Contributors

Natasha Kennedy

Senior research officer and data scientist, Swansea University

Senior research officer and data scientist, Swansea University I am a Senior Research Officer for the National Centre for Population Health and Wellbeing Research. My research interests lie in utilising statistics to analyse and model life course data such as social service, education, and health data.

Nicole Bernhardt

Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Toronto

Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Toronto Nicole Bernhardt is an Assistant Professor in Political Science at University of Toronto Scarborough. Her research focuses on human rights policy as a response to structural racism in policing. She has worked as a policy advisor for the Anti-Racism Directorate and an investigator with the Ontario Human Rights Commission. She received her PhD in politics from York University and was awarded the Abella Scholarship for Studies in Equity. Nicole teaches courses on Canadian government and public policy, and currently serves on the executive for the Black Canadian Studies Association.

Nicole Vellios

Senior Research Officer, University of Cape Town

Senior Research Officer, University of Cape Town

Natalia Telepneva

Lecturer in International History, University of Strathclyde

Lecturer in International History, University of Strathclyde I am a Lecturer In International History at the University of Strathclyde, and specialise in the history of the Soviet Union and the Cold War, especially in Africa. I am the author of "Cold War Liberation: The Soviet Union and the Collapse of Portuguese Empire in Africa, 1961-1975" (UNC Press, 2022), which examines Soviet support for anticolonial movements in Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau. I have also published several articles on Soviet and Czechoslovak intelligence in Africa and co-edited “Warsaw Pact Intervention in the Third World" (IB Tauris, 2018).

Nicole Satherley

Honorary Academic in Psychology, University of Auckland

Honorary Academic in Psychology, University of Auckland

Nathaniel Tran

Ph.D. Candidate in Health Policy, Vanderbilt University

Ph.D. Candidate in Health Policy, Vanderbilt University Nathaniel Tran (they/he) is a PhD candidate in the Department of Health Policy and graduate research associate with the Vanderbilt LGBTQ+ Policy Lab. Their research examines the role of health and social policies in advancing LGBTQ+ health equity. They use a variety of data (e.g. electronic health records, national surveys, and one-on-one interviews) to understand how our laws, policies, and cultural norms impact population health. Their dissertation research exams the role of provider, state, and federal policy on sexual and gender minority aging outcomes such as age-appropriate cancer screening and dementia risk. Their previous experiences include research at Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance, research as a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Buenos Aires, and community outreach at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. They hold a bachelor's degree in Gender Studies and Spanish from Tufts University.