SCHOLARS Colin Cannonier, PhD Assistant Professor, Economics College of Business Administration Belmont University Nashville, Tennessee Dr. Cannonier holds a PhD in Economics from Louisiana State University. He also has master’s degrees in Economics from Louisiana State University and Williams College and an undergraduate degree in Business, Economics and Social Statistics from the University of West Indies (Jamaica). His professional experience includes work as a Country Economist and Statistician at the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank undertaking missions and providing technical assistance to national statistical offices in the member countries. His research focuses on issues in Health Economics, Law and Economics and Demography. He has published articles in Economics of Education Review and the Review of Economics of the Household. Project : The role of public policy and education in affecting fertility, women’s empower-
ment, and women’s preferences on health outcomes. Mentor Patricia Matthews-Juarez, PhD Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine Director, The Research Center for Health Disparities, Equity, and the Exposome College of Medicine University of Tennessee Health Science Center l Memphis, Tennessee Dr. Matthews-Juarez is an established medical administrator and educator with specific experience in primary care education, cultural competency, cancer control, and prevention. She publishes and presents in the areas of cultural competency and health disparities. She is the primary author of Cultural Competence in Cancer Care: A Health Care Professional’s Passport. She serves as chair of national grant review panels since 1985 and has received numerous honors. She is a past Vice Chair of the Department of Family Medicine and a past Administrator for the Drew Meharry Morehouse Consortium Cancer Center and its National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. Dr. Matthews- Juarez received her doctorate in Social Policy from the Heller School at Brandeis University in social policy. Community Partner Kara Mitchell, PhD Assistant Professor College of Business Administration Belmont University Nashville, Tennessee Dr. Mitchell earned her Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she taught in the Center for Business and Economic Research. Her research focuses on public finance economics with a particular interest in the economics of publicly-funded programs for the poor and vulnerable communities. 8
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