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Professor in the School of Nursing and in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Derek M. Griffith was part of the founding Advisory Board members of the Global Mental Health & Well-Being Initiative. Currently at UPenn, he continues to collaborate with the Initiative on research involving the mental health of Black men in the DC-Maryland-Virginia and Philadelphia regions. A global leader in men's health research, his work focuses on developing strategies to achieve racial, ethnic, and gender equity in health. His expertise lies in interventions to promote Black men's health and well-being and interventions to address racism in organizations and to mitigate the effects of structural racism on health. Griffith has received many prestigious honors, including the Tom Bruce Award, Fellow of the American Academy of Health Behavior, and recognition as one of 1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists in America.
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