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Dr. Isaac K. Payton, PhD, MBA, MSN, PMHNP-BC, was reared in Plum Branch, South Carolina, a municipality in McCormick County. Growing up in the rural South provided the impetus for his commitment to lifelong learning—an endeavor that translates into promoting health outcomes and enhancing health empowerment among vulnerable populations.

Dr. Eugenia Millender, Co-Director of the Center of Population Sciences for Health Empowerment at Florida State University, was honored by TIME's 2025 list of The Closers for her leadership in advancing healthcare for all.

Florida State University’s Center of Population Sciences for Health Equity recently hosted the International Health Equity and STEM Research Summit in the Republic of Panama to foster collaborations between researchers, educators and policymakers in Panama and the U.S

FSU Department of Psychology Assistant Professor Dr. Rasheda Haughbrook was invited as a keynote speaker to share her research and help collaborators better understand the challenges and strengths of neurodiversity, which are often overlooked.

The Center of Population Sciences for Health Equity (CPSHE) is thrilled to announce that one of our outstanding students from the College of Social Work, Crim Sabuncu, has been accepted into the highly competitive Consortium on Analytics for Data-Driven Decision making (CAnD3) training program.

CPSHE Assistant Director, Dr. Xavier Hall, will be speaking on the 2024 Symposium on Action for Sexual and Gender Minority Health panel. He is examining the impact of intersectional discrimination on mental health.

Dr. Brittany Lane, a post-doctoral research scholar at FSU’s College of Nursing and Center of Population Sciences for Health Equity, has been selected as an ATN Scholar for the 2024-2025 cohort [...]