Featured HBCU Faculty

Dr. Kesha Baptiste-Roberts

Associate Professor – School of Community Health & Policy, Morgan State University


 Ph.D. Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD

 M.P.H. Community Health- Epidemiology, Saint Louis University School of Public Health, Saint Louis, MO

 B.S. Biology, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA

Dr. Baptiste-Roberts has published research in the areas of maternal and child health, women’s health, type 2 diabetes, obesity and racial/ethnic health disparities. Her early work was primarily focused on pregnancy-related factors and their influence on cardiometabolic outcomes for both mother and offspring along the life-course. Her current research efforts are focused on health among sexual minority women and substance abuse. Learn More.

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