Jevay Grooms, PhD is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Economics at Howard University in Washington, D.C. She is an applied microeconomist with research areas of interests that lie at the intersection of public economics, health economics, and studies of poverty and inequality. Her overall research agenda is to study the impediments to adequate health care delivery and health outcomes of underserved and vulnerable populations with the keen intent to understand how poverty and the legacy of wealth inequality have contributed to health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities. In addition to research and instructing, she is committed to mentoring students and promoting and nurturing diversity in the field of economics. She obtained her Doctorate in Economics from the University of Florida in 2016.

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