Camara Phyllis Jones (born August 16, 1955)[1] is an American physician, epidemiologist, and anti-racism activist who specializes in the effects of racism and social inequalities on health.
[10] The title of her dissertation was Methods for Comparing Distributions: Development and Application Exploring "Race"-Associated Differences in Systolic Blood Pressure.
[citation needed] Jones' work focuses on naming, measuring and addressing the impacts of racism on health and well-being.
[11][12] To illustrate the effects of racism, Jones often uses allegories or stories, such as "The Gardener's Tale", which she shared in a 2000 article in the American Journal of Public Health[13] and in a TEDx talk she gave in 2014.
In 2012, Jones was a visiting professor[20] at Meharry Medical College as a part of the Scholars-in-Residence Program under the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy.