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Six faculty members have been selected as the first West Lafayette Campus Faculty Champions for Purdue’s Health Equity Initiative. The initiatives are led by Dr. Jerome Adams, Executive Director of the Health Equity Initiative.
Two faculty champions will lead efforts in each of three themes: 1) Food for Health, 2) Infectious Diseases, and 3) Mental Health and Substance Abuse.
The faculty champions for each pillar are as follows
Food for health
- Haley Oliver, Professor, Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture.
- William Clark, Professor, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering.
Infectious diseases
- Randolph Hubach, Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, College of Health and Human Sciences.
- Steve Steinhubl, Professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering.
Mental health and substance abuse
- Nicole Adams, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, College of Health and Human Sciences.
- Hugh Lee, Associate Professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering.
More information about Faculty Champions is available at Health Equity Initiative website.
Faculty Champions will now begin the recruitment process for those interested in working group participation. For more information or to get involved, contact Holly Wood, Executive Director of Health Equity Initiatives hawood@purdue.edu.
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