She also directs the Community Engagement Core at the New Mexico Health Disparities Research Center and was recently appointed to the Expert Research Panel of the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission. Dr. Cacari Stone received her PhD from Brandeis University, completed her postdoctoral research at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and served as a postdoctoral policy fellow with the late Senator Edward Kennedy. She has been a recipient of the WK Kellogg Fellowship in Health Policy and served on the National Advisory Board to the WK Kellogg Scholars in Health Disparities Research.