Dr. Mieka Smart is a research associate professor at Tulane, working with P4HE as the deputy director of the Tulane Health Equity Institute and leading the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Equity Scholars for Action as program director. The majority of her research involves systematic social observation and policy evaluation. 

Kelli Stidham Hall, PhD, MS, is the Associate Dean of Research in the School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, the Thomas Keller Professor in Diversity in the Departments of Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences and Epidemiology, and the Co-Director of the Mary Amelia Center for Women’s Health Equity Research at Tulane University. Trained as a social epidemiologist and originally an advanced practice nurse, Dr. Hall's research program addresses the social determinants of and solutions for maternal-child and reproductive health equity in the U.S. and globally.

Melissa Goldin Evans is a Community Health Sciences researcher in maternal and child health who specializes in reproductive healthcare access and equity issues. She is faculty within the Department of Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences and affiliated with the Mary Amelia Center for Women’s Health Equity Research (MAC). Her academic training and research experiences include examining multiple factors related to contraceptive access among low-income women in Louisiana utilizing both qualitative and quantitative methods.

Lauren E. Futrell Dunaway, PhD, MPH, RD, LDN is a Registered Dietitian and Public Health Researcher with public health teaching, research, and evaluation experience. She is an Assistant Professor in the SPHTM Undergraduate Public Health Studies Program, currently working to expand nutrition courses and degree offerings. Before this role, she was a Professor of Practice in the Tulane School of Professional Advancement’s Kinesiology program where she developed robust and interactive undergraduate and graduate online courses.