Biology Education

Dr. Taiese Bingham-Hickman is the Executive Director of The Leadership Alliance at Brown University. The Leadership Alliance is a consortium of 41 academic and industry partners that provide research, mentoring, and networking experiences to undergraduate students, graduate students and research professionals. She previously served as the Assistant Director of Biomedical Informatics Research and Operations at Brown University Associate Director for Biomedical Informatics at Brown University where she supported the operational functions of the Brown Center for Biomedical Informatics (BCBI) and the NIGMS-funded Advance-CTR Biomedical Informatics Core. Before joining Brown University, Dr. Bingham-Hickman worked in the private industry at Beacon Health Options as the Vice President of Data Analytics where she oversaw Beacon’s Analytics Innovation Center that provided thought leadership and analytic capabilities to ensure optimal behavioral health solutions for regional and specialty health plans; employers and labor organizations; and federal, state and local governments. Dr. Bingham-Hickman is a member of the Industry Council for the Masters in Data Analytics Program at Merrimack College which brings together experts in data science and business analytics to provide strategic guidance and support for the program. Dr. Bingham-Hickman is also the founder and CEO of New England Equity Collective, a non-profit dedicated to promoting opportunity in equity and access to homeownership and affordable housing to underserved communities. Dr. Bingham-Hickman holds a unique and multifaceted role, pivotal in shaping the organization’s direction, ethos, and strategies in alignment with its mission to promote equity and access to homeownership. Dr. Bingham-Hickman earned both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from New York University School of Medicine and completed her M.B.A at Northeastern University. She received a B.S. from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.