Mudia Uzzi is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Health, Behavior and Society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a Health Policy Research Scholar with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. His current research investigates the underlying structural drivers of community violence and trauma in Baltimore City. Some of the topic areas Uzzi explores include redlining, racial & economic segregation, and the built and social environment of neighborhoods. He aspires to develop research, policies and programs that promote safer and healthier urban communities. Prior to starting his doctoral studies, Uzzi obtained a MSc in Control of Infectious Diseases from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a BA in Biology and Academic Minor in History from Macalester College. He has also led on several health equity projects in the United States and United Kingdom.
