psychology, Seaver College

University: Pepperdine University

Location: Malibu, California

Research Interests: Socioemotional factors in daily life that influence cardiovascular related behaviors and ambulatory blood pressure.

Nia Mitchell, MD

Assistant Professor

Department, School: Division of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine

University: Duke University

Location: Durham, North Carolina

Research Interests: Effective weight loss programs in underserved populations, specifically low income and minority populations, who have been disproportionately affected by the obesity epidemic.

Priscilla Okunji, PhD

Assistant Professor, Division of Nursing, College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences

University: Howard University

Location: Washington, D.C.

Research Interests: Trends in Outcomes of Patients with Diabetes and Myocardial Infarction.

Anthony Pattin, PharmD

Assistant Professor

Department, School: Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

University: University of Toledo

Location: Toledo, Ohio

Research Interests: Impacts of a medication synchronization program and pharmacist-initiated pressure monitoring program in urban community pharmacies.

Sadeaqua Scott, PhD

Research Scientist

Department, School: Division of Nephrology, School of Medicine

University: SUNY Downstate College of Medicine

Location: Brooklyn, NY

Research Interests: The study of endothelial progenitor cells as they relate to cardiovascular disease in ethnic minorities.

Loni Tabb, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department, School: Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health

University: Drexel University

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Research Interests: Examination of cardiovascular risk factors, their associated disparities, and the geographical patterning to better inform policies around intervention and prevention.