Toddchelle Young

Toddchelle graduated from Georgetown University with her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a Certificate in Population Health from the School of Nursing and Health Studies (NHS) and received her Masters degree in Public Health in Sociomedical Sciences and Certificate in Social Determinants of Health from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Toddchelle has been involved in harm reduction outreach, HIV/AIDS and breast cancer research, as well as her most recent international health work assisting with tuberculosis (TB) stigma research in South Africa. Before becoming Director of Research at Georgetown University, she worked as a Data Analyst in the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) at the National Institute of Health. As Director of Research, Toddchelle oversees the research agenda for the Hub, as well as for the Designing the Future(s) of the University Initiative.

She enjoys mentoring undergraduate and high school students, cooking different recipes with her family, traveling the world to learn about cultures, people, and societies, and braiding hair in her free time. Toddchelle was born and raised in New Haven, CT and currently resides in Maryland.