As a health equity scientist, educator, and wellness professional, Dr. Jammie Hopkins is committed to operating at the intersections of research, practice, and policy to promote healthy lifestyles and eliminate health disparities among historically marginalized and minoritized populations. Dr. Hopkins is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine; and Chair of the Employee Wellness Committee at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA.  

Dr. Hopkins’ research and practical interests center on policy, systems, and environmental change (PSE) approaches to prioritize and re-engineer physical activity, healthy eating and other lifestyle behaviors into community, organizational, and clinical settings. Dr. Hopkins also conducts research and employs community-based strategies to promote sexual health education and utilization of prevention/care services across the lifespan. Dr. Hopkins employs a diverse range of methodologies in his applied research and public health practice efforts which includes mixed methods research; community based participatory approaches; asset and hazard mapping; community-clinical linkages; exercise testing and prescription; peer health/wellness coaching; implementation science and policy analysis.

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