Tayla Weeden
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Tayla Weeden

Is a research assistant at the Grayken Center for Addiction. She assists with collecting study data to understand how to create antiracist approaches to providing services for Black patients and community members with lived experiences of substance use. Tayla is an Upward Bound scholar, with a bachelor’s degree in public health and sociology. She has a strong passion for supporting, educating and uplifting BIPOC and low-income youth. She will be continuing her education by pursuing a master’s degree in nursing, which she aims to use to continue supporting the BIPOC community.