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The SMART Africa team is thrilled with Dr. Latoya Small’s accomplishments

The SMART Africa team is thrilled with all that Dr. Latoya Small has accomplished in the past few years, first as a SMART Africa Global Fellow and now as a Researcher Resiliency Fellow. Along with other Global Fellows, Dr. Latoya Small was a first author of a recently published article entitled, “South African caregivers as ‘protective shields’: Serving as a buffer between stressful neighborhood conditions, food security, and youth risk behaviors.” Co-authors of this article include Drs. Tyrone Parchment, Ozge Sensoy Bahar, Hadiza Osuji, and SMART Africa colleagues Dr. Arvin Bhana and Dean Mary McKay. Dr. Small is an Assistant Professor at Luskin School of Public Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles, where her research focuses on health disparities, specifically, the intersection of mental health, treatment adherence, and HIV among women and children in the U.S. and Sub-Saharan Africa. Thank you, Dr. Latoya, for all the work you do.