New Haven Healthy Start (NHHS) at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
Natasha Ray, MS, is a dedicated public servant who is passionate about advancing health equity, addressing racial and ethnic maternal and child health disparities, and being a scholar-activist for her community. She has worked in the New Haven community for the past 25 years. During that time, she held various positions for the New Haven Healthy Start Program, at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. In 2001, Natasha was hired as the Consortium Development Coordinator for the program. In this role, she served as a liaison with New Haven consumers, medical providers, and other community agencies to assist in building and improving the consortium. In March 2013, Natasha was offered the position of the program’s Core Services Manager. In this role, she was responsible for examining and assessing how our families are navigated through medical and social service systems. In September 2019, she was offered the position of Director and Principal Investigator of the program. Prior to becoming the Consortium Development Coordinator in 2001, she worked at LifeHaven, Inc. and the City of New Haven Health Department.
For two decades, Natasha has worked closely with the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars at Yale School of Medicine (now The National Clinical Scholars Program) on close to 40 Community-Based Participatory Research Projects. She currently is the Chair of Yale School of Medicine’s Center for Research Engagement Steering Committee, with Dr. Marcella Nunez Smith serving as Co-Chair.
Natasha earned her Associate of Arts degree from Gateway Community College and her Master of Science from Springfield College.
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The Learning Phase includes:
Connecting Clinical Trial Sponsors: Bringing sponsors and local EQBMED-selected sites together to work as partners.
Sharing Key Learnings: Sharing important lessons learned from these partnerships.
Building Robust Infrastructure: Creating a strong support system that continues to support the growth and aspirations of local sites.
