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Leah Alexander, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, School of Graduate Studies & Research, MSPH Program, Meharry Medical College
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Leah Alexander, PhD, MPH is a Nashville native. She has a MPH degree in Health Behavior as well as a PhD in Health Education and Promotion both from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Currently, Dr. Alexander is an Assistant Professor in the School of Graduate Studies and Research, Division of Public Health Practice at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. She is an avid proponent of community-engaged research. Her current projects focus on HIV prevention among African American women and MSM of color, health promotion with interactive technology and theory-based intervention development. In addition, she teaches Research Design, Health Education and Promotion, Health Behavior and Readings in Public to MSPH students and Medical Residents at Meharry.
Dr. Alexander received her undergraduate degree from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia.
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I am pleased to be a member of the Tennessee CFAR. I have considerable expertise in community engagement and community based participatory research. As Director of Project SAVED!, a CDC funded HIV Prevention capacity-building grant, I was responsible for developing and implementing capacity-building assistance for faith-based organizations. My training at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health in Health Behavior and Health Education and Promotion has prepared me well for the current project. In my role as Assistant Professor in the Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) program at Meharry, I am responsible for teaching qualitative and quantitative methods. I have experience implementing both methodologies in African American communities. Currently, I serve as the Co-Lead of the Disparities in HIV Scientific Working Group (DH-SWG). I am also a member of the Executive Committee.