12/15/2025
This month’s Staff Highlight (our final spotlight for 2025!) features Lora Ann Bray, Center for Health Equity (CHE) Manager of Community Partnerships, Education and Training.
Lora Ann serves as the CHE Manager of Community Partnerships, Education and Training, where she leads health education programs like the CHE Journal Club and helps coordinate the center’s daily work across research, education, community engagement and administration. Her efforts help bring students, faculty, staff and community partners together around meaningful health equity learning.
This year, Lora Ann played a key role in expanding the Health Advocates In Reach (HAIR) Program, a collaboration with African American owned and operated barbershops and salons. She worked with students and health sciences partners to support community health screenings, develop new program tools and strengthen outreach efforts.
Outside of her role at CHE, Lora Ann enjoys music and recently returned to playing the viola, performing in the music school’s spring recital this year. Her family also recently adopted a cat who has quickly become a source of daily happiness.
We’re proud to spotlight Lora Ann and her important contributions to the Center for Health Equity and the Pitt Public Health community.
