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Alia Rowe, PhD, is the Chair of the Nia Project Community Advisory Board. She is a past member of the Nia Executive Committee when she was a postdoctoral resident at Emory School of Medicine at Grady Health System. Dr. Rowe is also a staff psychologist at the Atlanta VA and lecturer in the Psychology Department at Spelman College. Dr. Rowe obtained her PhD in clinical psychology, PhD from the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) with a focus in health psychology. She is particularly interested in working with diverse populations examining the impact of stress (trauma, discrimination) on physical health and wellbeing.