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Lindsey Harris

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Lindsey Harris

Lindsey Harris is IN! Lindsey began her nursing journey as a student-athlete at Samford University where she received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a minor in Business. Her passion for helping others stemmed from her loving and giving family who always provided for and helped others in need. The desire to give and help was innate. The profession of nursing seemingly was the natural progression to fuel her passion. After earning a BSN, Harris received her MSN with a concentration in family practice and her Doctorate in Nursing Practice from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing. Dr. Lindsey Harris is a family nurse practitioner at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Medicine and faculty at the UAB School of Nursing. Harris is the first person of color to serve as president of the Alabama State Nurses Association in 107 years. Harris advances the organization’s mission to promote nursing excellence and the vision of being the professional voice of registered nurses. Harris was named an Alabama Influencer and was featured on billboards, media spots, and mailers statewide. She has presented extensively on healthcare disparities, access to care, mentorship, mental health, and nursing advocacy issues. Harris continues to address healthcare inequities that have been highlighted by COVID-19. Proficient in Spanish, she helped to manage COVID-19 vaccine sites improving access in Hispanic communities. Lindsey is actively involved in working within the community as in the past President of the Birmingham Black Nurses Association Inc. She is also a member of the Hispanic Nurses Association, Philippine Nurses of Association, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Dr. Harris remains an advocate for nursing as she held office in the Nurse Practitioner Alliance of Alabama and lobbied for advancing nursing practice within Alabama. As past president of the Birmingham Black Nurses Association, Harris leveraged partnerships with the state’s minority nursing associations, local city officials, hospital and pharmacy associations, and district church leaders in efforts to increase healthcare access and education in Alabama’s underrepresented communities. The National Black Nurses Association awarded her the Advanced Practice Nurse and Staff Nurse of the Year awards. She received the Living Legacy and Young Alumnus of the Year awards from Samford University. UAB School of Nursing awarded her the Joann Barnett Compassionate Care Award, and in 2021 recognized her with the Visionary Leader Award. Dr. Harris is now completing a fellowship with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Health Policy. As a public servant in the House of Representatives, Harris serves as a Legislative Fellow in Representative Lauren Underwoods’ office working towards advancing women’s health equity worldwide.

William Bowlin

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William Bowlin

William Bowlin is IN! Born and raised in the west side of Birmingham William attended Ensley High School. After four years in the Marine Corps, he completed his BA in History and was commissioned into the US Army. While stationed at Ft. McClellan, Alabama he completed his MA in History. Since retiring from active duty he has been a social studies teacher, and adjunct instructor for St. Philip’s College in San Antonio, Texas. He is married and has two sons.

Tekeda Ferguson

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Tekeda Ferguson

Tekeda Ferguson is IN! Tekeda Ferguson, PhD, MSPH, MPH, is currently Chair and Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) School of Public Health in New Orleans. She has a secondary faculty appointment in the School of Medicine, Department of Physiology where she is an Associate Director of the LSUHSC Comprehensive Alcohol Research Center (CARC) Admin Core. Dr. Ferguson has expertise in chronic disease epidemiology and her work focuses on taking a biopsychosocial approach to understanding the social environment as well as traditional pathophysiologic measures on the influence of chronic diseases such as diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and cancer.

Md Ismail Hossain

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Md Ismail Hossain

Md Ismail Hossain is IN! Ismail is a Ph.D. student in the Computer Science Department at UAB, working with Professor Ragib Hasan at UAB Secure & Trustworthy Computing Lab (SECRETLab). His research interests span various security areas, including Smart City Security, Internet of Things (IoT), Metaverse Security, and AI-based coding tool security. He is also a Blazer Graduate Research Fellow at UAB and a Sparkman Fellow of the Sparkman Center for Global Health at UAB.

Camille Quinn

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Camille Quinn

Camille Quinn is IN! Dr. Camille R. Quinn, PhD, AM, LCSW, LISW-S, is a health criminologist scholar who uses mixed methods to investigate the health and mental health equity of Black/African American girls and young women with legal system-involvement to culturally tailor effective interventions to reduce their mental health burden and promote crime desistance. She is an Associate Professor of Community Engagement Research and Faculty Affiliate in the Center for Equitable Family and Community Well-being in the School of Social Work at the University of Michigan. Dr. Quinn is a Principal Investigator (PI) for two National Institute of Health funded studies (R21 and Loan Repayment Program Award) investigating legal system-involved Black girls’ and their parents/caregivers’ stress and protective factors. She is also the PI of a MacArthur Foundation Safety and Justice Challenge grant to increase criminal justice reform. Currently, Dr. Quinn is an invited speaker at the Trauma section of the British Psychological Society global conference (March 2024). She is a Society for Social Work Research Fellow and a 2023 Milestone Awardee from the University of Chicago Crown School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice (AM ’98).