Dr. James Brown has been teaching online for CUNY School of Professional Studies since 2012. He is a former Assistant Commissioner of Health for New Jersey and a former President of the New Jersey Public Health Association (NJPHA) as still serves on the Executive Board. He has a Ph.D. in microbiology and an M.S. in Health Sciences and has been a pharmaceutical vice president and a college dean and has spoken all over the world on infectious diseases. He has recently been honored by the New Jersey Senate and General Assembly for his work helping to fight the COVID-19 pandemic by helping many colleges and universities place their courses online. He is currently working with NJPHA’s COVID-19 Vaccine Research Project to examine the role of social and cultural factors in vaccine decision-making.