Regina Washington

Regina R. Washington is an American public health professional, activist, and researcher who has dedicated her career to closing health gaps among marginalized and underrepresented groups in the state of Kentucky. Washington is Director of LGBT HealthLink, an organization which promotes tobacco control, cancer prevention and public health equity activities. As a public health professional, she has become an advocate for reducing LGBT smoking and cancer rates. Washington was the first black student to graduate with a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree from the University of Kentucky when she graduated in 2006. She attended Eastern Kentucky University, where she graduated with a master's in education in health sciences. She has also led several programs to combat health disparities, including efforts to eliminate the over-representation of black women in breast and cervical cancer. Washington is now the Director of LGBT HealthLink. She is dedicated to fighting tobacco and cancer health inequality in LGBT communities as part of her position. Additionally, Washington has also completed the Health Policy CERTA Fellowship at the National Cancer Institute, and she was named a Public Health Leadership Scholar by the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.