Meharry Medical College
Department of Family & Community Medicine
1005 Dr. D.B. Todd, Jr. Blvd
Nashville
TNUSA
37208
Biographical Sketch: Paul D. Juarez, PhD. Dr. Juarez received his doctorate in Social Policy from the Heller School at Brandeis University and currently holds the rank and titles of Professor, Vice Chair, and Director of Community-based Research, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Meharry Medical College. Dr. Juarez previously held academic appointments at Charles R. Drew University, UCLA School of Medicine, USC School of Medicine, and California University, Long Beach, Department of Social Work. While at Meharry Medical College, Dr. Juarez has helped to promote and support health services research in cancer prevention and control, diabetes/ metabolic syndrome, and unintentional/intentional injury.
Dr. Juarez currently is Principal Investigator of the Nashville Urban Partnership Academic Center of Excellence to prevent youth violence (NUPACE/CDC), the Jackson Teen Seat Belt Study (CDC), the Meharry Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence (NIH), and Program Director of the TN State Model Area Health Education Center (HRSA). He currently is leading efforts to develop an interactive, public participatory, web portal (www.imnashville.com) to enable academic and community partners to use GIS to jointly plan, conduct, and evaluate interventions that target the reduction of health disparities at a neighborhood level.
Dr. Juarez previously served as the Scientific Director for the Meharry-State Farm 2006 National Safety Summit and Nashville Health Disparities Summits in 2005 and 2007. He was recognized for his contributions to the field of public health through his work in youth violence prevention in south central Los Angeles with a chapter in the 2005 book: “Faces of Public Health.” Dr. Juarez has served on over 30 grant review panels for the Centers for Disease Control, HRSA, MCHB, National Institutes of Health, and the Office of Minority Health, US DHHS.