Laundette joined Heart-to-Heart in April 2024 as a board member. She is currently an
Associate Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) in the
Departments of Epidemiology and Public Health & Dept. of Pharmacology and Co-
Director of the Program in Health Equity and Population Health. She received her BS
in Chemistry from Morgan State University, a PhD in Environmental Health Sciences
from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and a MPH from the University
of Maryland, Baltimore. This unique training and expertise in both the basic biomedical
sciences and community and population health guides her transdisciplinary research
efforts to address health disparities through understanding the interplay of biological,
environmental, and social factors.  Using a participatory research approach, she
combines the wisdom of both local communities and academic researchers with the
goal of sharing and co-generating knowledge to produce comprehensive, context-
specific strategies for eliminating health disparities. Passionate about training the next
generation, she also creates novel experiential learning activities that foster social
wellbeing, belonging, and connectedness for students/trainees. Dr. Jones’ also plays
key leadership roles in many programs to promote the professional development of
medical and graduate trainees, including serving as Association Director of the Science
Training for Advancing Biomedical Research Post-Baccalaureate Research Education
Program (STAR-PREP), Co-Director of the Social Justice Pre-clerkship elective, and
serving as the Health Disparities Longitudinal Content Lead for the UMSOM
Renaissance Curriculum Committee. Taken together, her passion, innovation, and
energy also translates into acts of service both within her Community Association in
Baltimore where she resides and at her multicultural church home where she partners
to build bridges to the community.