Former Research Education Institute for Diverse Scholars (REIDS) scholar, Ijeoma Opara, Ph.D., will be joining Yale School of Public Health as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Racism & Health in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences on July 1. Dr. Opara, currently an assistant professor of social work at Stony Brook University, examines how socio-cultural factors like systemic racism influence substance use and sexual health among Black and Latinx youth. At Yale, she will use community-participatory approaches to develop interventions that foster racial pride and empowerment particularly for Black girls.
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Published: Sunday, March 21, 2021
