Current Team Members

Jamilia R. Sly, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor, Departments of Population Health, Science and Policy, Family Medicine and Community Health, Oncological Sciences

Associate Director, Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Associate Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, Tisch Cancer Institute

Director, Anti-Racist Partnerships and Community Outreach, Center for Scientific Diversity

Research Interests: Health equity, improving cancer screening rates, cultural adaptations of evidence-based interventions, 

community engaged research, community-based research, DEIA

Sarah J. Miller, Psy.D.

Principal Investigator

Research Interests: Community health, Health justice, Cancer screening, Digital health, Inclusive excellence

sarah.miller@mssm.edu

Leah C. Savage, BS

Clinical Research Coordinator, I

Research Interests: Health equity, Community medicine, Structural competency, CBPR

leah.savage@mssm.edu

Mariama Diop

Clinical Research Assistant

Research Interests: Health equity, Breast cancer screening

mariama.diop@mssm.edu

Community Partners

Community partnerships are integral to our work and research. We are honored to work alongside many organizations and leaders in the NYC area to achieve health equity for all communities.  Some of our partners include: 

  • African Services Committee, Inc.
  • African Advisory Council of the Bronx 
  • Cameroon Women’s Network 
  • Institute for Family Health 
  • Sauti Yetu 
  • Yankasa Mosque
  • The New York Coalition of One Hundred Black Women
  • The Witness Project of Harlem 

Volunteers and Interns

Jeffrey Wang, MS

Safia Bacchus

Former Team Members

Francesca Minardi, MPH

Jeannie Au, BS, BA