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Center & Institute Affiliations
Kaytura Felix, MD ‘93, uses research to amplify community solutions to pressing health issues in the United States.
Research Interests
maternal and child health, health equity, community-centered care, health systems, community health
Experiences & Accomplishments
Kaytura Felix, MD is a Distinguished Scholar in the Department of Health & Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her work focuses on health justice and community solutions to medical racism. She self-describes as a spiritual activist who has pursued health justice in a myriad of professional roles for more than twenty-five years. Her most recent role was as managing director at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, where she led a large portfolio of national leadership programs that supported, strengthened, and networked leaders advancing health equity and addressing structural racism. She trained in medicine, health services, community-based participatory research, and generative leadership coaching.
Honors & Awards
- HRSA Administrator’s Award for Excellence, 2008
- U.S. Secretary of Health Group Award for Inaugural National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports, 2004
- AHRQ Director’s Group Recognition of National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports, 2004
- AHRQ Director’s Individual Recognition for Developing National Agenda for Community-Based Participatory Research, 2002
Select Publications
Selected publications listed.
Felix K, Shim RS. Community Innovations to Improve Black Maternal Health. JAMA Health Forum. 2025 Aug 1;6(8)
Vargas N, Lebrun-Harris L, Weinberg J, Dievler A, Felix KL. Qualitative perspective on the learning health system: How the community health applied research network paved the way for research in safety-net settings. Prog Community Health Partnersh, 2018;12(3):329-339
Sampson UKA, Kaplan RM, Cooper RS, Diez Roux AV, Marks JS, Engelgau MM, Peprah E, Mishoe H, Boulware LE, Felix KL,...Mensah GA. (2016). Reducing health inequities in the U.S.: Recommendations from the NHLBI's health inequities think tank meeting. J Am Coll Cardiol, 2016;68(5):517-524.
Koo D, Felix K, Dankwa-Mullan I, Miller T, Whalen J. A call for action on primary care and public health integration. Am J Public Health, 2012;102 Suppl 3:S307-9.
O'Toole T, Aaron K, Chin M, Horowitz C, Tyson F. Community-based participatory research: Opportunities, challenges, and the need for a common language. J Gen Intern Med, 2003;18:592-4.