Basheerah Enahora

Bio

Dr. Enahora’s career has centered on addressing systemic issues in health and wellness, particularly among lower-resourced, historically marginalized families. She utilizes mixed-methods approaches in her research to develop obesity prevention and health programs, incorporating innovative technology that results in systemic policy, systems, and environmental change and health impacts. She is currently part of collaborative NIH and CDC grants as a Co-Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator, studying the behavioral, health, and food security impacts of increasing healthy food access in rural North Carolina communities through a produce prescription program and on-site meals at blue-collar worksites.