Marcella Nunez-Smith

Marcella Nunez-Smith is an American physician. She is an associate professor of medicine and epidemiology at the Yale School of Medicine, where she is also Associate Dean for Health Equity Research and founding director of the Equity Research and Innovation Center.

Marcella Nunez-Smith
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Nuñez-Smith attends the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities 10th Anniversary Symposium in 2020
Chair of the COVID-19 Equity Task Force
Assumed office
January 20, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byOffice established
Co-Chair of the COVID-19 Advisory Board
In office
November 9, 2020 – January 20, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
BornSaint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
EducationSwarthmore College (BA)
Thomas Jefferson University (MD)
Yale University (MHS)
OccupationPhysician

In November 2020, Nunez-Smith was named as one of three co-chairs of Joe Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board.[1][2]

References

  1. Lambert, Ben (2020-11-07). "Report: Yale professor to co-chair Biden's COVID task force". New Haven Register. Archived from the original on 2020-11-07. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  2. Feuer, Will (2020-11-07). "President-elect Joe Biden to announce Covid task force on Monday". CNBC. Archived from the original on 2020-11-07. Retrieved 2020-11-07.