Dr. Beard’s research focuses on strengthening the capacity of academia to graduate a diverse workforce that’s prepared to eliminate healthcare disparities. She speaks nationally on best practices that support diversity and inclusive environments and is a senior fellow of the Center for Health, Media & Policy at Hunter College. She co-produces a radio show for HealthCetera on WBAI which focuses on health equity dialogues. She recently provided an elective on Implicit Bias and Healthcare Disparities at the Harvard Macy Institute. As the chair of the Future of Nursing New York State Action Coalition committee for diversity, she guided the team in producing the Workforce Diversity Toolkit for New York. Macy Faculty Scholar Kenya Beard on Multicultural Education