Roles:
- Visiting Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Law, Trinity College
- Former Fellow, Research Education Institute for Diverse Scholars (REIDS)
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Biography:
Professor Cole is a medical sociologist with public health expertise in infectious diseases. She is a former research fellow of the Yale School of Public Health, where she conducted research on racial health equity and HIV/AIDS among African American women. Her research examines the health consequences of criminal justice and drug policies for African Americans and emphasizes community-based, anti-racist research methodologies and the analysis of health policies regarding racial health equity and bioethics.
Areas of Expertise:
- Status of health and education in post-colonial Botswana
- Data collection for CDC study on primary sexual assault and violence prevention
- Trained in qualitative and quantitative methods
- Structural intervention in prevention of HIV/AIDS in southern Africa
