(BPRW) Meharry Welcomes Dr. Rosemary Nabaweesi as the RWJF Endowed Chair of Health Policy
(Black PR Wire) Dr. Nabaweesi will lead the Center’s well being coverage analysis on minority well being and schooling inequities in rural and concrete communities
Meharry Medical College is proud to announce that Rosemary Nabaweesi, DrPH, MBChB, has been named the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation endowed chair of well being coverage in the Center for Health Policy at MMC.
Dr. Nabaweesi, a well being companies analysis skilled, will assist the College’s expanded efforts to make use of well being coverage, implementation and community-engaged analysis to handle African American injury-related childhood disparities and schooling inequities. With greater than 25 years’ expertise in damage analysis addressing well being disparities in city and rural communities, Dr. Nabaweesi’s work will purpose to enhance the inequitable constructed (bodily) and social environments of underserved African American communities. As an affiliate professor, she’s going to train a course centered on management and inhabitants well being change.
“We are thrilled that Dr. Nabaweesi has joined Meharry in its efforts to eradicate health disparities among minority populations, specifically as it relates to home safety practices,” stated James E.Ok. Hildreth, Ph.D., M.D., president and chief govt officer of Meharry Medical College. “Dr. Nabaweesi has extensive knowledge in injury-related infant mortality disparities and can draw the connection between policy and environmental factors that influence lower life expectancy in minority populations. Spearheading this new research at Meharry will generate a transformative change in the field.”
Dr. Nabaweesi performed a significant position in securing the RWJF Culture of Health Leaders grant, which can fund the Center’s efforts to advance a tradition of well being for underserved African American populations. The RWJF Culture of Health Leaders program is a three-year skilled growth alternative designed to arrange leaders to affect and enhance well being inequities by creating a daring strategic initiative to advance a tradition of well being. Dr. Nabaweesi can be a Leader in Equitable Evaluation and Diversity (LEEAD) Fellow, a coaching program designed to develop a pathway for numerous leaders to conduct culturally responsive and equitable analysis centered on creating transformative change.
“I am honored to assume the role as the inaugural RWJF endowed chair of health policy and am excited to support the College in its mission to advance health equity,” stated Dr. Nabaweesi. “Prevention research yields a large return on investment when addressing health challenges faced by minority communities, and I look forward to contributing to the shift towards population health. I am eager to begin collaborations with other centers and colleges at Meharry, the local community and institutions across the state and beyond to enhance research that will address key social and built environmental factors that contribute to minority health inequities.”
Dr. Nabaweesi involves Meharry from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences the place she served for seven years as an assistant professor of pediatrics and 5 years as an adjunct assistant professor for well being coverage and administration. She additionally served as senior director for analysis and analysis in the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Her educational background contains an M.D. from the Makerere University School of Medicine, Uganda’s largest and oldest public college. She additionally earned a Master of Public Health with a focus in reproductive and inhabitants well being and a doctorate in well being coverage administration, each from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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