Kelechi Ibe-Lamberts, PhD, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences at the UIC School of Public Health where he leads the Transnational Research and Practice (TRAP) Lab. He teaches and researches health behaviors, health disparities, and health outcomes among culturally diverse populations. His research specifically involves matters related to refugee/immigrant health and the development of transnational ties among Black immigrants. He identifies as a 1.5-generation Transnational Nigerian American. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, he immigrated to the United States at the age of 8, where he grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He received his undergraduate and doctorate degrees in community health from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He continued his postdoctoral training at the University of Florida. He served as faculty at in the Community Health Department at SUNY Cortland from 2018- 2022. Additionally, he serves as the Chair for the APHA Caucus Collaborative and also hosts a podcast titled “My Black is Transnational”. A husband and father of three, he is also a very passionate about Chicago sports and Black immigrant cultural experiences.