Advocacy in Action

Dr. Vanessa Nicholson-Robinson is a health equity research scientist with over 15 years of public health experience. Dr. Nicholson-Robinson is currently serving as an Assistant Professor at Tufts University's School of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine. Much of Dr. Nicholson-Robinson's research is on black maternal health and nutritional justice. In this episode, Dr. Nicholson-Robinson shares how her work guided her to health inequity and to do more than just admire the problem. Dr. Nicholson-Robinson and Dr. Johnson's conversation moves quickly as they discuss what a food desert is and what it means to be an advocate. Additional Resources: MOTHER lab: https://motherlab.org/ Tufts Center for Black Maternal Health & Reproductive Justice: https://blackmaternalhealth.tufts.edu/ The Delta GREENS Project: https://tuftsfoodismedicine.org/project/delta-greens/