Mason Simmons

Graduate Research Assistant

Mason (he/him) is a second-year MPH student in the Department of Health Behavior at the Gillings School of Global Public Health. Prior to beginning his MPH, he received a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, where he also worked as a research assistant supporting projects focused on community-engaged research and gun violence prevention. At the IPRC, Mason supports the Strengthening Systems for North Carolina Children (SYNC) and Collaborative Learning Institute (CLI) projects. His research interests include adverse childhood experiences and community-engaged system dynamics tools. He is also passionate about resource access and addressing systemic inequities through community-led systems change.