Dr. Hossein Zare holds a PhD in health policy and management. He is an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Zare is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland Global Campus. He has worked in several international and local health disparities projects, with expertise in data analysis, data management, and qualitative and quantitative data. He has been awarded the Stanley J. Drazek Teaching Excellence Award. His independent program of research on understanding the etiology of police violence, place-based disparities in policing, racial disparities, income inequality, and race-related disparities in population health outcomes encompasses three areas: (1) place-, and race-based disparities and police behaviors, more specifically, on police shootings (2) place-based disparities, income inequality, and racial disparities and health outcomes (chronic conditions; obesity, depression, and hypertension); and (3) hospitals' contributions to communities and their impact on reducing poverty, disparities and improving health outcomes.