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   <image><img src="/_resources/MSMimages/FacultyDirectoryImages/FamilyMedicine/ADLizana.jpg" alt="Arletha Donnyale Lizana (Williams-Livingston), Ph.D., MPH, MBA, MA, BA"></img></image>
   <name>Arletha Donnyale Lizana (Williams-Livingston), Ph.D., MPH, MBA, MA, BA</name>
   <title>Professor</title>
   <department>Family Medicine</department>
   <title2></title2>
   <department2></department2>
   <email>alizana@msm.edu</email>
   <phone>(404) 368-9252</phone>
   <location>Hurt Building - 50 Hurt Plaza SE, 15th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30303</location>
   <education>
      <p><strong>MEDICAL SCHOOL:<br></br></strong>Emory University<br></br><strong>Degree:</strong> MBA Business of Healthcare &amp; Entrepreneurship <br></br><br></br>Emory University<br></br><strong>Degree:</strong> MPH in Behavioral Science/Health Education<br></br><br></br><strong>GRADUATE:<br></br></strong>Temple University<br></br><strong>Degree:</strong> Doctor of Philosophy in Social Science <br></br><br></br>Temple University<br></br><strong>Degree:</strong> Master of Arts in Social Science <br></br><br></br><strong>UNDERGRADUATE:<br></br></strong>Spelman College <br></br><strong>Degree:</strong> Bachelor of Arts in History<br></br><br></br></p>
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   </education>
   <clinicalinterests></clinicalinterests>
   <specialties></specialties>
   <research>
      <ul>
         <li>Technology transfer and commercialization of health education products</li>
         <li>Community health worker (CHW) workforce development, training, and curriculum design</li>
         <li>Health innovation and translational science in population health</li>
         <li>Health equity and social determinants of health in underserved communities</li>
         <li>Digital health and EdTech solutions for community-based health interventions</li>
         <li>Black youth and young adult mental health</li>
         <li>Culturally grounded and ancestral healing approaches to health and wellness</li>
         <li> Transnational and global diaspora health</li>
      </ul>
   </research>
   <boardcerts></boardcerts>
   <publications>
      <p><strong>Williams-Livingston, A.</strong>, Henry Akintobi, T., &amp; Banerjee, A. (2020). Community-based participatory research
         in action: The patient-centered medical home and neighborhood. Journal of Primary
         Care &amp; Community Health, 11. https://doi.org/10.1177/2150132720968456 Sage Journals</p>
      <p><br></br><strong>Williams-Livingston, A. D.</strong>, Ervin, C., &amp; McCray, G. (2020). Bridge builders to health equity: The high school
         community health worker training program. Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association,
         8(1). https://doi.org/10.20429/jgpha.2020.080114 Frontiers</p>
      <p><br></br>McCray, G. G., Haynes, B., Proeller, A., Ervin, C., &amp; <strong>Williams-Livingston, A</strong>. (2020). Making the case for community health workers in Georgia. Journal of the
         Georgia Public Health Association, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.20429/jgpha.2020.080116
         Frontiers</p>
      <p><br></br>Henry Akintobi, T., <strong>Williams-Livingston, A.</strong>, Gower, K., Francis, S., Okoye, D., &amp; Piper, K. (2023). Centering community health
         workers to advance health equity: What Morehouse School of Medicine has known since
         the beginning. In D. Dawes, K. Holden, &amp; D. Williams (Eds.), Health equity, African-Americans,
         and public health. American Public Health Association Press for additional:  <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4890-5568">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4890-5568</a><br></br><br></br><strong>Williams-Livingston, A.</strong>, Ervin, C., McCray, G. (2018) Bridge Builders to Health Equity: High School Community
         Health Worker Training Program Submitted to the Journal of Family and Community Health
         <br></br><br></br>Xu J., <strong>Williams-Livingston A.</strong>, Rust G., Gaglioti A. (2018) A Practical Risk Stratification Approach for Implementing
         a Primary Care Chronic Disease Management Program in an Underserved Community Journal
         of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 29(1): 202-213<br></br><br></br>Dancey-Scott N., <strong>Williams-Livingston A.</strong>, Dutcher, G (2017) Enhancing the Capacity of Community Organizations to Evaluate
         HIV/AIDS Information Outreach: A Pilot Experiment in Expert Consultation Journal of
         Consumer Health on the Internet 36(3-4): 217-230</p>
   </publications>
   <awards>
      <ul>
         <li>HBCU Translational Science Fellow, Hopelab (2025–2026)</li>
         <li>Public Voices Fellow on Youth Well-being and Power, The OpEd Project in partnership
            with Hopelab (2025–2026)</li>
         <li>Presidential Fellow, Morehouse School of Medicine (2024–2025)</li>
         <li>Healthcare Hero of the Year Award, Atlanta Business Chronicle (2019)</li>
         <li>Emory University Diversity Award</li>
         <li>Morehouse School of Medicine Rising Star Award</li>
         <li>Georgia State University, Fellow of The Center for Teaching and Learning</li>
         <li>Destiny Fund, Atlanta Women’s Foundation</li>
         <li>Fellow Engendering Africana Studies Institute, Cornell University, Africana Studies
            and Research Center Ithaca, NY</li>
         <li>Chancellor’s Fellowship, University System of Georgia Faculty Seminar to Kenya/Tanzania</li>
         <li>Who Among University Teachers</li>
         <li>Invited Participant, Facilitator in the NAWE: Advancing Women in Higher Education
            Leadership Institute</li>
         <li>Award in Appreciation of Excellent Service to the Office of Black Student Services,
            Loyola Marymount University</li>
         <li>Award of Appreciation for Excellent Teaching and Distinguished Service, Loyola Marymount
            University</li>
         <li>College of Arts and Sciences Certificate of Merit in Teaching, Temple University</li>
      </ul>
   </awards>
</profile>