John A. Fuller (he/him), a cancer health equity scholar and Ph.D. in Nursing student, is distinguished as a Centennial Scholar and George W. Woodruff Fellow at Emory University. He is a Building Research Inclusion and Diversity in Graduate Education (B.R.I.D.G.E.) Scholar at Duke University and Creating Responsible Intelligent Black Brothers (C.R.I.B.B.) Fellow at NAESM, Inc. Originally from Akron, OH, John is an alumnus of The Ohio State University, where he earned his B.S. in Human Development and Family Science, magna cum laude, with honors research distinction, a minor in Global Public Health, and a certificate in Health Communication. John’s multidisciplinary and mixed methods research training is informed by his interest in understanding how psychosocial determinants of health influence population health outcomes for Black LGBTQ+ cancer survivors, earning him national recognition and support from the National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Nursing Research, and National LGBT Cancer Network. In addition to his research, he is the President of the Ph.D. Nursing Student Association, Ph.D. Representative of the Black Nursing Student Organization, and Co-Chair of the Student Advisory Committee at the National LGBT Cancer Network.
Mr. Fuller is a 2024 AcademyHealth Diversity Scholar.