Christina Dogbey-Smith, MPH, is the Reproductive and Maternal Health Program Director at the Rutgers School of Public Health. Christina received her master’s in public health with a concentration in Epidemiology
Leslie M. Kantor, PhD, MPH, is a widely recognized public health leader, researcher, educator, and advocate. Dr. Kantor is the inaugural chair of the Department of Urban-Global Public Health at
Christiana Adams is a community researcher, mom of three girls and one boy, a resident of Newark, and is excited to be a part of this project. She was part
Cherriece Battle is a native of Newark and mother of a 5-year-old girl. She became a community researcher to help her community, particularly focusing on African/Black/Brown Americans within the community.
Constance Akhimien is a community researcher, mom of three beautiful children, and resident of Newark. She considers herself a social butterfly who is fully involved in her community. She is
Maria Oluwayemi lives in Newark and is the mom to wonderful triplets. She became a community researcher so that the voices of mothers in Newark could be heard. She was
Fauziyya Allibay-Abdulkadir is a community researcher, mom of two, and has lived in Newark since 2020. She has always believed in women having the best share of what society has
Olanike Salimon is a mother of three wonderful kids, feminist to the core with the welfare of women in mind. She was motivated to become a community researcher with a
Laura Lindberg, PhD, is an internationally recognized demographer and professor at the Rutgers School of Public Health, where she is developing a new program in sexual and reproductive health. As
Julie Blumenfeld, DNP, CNM, is a Certified Nurse-Midwife and Fellow of the American College of Nurse Midwives and American Academy of Nursing. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor & Program