Dr. Barbara Wallace is a New York State Licensed Psychologist and a Professor of Health Education in the Department of Health and Behavior Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Wallace is
Director of the Research Group on Disparities in Health (RGDH), the
sponsor of the national March event--the Annual Health Disparities
Conference at Teachers Colllege, Columbia University. In addition, Dr. Wallace is Director of Global HELP - Health Education Leadership
Program, an Internet-based venture for disseminating curriculum to train
peer educators and community health workers, thereby building capacity
in communities around the globe, while specializing in culturally
appropriate HIV/AIDS peer education training. She is the editor of the
highly acclaimed 2008 book volume /Toward equity in health: A new global
approach to health disparities/ (Springer Publications), as well as the
author/editor of numerous other book volumes (e.g. /Making mandated
addiction treatment work/, 2005, Rowman & Littlefield; /HIV/AIDS peer
education training manual: Combining African healing wisdom and
evidence-based behavior change strategies/, 2005, StarSpirit Press;
/Understanding and dealing with violence: A multicultural approach/,
2003, Sage Publications, etc....) and many other journal
publications. Dr. Wallace is also known as Nana Ohemaa Agyiriwa, II, the
Abradehemaa, or Queen Mother of the Asona and Aberade Clan Families of
the United States and Larteh-Kubease, Akuapem, Ghana, Africa--being
deeply involved in philanthropic activities that foster health, education, and economic development in Ghana.
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