RECENT PUBLICATIONS 2025- 2026

 This study published in Pediatrics  is novel for co-leading with young Black females as coinvestigators and combining arts-based and photo-elicitation methods with caregiver perspectives to reveal how adultification shapes Black girls’ health, mental well-being, and institutional encounters. 

 This commentary published in Pediatrics  highlights how STI testing for adolescent males is undermined by both missed clinical opportunities and racialized surveillance of Black boys, calling for universal, bias-free screening protocols that promote equity and adolescent health. 

 This commentary published in Pediatrics  highlights how STI testing for adolescent males is undermined by both missed clinical opportunities and racialized surveillance of Black boys, calling for universal, bias-free screening protocols that promote equity and adolescent health. 

 This commentary published in the Journal of Adolescent Health highlights how structural violence in school policies undermines youth safety and connectedness, calling for restorative, health-centered approaches that promote equity and well-being. 

 This study shows that a community-based participatory research curriculum engaging Black adolescent girls in data analysis and interpretation increased their confidence, awareness, and interest in future research participation.

 This study shows that a community-based participatory research curriculum engaging Black adolescent girls in data analysis and interpretation increased their confidence, awareness, and interest in future research participation.