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What happens when Black women lead — not just participate in — the science of health equity?

In this season’s powerful finale series opener, host Niasha Fray sits down with Dr. Schenita Randolph and Dr. Ragan Johnson, Co-Directors of The HEEAT Lab at Duke University School of Nursing, to explore how beauty salons are becoming trusted spaces for community health, connection, and HIV prevention among Black women in the U.S. South.

Dr. Randolph shares:

“You know, I'm a PhD-prepared nurse, and there are less than one to two percent who are Black, who have PhDs focused around research and nursing. And so we have co-created Black PhD nurse scientists, where we're trying to bring awareness to the role of the nurse scientist.”

Together, these dynamic nurse scientists reve ... 

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Community Health health equity Public Health JusticeBlack women’s healthBlack women in STEMBlack nurse scientistsNursing researchCommunity-engaged researchCulturally responsive care
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