Dr. Vanessa Marshall is a Social and Behavioral Scientist Administrator (Program Officer) in the Office of the Director at the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities. Her research focuses on improving health outcomes and promoting research to understand and address the multilevel determinants of factors that play a role in health disparities. She provides expertise in key research areas including minority health, health disparities, health services research, community-engaged research, clinical trials, public health, interventions, quality improvement, implementation, and evaluation. She has fostered innovative collaborations and partnerships to promote and support evidence-based research to inform clinical practice and policy. Dr. Marshall’s experiences have allowed her to work at local, regional, national, and international levels to investigate risk and protective factors among various populations to address health disparities.

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