Yale-TCC Consortium

The governing board is the primary decision-making body for the consortium. It provides the strategic direction necessary to develop and enact policies that move the consortium forward in achieving its goals and fulfilling its vision. Led by two co-chairs, the governing board also includes the five principal investigators from the ECHORN cohort study and the four consortium workgroup chairs. The governing board also hosts the ECHORN + Yale-TCC Community of Practice, a specialized program that amplifies the voice of community members within our network.

Chairs: Sir Trevor Hassell, MD (Barbados) and LaVerne E. Ragster, PhD (USVI)
Fellow: Stephanie Date, MBBS (Barbados)

The collaborative learning workgroup facilitates training and educational opportunities, including hosting informative webinars and recommending topics for the virtual curriculum. Past events focused on nutrition and non-communicable diseases in the Caribbean, with expert speakers from medicine, epidemiology, nutrition, and civil society. The current webinar series is focused on environmental action, with presenters speaking to the intersection of climate, economics, and health.

Chair: Kimin Tam Ashing, PhD (Trinidad & Tobago, United States)
Fellow: Dorothy Alexis (United States)

The consortium well-being workgroup promotes network cohesion through innovative social activities that unite and engage team members. This effort is vital as members seek further opportunities to network, to learn from one another, and to foster professional relationships that can continue outside of and beyond TCC.

Chair: Nivia Fernandéz Hernandéz, EdD (Puerto Rico)

The data sharing workgroup advises the consortium on practices for sharing and integrating data so that stakeholders can perform their own research analyses and interpretations. The group is currently working towards ambitious goals, including completing a needs assessment to determine the necessary resources to enable wide-scale data sharing in the Caribbean and developing regional policy to inform and support data sharing.

Chair: Ian Hambleton, PhD (Barbados)
Fellow: Stephanie Whiteman (Barbados)

The implementation workgroup provides guidance on the selection and implementation of pilot and demonstration projects, particularly ethical considerations regarding research design, implementation, and dissemination. The workgroup is most closely associated with the LIME study, having devised strategies to maintain recruitment and adapt the curriculum in response to residents' experiences during Hurricanes Maria and Isaac. With the workshop series fully underway, this group continues to evaluate the study process and findings.

Chair: Sharon Williams (USVI)
Fellow: Salihah Dick (United States)

Yale-TCC hosts a fellowship program for young professionals or graduate students affiliated with member academic institutions. To be eligible for the fellowship program, applicants must have completed a bachelor’s degree and have an interest in population health and health equity.

Each fellow is assigned to a specific workgroup, where they work closely with the chair to advance initiatives, manage communication, and support ongoing consortium efforts. Fellows receive training on group dynamics, facilitation, and leadership.

For more information about the fellows program, please contact yaletcc@yale.edu.