Alumni News: Spring 2026
Alumni honors, career moves, and items of note
Dustin Duncan, SM ’07, SD ’11, is the force behind the Black Professors Study. Recently launched, the initiative is the first integrated epidemiologic, governance, and legal dataset on Black faculty in the United States. Duncan, who serves as associate dean for health equity research at Columbia University and principal investigator of this study says, “The initiative applies population health methods to examine how institutional and legal structures shape the health and career trajectories of Black faculty.”
Susanne Mitschke, MPH ’25, has been named to Inc. Magazine’s Female Founders 500 list for the second consecutive year—this time in the Artificial Intelligence & Data category. Mitschke founded Citruslabs, a decentralized full-service contract research organization that designs and manages IRB-approved clinical trials for consumer health and wellness brands. “What started as a clinical research company has evolved into an AI-driven platform disrupting how consumer brands generate scientific evidence, from supplements and skincare to functional foods and pet health,” she said.
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