Alexis Grant, Dr.
PIF Fellow
About
Dr. Alexis Grant received her PhD candidate in Community Health Sciences at the UIC School of Public Health. She is a community engaged researcher who studies public health system collaboration and the process of implementing multi-level, community-wide health promotion programming. She takes an interdisciplinary approach in her work, employing with qualitative and quantitative analysis and data visualization techniques such as geographic information systems. As a pragmatic researcher, she hopes that her research supports the growth of an antiracist public health system.
Grant was one of the founders of the Black Graduate Student Association and an organizer with the Good Trouble Coalition, both of which continue to work for the inclusion and well-being of all students at UIC. Grant holds a master’s degree in Behavioral and Social Health Sciences from Brown University and bachelor's degrees in English and Psychology from Howard University.