Adalynn E. Harris

Dr. Harris is a scientist, educator, and public health proponent who has been committed to health equity and community engagement for over 25 years. She holds a doctorate in Biomedical Sciences from Morehouse School of Medicine, a Master of Public Health, a Master of Health Administration, and a Bachelor of Science degree. In addition, she completed two post-doctoral fellowships, (Emory University Winship Cancer Institute and Morehouse School of Medicine Neuroscience Institute) as well as completed the Fellowship In Research and Science Teaching (FIRST) program. She completed two post-doctoral fellowships, one at Emory University’s Winship Cancer Institute and the other at Morehouse School of Medicine. As part of her postdoctoral studies, Dr. Harris completed a fellowship as a part of Emory’s Fellowship In Research and Science Teaching (FIRST) program. Dr. Harris taught as an adjunct faculty member in North Carolina Central University’s LIFE program and at Georgia Perimeter College, both in Atlanta, Georgia, and at Greensboro Technical Community College in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Throughout her career in the pharmaceutical industry in medical affairs, specializing in oncology and rare disease clinical trials, Dr. Harris has co-authored research articles and offered presentations to fellow professionals about emerging therapies, health disparities, and current scientific research. As a subject matter expert, Dr. Harris leverages her medical, scientific and public health policy knowledge as well as her life experiences to engage, inform, and call audiences to action with a focus on eradicating health inequities and inspiring scientific inquiry. For example, she is a proponent for representation of minority, underrepresented, and disenfranchised groups in clinical trials and public health policy, by organizing discussions, collaborations, and dissemination of medical information to key stakeholders, including principal investigators, advisory boards, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and peers in the pharmaceutical industry.

Furthermore, as part of her health equity journey through Equity Bridge ConsultingSM, Dr. Harris remains dedicated to opening opportunities for the advancement of medical knowledge and practices, specifically for minority communities within the US, persons in sub-Saharan Africa, and those from the African diaspora worldwide with lectures that are tailored to health care professionals, men and women’s groups, faith-based organizations, and youth groups.

Dr. Harris provides very engaging speeches by peppering her life experience narratives in to explain scientific/medical information. Reliably, by the end of every session/engagement, audience members walk away saying "thank you" and that they have learned a lot that they did not know before.

Dr. Harris resides in Greensboro, North Carolina, with her husband. She and her husband enjoy music and international travel.