Nunez-Smith, appointed last month to President-elect Biden’s COVID-19 advisory board, will also lead a new White House task force dedicated to health equity.

Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, a co-chair of President-elect Biden’s COVID-19 advisory board, will also lead a new White House task force dedicated to health equity.

Nunez-Smith, an associate professor of internal medicine, public health, and management at Yale, is one of the nation’s foremost experts on disparities in healthcare access. Since the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, she has called attention to the unequal burden borne by communities of color.

In her new role, she will work to ensure that response, care, and treatment for COVID-19 is distributed equally.

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