UNC Gillings School of Public Health

Today, I'm joined by Dr. Iyioma Iruka.

Dr. Iruka is an award-winning professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, and the Founding Director of the Equity Research Action Coalition at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Her work focuses on ensuring that children and families, especially Black children, children from minoritized communities, and children from low-income households thrive by recognizing their strengths, culture, and lived experiences.

Dr. Iruka has authored more than 100 books and papers and has given more than 300 talks focused on addressing systemic inequities and advancing the wellbeing of children and family.

Thank you so much for bringing your wisdom, and your brilliance, and your experience, your lived experience to this conversation today.

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Iheoma Iruka is an award-winning professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health at the Gillings School of Global Public Health and the founding director of the Equity Research Action Coalition at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

What I keep thinking about from this conversation is that children are always learning.

He trained in internal medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, followed by training in ID and preventative medicine at UNC Chapel Hill.

He also completed his MPH in epidemiology at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.

He has now worked in public health for the last 10 years at local and state levels in North Carolina and Washington.

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