Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Maya Angelou Research Center for Healthy Communities (MARCH)

Previously The Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity, MARCH’s Community Partnerships Associate Director Nadine Barrett aims to “enhance enrollment and retention of underrepresented groups in research through innovative interventions and diversify the healthcare workforce to advance health equity.” Additionally, she is an “expert equity strategist and a nationally-recognized leader in facilitating …partnerships to advance health equity and…to address implicit bias and structural and systemic racism that limits diverse participation in clinical and translational research and access to quality healthcare.”

MARCH affiliate Brenda Latham-Sadler is listed as Associate Dean of Student Inclusion & Diversity in a directory of Student Affairs contacts. Program Manager III Laura McDuffee previously worked at the Center for Advancing Racial Equity at Wake Forest.