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    Aba Black, MD, MHS

    Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
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    Additional Titles

    Associate Program Director for Diversity & Inclusion, Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program

    Vice Chief of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, General Internal Medicine

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    Titles

    Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)

    Associate Program Director for Diversity & Inclusion, Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program; Vice Chief of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, General Internal Medicine

    Biography

    Aba (Osseo-Asare) Black received her Bachelors from Princeton and went on to graduate from medical school at the University of Rochester. She completed her residency at the Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Program, where she also served as chief resident. She currently works as a faculty member in the Yale Section of General Internal Medicine. Many of her career and research interests focus on enhancing workplace diversity and inclusion, including participating in minority recruitment efforts, facilitating workshops on bias, and researching the effects of race on minority physicians. Her clinical work is devoted to working with underserved patient populations in a primary care setting. In her role as a clinician-educator, she also works towards supporting residents who identify with minority affinity groups and developing curricula designed to enhance cross-cultural knowledge, skills, and attitudes.

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    Education & Training

    MHS
    Yale University (2019)
    Chief Resident
    Yale University (2017)
    Resident
    Yale University (2016)
    MD
    University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (2013)
    BA
    Princeton University, Sociology (2009)

    Research

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Aba Black's published research.

    Publications

    2022

    2021

    2018

    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

    • honor

      CT American College of Physicians Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award

    • honor

      Yale Primary Care Faculty Teaching Award

    • honor

      Leonard Tow Humanism Award

    • honor

      Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society

    Clinical Care

    Overview

    Aba Black, MD, MHS, specializes in internal medicine. She is the associate program director for Diversity & Inclusion at the Yale primary care internal medicine residency program and the vice chief of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in General Internal Medicine.

    Dr. Black’s research examines support provided by medical training programs for diversity and the experiences of minority doctors during their training.

    Dr. Black's work has been recognized through awards such as the Leonard Tow Humanism Award, the Yale Primary Care Faculty Teaching Award, the Connecticut American College of Physicians Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award, and induction into the Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society.

    Dr. Black is an assistant professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine.

    Clinical Specialties

    Internal Medicine

    Board Certifications

    • Internal Medicine

      Certification Organization
      AB of Internal Medicine
      Original Certification Date
      2016

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