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Barbara C. Wallace, PhD is an American born Psychologist and tenured Professor of Health Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Wallace’s scholarly interests include research on health disparities locally and globally; the training of global leaders in the field of health education and fostering global equity in health for all. Dr. Wallace has also spent years on addiction and dependencies research including relapse prevention and drug abuse.

In the past decade, Dr. Wallace has focused her efforts on global health equity and HIV/AIDS prevention efforts. She has pioneered the tailoring of culturally appropriate HIV/AIDS prevention programs for global adaptation through evidence-based research in developing countries including: Jamaica, West Indies; Kenya, East Africa and New Delhi, India. Her global contributions include HIV/AIDS prevention peer educators/community health workers training in Sierra Leone, West Africa (2005); Ghana, West Africa (2006); Pennsylvania, USA (2007); Haiti, Caribbean (2008); and, Togo, West Africa (2008).

Biography and Career
Dr. Wallace obtained an AB degree in Psychology and a certificate in Afro-American Studies from Princeton University (1980) and MA and PhD in Clinical Psychology from the City University of New York (1985). She completed her post-doctoral training with the National Development Research Institutes (NDRI) where she concentrated on substance-specific additions research.

Dr. Wallace is a Professor (Health Education), the Director of the Research Group on Disparities in Health (RGDH) and the Director of Global HELP – Health Education Leadership Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Health Inequity to Equity in Health. In 1994, Dr. Wallace, became the first African American woman to gain tenure in the 100 year history of Teachers College, Columbia University and is currently the only African American female tenured Full Professor at the College.

As a practicing Psychologist, Dr. Wallace specializes in the treatment of chemical dependencies and various forms of trauma, violence and abuse. Dr. Wallace has been honored by the American Psychological Association and is a Fellow in the divisions of Addictive behaviors (50) and Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues (45).

In 2000, Dr. Wallace was enstooled (being placed in a position as an African Traditional Royal) as the Asona Aberadehemaa. She was named Nana Ohemaa Agyiriwa, II in Larteh-Kubease, Akwapem, Ghana. Dr. Wallace currently serves as Queen Mother of the Asona and Aberade Clan Families of the United States and Larteh-Kubease, Akuapem, Ghana, West Africa.

Publications
Wallace, B.C. (2008). Introduction to the Inaugural Issue of The Journal of Equity in Health, The Journal of Equity in Health, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1-6.

Wallace, B.C. (Editor). (2008). Toward Equity in Health: A New Global Approach to Health Disparities (Springer Publications).

Wallace, B. C., Konuwa, A. R., & Ayeboafo, N. A. K. (2008). Training community health workers and peer educators for HIV/AIDS prevention in Africa: Integrating African healing wisdom and evidence-based behavior change strategies. In B. C. Wallace (Ed.) Toward equity in health: A new global approach to health disparities. New York: Springer.

Wallace, B.C. (2005). HIV/AIDS Peer Education Training Manual: Combining African Healing Wisdom and Evidence-Based Approaches to Behavior Change (StarSpirit Press).

Wallace, B.C. (2005). Making Mandated Addiction Treatment Work (Rowman & Littlefield)

Wallace, B.C. & Carter, R.T. (Editors). (2003). Understanding and Dealing with Violence: A Multicultural Approach.

Wallace, B.C. (2001). The Chemically Dependent: Phases of Treatment and Recovery (Editor, 1992, Brunner/Mazel, Inc

Wallace, B. C. (1996). Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families: Prevention, Intervention and Treatment for Community Mental Health Promotion (1996, Praeger Publishers).

Wallace, B. C. (1992). The Chemically Dependent: Phases of Treatment and Recovery (Editor/Author, 1992).

Wallace, B. C. (1991). Crack Cocaine: A Practical Treatment Approach for the Chemically Dependent (1991, Brunner/Mazel, Inc.).