13 Facts About Marcella Nunez-Smith

Marcella Nunez-Smith holds joint appointments at the Yale School of Public Health and the Yale School of Management.

Marcella Nunez-Smith's mother was a nursing professor who taught community health, and one of her godparents was a surgeon.

Marcella Nunez-Smith obtained her Bachelor of Arts in biological anthropology and psychology from Swarthmore College in 1996.

Marcella Nunez-Smith attended medical school at Jefferson Medical College, where she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society and graduated in 2001.

Marcella Nunez-Smith was a resident in internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

Marcella Nunez-Smith completed her Master of Health Science at Yale University in 2006.

Marcella Nunez-Smith is the founding director at Equity Research and Innovation Center, Director of the Center for Research Engagement, Director of the Pozen-Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Health Equity Leadership at Yale University, and Deputy Director of the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation.

Marcella Nunez-Smith served as chair of the community sub-committee of the ReOpen Connecticut Advisory Group giving expert advice to the state of Connecticut.

Marcella Nunez-Smith has been working with community partners in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands to overcome obstacles in testing, self-isolation, and quarantine.

In November 2020, Marcella Nunez-Smith was named as one of three co-chairs of US president-elect Joe Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board.

Marcella Nunez-Smith has developed a tool to assess patient reported experiences of discrimination in healthcare.

Marcella Nunez-Smith has investigated the experiences, promotion, and retention of diverse students and faculty at US medical schools.

Marcella Nunez-Smith's research is funded by the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities as well as other organizations.