NIMICT - Key Persons
Dr. Towfighi is a vascular neurologist who has published extensively on sex, race/ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in stroke. She is an expert in the impact of social determinants of health on cardiovascular and neurological disease, and testing the effectiveness of complex health systems and community-based interventions to address vascular risk factor control for primary and secondary cardiovascular disease prevention in historically marginalized populations.
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- Director and Founding Dean, University of California, Irvine, Program in Public Health
Dr. Boden-Albala is an internationally recognized expert in the social epidemiology of stroke and cardiovascular disease. For over fifteen years, her work has involved describing and intervening on stroke disparities with emphasis on the social determinants of stroke in diverse communities including the role of stress, socio-economic status and social support in explaining stroke disparities and patterns of stroke distribution across the U.S. She has been the PI of numerous large stroke prevention grants, and has a wealth of knowledge and experience on leading community level health interventions.
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- Member of the Steering Committee
Emily coordinates NIMICT's initiatives. She received her MPH from New York University in the Public Health Nutrition track.
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- Associate Research Scientist, New York University College of Global Public Health
Eric received an MPH from the University of Michigan and is currently in the dissertation phase of a PhD degree in Epidemiology at Columbia University. Eric provides biostatistical and epidemiological consultation for all of NIMICT's initiatives.
Heather manages NIMICT's communications and publications. Heather specializes in health communications.
Jazmin is passionate about the representation and visibility of vulnerable populations in social and behavioral research and interventions. She completed her bachelor's degree in Women and Gender Studies and English Literature at Rutgers University. She hopes to enter a doctoral program focused on social and behavioral interventions at the community level.
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- Junior Research Scientist, New York University College of Global Public Health
Lauren coordinates NIMICT's initiatives. Lauren received her BA from Franklin and Marshall College. Her research interests include health communications and social determinants of health.
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- Assistant Professor, Stella & Charles Guttman Community College at CUNY
Areas of interest include, Narrative Practice, Narrative Medicine/Social Work, culturally relevant/responsive pedagogy, cross-cultural understanding, social justice education, stress, burnout and compassion fatigue, motivational interviewing, psychodynamic interventions, mixed methods research, and clinical professionals.
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- Research Associate Professor, New York University College of Global Public Health
Nina manages NIMICT's activities. Her background includes over ten years addressing health disparities among ethnic-racial older adults, in particular understanding their physical, mental and social needs and adapting behavioral interventions to combat some of the most prevalent chronic conditions for this group.
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- Research Coordinator, New York University College of Global Public Health
Noa coordinates NIMICT's initiatives. She received her MPH from Columbia in the Epidemiology of Chronic Disease track.
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- Assistant Professor, Brooklyn College
Sean Haley believes that the strongest public health education is one that is rooted in an understanding of science, history and populations. Working within communities framed his understanding of and commitment to urban health and initiated his research interests related to the intersection of social context and health.