Brigette Davis, PhD

Brigette is a social epidemiologist, working as a Senior Scientist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Her research has focused on the role of structural racism in health disparities, particularly among Black people. She is also interested in how racism is defined, operationalized, and measured in public health research, with a focus on exploring how racism is embedded in multiple institutions and systems across the life course. She was born and raised in St. Louis and is a proud St. Louis Public Schools alum. In her Senior Scientist role, she works closely with Dr. Sunny Lin and Dr. Gmerice Hammond to examine equity in access to high quality healthcare services. She was part of the FXB Center’s first doctoral cohort and is an alumna of the RWJF Health Policy Research Scholars program. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Swarthmore College, a Master’s degree in Public Health from Yale School of Public Health, and a PhD in Population Health Sciences from Harvard University.