Dr. Grooms Research Lab

Housed at Howard University under the Center for an Equitable Economy & Sustainable Society

Research Lab Staff: Dr. Felipe Juan, Dr. Gulriz Kurban, Khary Pestaina, Angela Bodley, Dr. Jevay Grooms

Our Research Lab has 3 main domains

Economics research lab portfolio nexus A systems visualization mapping six economics research projects across health and sustainability, asset inequality, crime and criminal justice, housing, land loss, and work. Economic Evidence policy design core Domain 01 Health & Sustainability Domain 02 Asset Inequality Domain 03 Crime & Criminal Justice work, coverage + mental health opioids, care + aging policy housing, land + legal institutions Medicaid Projects OPTIC opioid policy tools ADRD aging & dementia Precarious Workers & mental health Heirs & Black land loss clinic DC Housing Code violations questions become sharper where domains overlap

2025 - 2026 Graduate and Undergraduate Research Fellows