Dr. Dawson is a Core Investigator with the South Central Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center and the Houston Center of Innovation for Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Instructor in the Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. His research promotes health equity in mental health treatment among minoritized populations. Specifically, his work aims to increase access and initiation of tobacco cessation treatment for African American Veterans. He also examines cultural factors associated with engagement of anxiety, tobacco cessation, behavioral health treatments in primary care settings among minoritized individuals.
