Ifeyinwa Asiodu Honored With DuBois Researcher Award, Named K-12 Scholar

Ifeyinwa Asiodu, assistant professor in Family Health Care Nursing, has received the 2020 W.E.B. DuBois Researcher Award, which is given to a "tremendous community researcher whose work in the Academy, behind the Ivory Tower, has amplified the voices of our communities."

The award was presented July 2 by Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere (ROSE), which addresses breastfeeding disparities for communities of color, during its 2020 virtual conference. Asiodu was also a featured speaker at the conference, presenting on decolonizing breastfeeding research.