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Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds
Academic background
Alma materBrown University (BA, MD)

Duke University Medical Center (Resident) University of Pennsylvania (MS, Fellow)

Harvard School of Public Health (MS)
Academic work
DisciplineMedical Doctor (Obstetrician)

Professor

Public Health Official
InstitutionsIndiana University School of Medicine

Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds is a health equity researcher and physician in the Indiana University School of Medicine as well as the current Inaugural Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer for IU Health. She also is the Indiana State Legislative Chair for the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.[1] She is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as Clinical Pediatrics in the Indiana University School of Medicine.[2] Her research focuses on making healthcare more equitable for marginalized patients.[3]

Education

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Tucker Edmonds graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts in 2000. She then received a Doctor of Medicine in 2005, also from Brown University. In 2009, she completed her residency in Duke University Medical Center in a Obstetrics and Gynecology.[4] She also graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Master of Science in 2011, as a Fellow in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program in Health Services Research.[5] She has a Master's in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health.[3]

Career and contributions

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Tucker Edmonds works as a health equity researcher in the department of OB/GYN in Indiana University School of Medicine.[3] She has published in a variety of medical and health related journals such as the American Journal of Bioethics,[6] JAMA Pediatrics,[7] Academic Medicine,[8] Health Affairs,[9] and the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.[10] She focuses her research on finding ways to make medical care equitable for Black patients.[11]

According to Tucker Edmonds in the Indiana Business Journal, she chose this career as her father was also a gynecologist. She mentions that she wanted to find ways to provide more equitable care to the Black community through research and data.[3]

Tucker Edmonds is an Associate Professor for Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Indiana University School of Medicine.[2] She is also the first person to serve as the Chief Health Equity Officer at IU School of Medicine.[3] She is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as of Clinical Pediatrics in the Indiana University School of Medicine.[2]

Awards and honors

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In 2015-2017, Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds was an Anniversary Fellow for the National Academy of Medicine.[12] She also won the Warren H. Pearse/Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Women's Health Research Award from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

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References

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  1. ^ "Meet Our Team". www.acog.org. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  2. ^ a b c Dudley, James. "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion". Indiana CTSI. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  3. ^ a b c d e Stall, Sam (2024-02-29). "2024 Health Care Heroes: Dr. Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds". Indianapolis Business Journal. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  4. ^ ""Dr. Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds MD"".
  5. ^ "Commencement Program 2011, University of Pennsylvania" (PDF).
  6. ^ Anani, Uchenna; Tucker Edmonds, Brownsyne; Andrews, Bree L.; Famuyide, Mobolaji; Feltman, Dalia (2022-11-02). "Default Withdrawal: Exacerbating Mistrust for Our Most Vulnerable Families". The American Journal of Bioethics. 22 (11): 46–48. doi:10.1080/15265161.2022.2123980. ISSN 1526-5161.
  7. ^ Tucker Edmonds, Brownsyne (2022-11-01). "Mandated Reporting of Perinatal Substance Use: The Root of Inequity". JAMA Pediatrics. 176 (11): 1073–1075. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.3404. ISSN 2168-6203.
  8. ^ Tucker Edmonds, Brownsyne; Tori, Alvaro J.; Ribera, Amy K.; Allen, Matthew R.; Dankoski, Mary E.; Rucker, Sydney Y. (October 2022). "Diversifying Faculty Leadership in Academic Medicine: The Program to Launch Underrepresented in Medicine Success (PLUS)". Academic Medicine. 97 (10): 1459. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000004611. hdl:1805/28145. ISSN 1040-2446.
  9. ^ "Potential Unintended Consequences Of Recent Shared Decision Making Policy Initiatives". Health Affairs.
  10. ^ "Morbidity and mortality associated with mode of delivery for breech periviable deliveries". AJOG.
  11. ^ Bavis, Lauren (2019-03-27). "For Black Women, Access To Birth Control Comes With Heavy Baggage". WFYI Public Media. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  12. ^ "Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine Scholars". National Academy of Medicine.
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