Khadijah Ameen, PhD, MPH is a community-based social scientist and public health practitioner with over a decade of experience integrating racial health equity solutions into research, policy, and practice. As a Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California Berkeley School of Public Health, her research focuses on the connection between race, place, politics, and health, particularly as it pertains to diverse Black populations living in the United States. As co-founder of the Georgia-based nonprofit BLKHLTH, she manages the organization’s community health research advisory and policy advocacy workstreams. Previously, she provided strategic advisory to the federal government on integrating evidence-based interventions into healthcare access and social determinants of health policies as a Public Health Advisor for the Office of the Associate Director of Policy and Strategy at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention andPresidential Management Fellow at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. Ameen received her Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology and Global Health from Emory University College of Arts and Sciences, Master of Public Health in Health Policy from Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Doctor of Philosophy in Health Policy and Behavioral Sciences from Georgia State University School of Public Health, and Graduate Certificate in Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies from University of Georgia.