Akilah Dulin is a social scientist with training and expertise in social factors of health, theory, community engaged research methods, qualitative and mixed methods research, measure development and policy advocacy. She examines multilevel risk and multilevel resilience resources associated with health outcomes among populations disproportionately burdened by diseases. She has served as multiple principal investigator (MPI) on three NIH-funded R01 grants, co-investigator on one NIH-funded R01 and principal investigator of two foundation grants.

Anita Raj is the Executive Director of the Newcomb Institute and the Nancy Reeves Dreux Endowed Chair in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University. She is a research scientist trained in developmental psychology and public health with a multi-disciplinary research focus on gender equity in global health and development.

My work focuses on issues related to health equity, maternal and child health, reproductive health, and violence, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean. My training in both medical anthropology and public health shapes my research interests and perspective, and my research questions are driven by the goal of addressing social inequalities and promoting health equity.

I’m a social epidemiologist with more than 15 years of experience in public health. I have been teaching, mostly online for accredited MPH programs, for more than 5 years. I began my career as a research scientist. My research interests have focused on reducing health disparities through understanding and addressing social risks and needs (e.g., food insecurity). I have extensive applied experience in quantitative and qualitative study design, protocol development and implementation, and analysis.