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Dr. Yvonne Commodore-Mensah

Dr. Yvonne Commodore-Mensah is an Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins Schools of Nursing and the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is also faculty at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity. She is a Fellow and Board Member of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association.

As a nurse scientist and cardiovascular disease epidemiologist, her program of research seeks to reduce disparities in cardiovascular health among African-descent populations in the Diaspora and Africa through epidemiological and community-engaged methods. She was co-PI of the Addressing HypertensIoN CaRe in Africa (ADHINCRA) Study, cluster-randomized control trial testing the effectiveness of a nurse-led, mobile health intervention to improve hypertension control in Ghana, using an implementation science approach.  She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and American Heart Association (AHA). She serves on the Advisory Board of the National Hypertension Control Initiative and Target:BP. She is a Board member of the American Heart Association Baltimore and Greater Maryland area.