The 2024 Leadership Alliance Presidential Forum was held April 19th at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. There were several notable leaders and alum from the Brown University Community, including President Cristina H. Paxon, who spoke with Dr. Clarence B. Jones on Leading Towards Impact, and IMSD alumni Teresa Ramírez, PhD '14 (pictured) and Sam McNeal '12. Ramírez, Program Manager for ecoLatinos, and McNeal, Technology Transfer Specialist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, were featured Leadership Alliance Doctoral Scholars and Alumni during this years Presidential Forum.

The Leadership Alliance, founded by Brown University in 1992, is a consortium of 37 leading research and teaching colleges, universities, and private industries dedicated to increasing the participation of underrepresented and underserved students in PhD and MD-PhD training programs. The Alliance has mentored over 6,000 undergraduates with more than 1,000 program alumni, known as the Leadership Alliance Doctoral Scholars, earning advanced degrees.

Teresa Ramírez, PhD '14