Key Personnel
Raymond Samuel, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator, Research Core, Administrative Core
Assistant Dean, School of Engineering & Technology
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Hampton University
Email: raymond.samuel@hamptonu.edu
Nicholas Kenney, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator, Research Core, Administrative Core, Cancer Research
Associate Professor of Biology
Hampton University
Email: nicholas.kenney@hamptonu.edu
Cancer Research
Principal Investigator
Chair, Department of Biological Sciences
Hampton University
Email: Michell.Penn-Marshall@hamptonu.edu
Principal Investigator
Sr. Research Scientist
Community Outreach Coordinator
Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development
Clark Atlanta University
Email:kedavis@cau.edu
Dr. Shafiq A. Khan, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences,
Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development
Clark Atlanta University
Email: skhan@cau.edu
Cardiovascular Disease Research
David Bandi, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator/Mappi
Director,Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
National Center for Biodefense Communications
Jackson State University
Email: bandi@nc-bc.net
Bertha Davis, PhD
Principal Investigator
Professor, Director Nursing PhD Program
Hampton University
Email: bertha.davis@hamptonu.edu
Violence Prevention
Dr. Linda Malone-Colon, PhD
Principal Investigator
Chair, Psychology
Hampton University
Email: linda.malone-colon@hamptonu.edu
Van Dora Williams, MA
Co-Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Communications
Hampton University
Email: vandora.williams@hamptonu.edu
Zina McGee, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator
Endowed University Professor of Sociology
Hampton University
Email: zina.mcgee@hamptonu.edu
Candice Wallace, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Hampton University
Email: candice.wallace@hamptonu.edu
A. Wade Boykin, PhD
Principal Investigator
CAPSTONE Institute
Howard University
Email: aboykin@howard.edu
Diabetes & Obesity Research
Elimelda M. Ongeri, PhD
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, Biology
North Carolina A&T State University
Email: eongeri@ncat.edu
Scott Harrison, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, Biology
North Carolina A&T State University
Email: sharrison@ncat.edu
Goldie Smith-Byrd, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator
Professor of Biology
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
North Carolina A&T State University
Email: gsmith-byrd@ncat.edu
Rosalyn Lang-Walker, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biology
North Carolina A&T State University
Email: rlangwal@ncat.edu
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Funding for the Minority Men’s Health Initiative is supported by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) of the NIH,
award number U54MD008621-01.