Francesca Weaks, DrPH, MCHES
Francesca Weaks, DrPH, MCHES
Senior Faculty Researcher, Center for Health Equity / Principal & Founder
School of Public Health, University of Maryland College Park / The Genevieve Strategy Group
Dr. Francesca Weaks, (DrPh, MS, MCHES) is the founder and Executive Director of The Genevieve Strategies Group LLC, an organization that produces racial health equity and social determinants of health policy strategies and research for state and local communities. She also serves as a Senior Faculty Researcher and Health Equity Fellow at the Center for Health Equity at University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park. Dr. Weaks has been a Community Health Researcher and Health Policy Practitioner for over 10 years focusing on social determinants of health policies for black communities. Her areas of research examines the intersection of racism and health in civil rights law, policy, and racial bias in community health development. As a researcher by training and a policy advocate and practitioner by experience, she is focused on advocating for equitable community health policies by addressing systematic racism and health disparities.