DURHAM, NC — Dr. Tyson Brown, a nationally recognized scholar of race and health equity, has been appointed as the new director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University. His appointment, effective July 1, follows the tenure of Dr. William A. (“Sandy”) Darity Jr., the founding director and one of the country’s most prominent voices in racial wealth and reparations research.
Brown, a professor of sociology and associate professor in medicine, brings a strong interdisciplinary background to the role. His research focuses on structural racism, health disparities, and how societal inequality affects marginalized communities over the life course.
“I congratulate Tyson Brown on this new appointment and thank Sandy Darity for his decade of leadership and dedication to advancing our understanding of inequality and how to address it,” said Duke Provost Alec D. Gallimore in a statement…