Nana-Hawa Yayah Jones, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Endocrinology. Dr. Yayah Jones arrived in Cincinnati from St. Louis, Missouri where she completed both pediatric residency and endocrinology fellowship at Washington University's St. Louis Children's Hospital (SLCH). An additional year was spent at SLCH as a pediatric chief resident. During all the years of Dr. Yayah Jones's training she was active in fostering diversity among the medical trainees and in fact founded the Washington University Minority Medical Association (WUMMA), a group of medical trainees whose focus was on recruitment, retention, and community amongst underrepresented minorities. As a clinician at CCHMC, she focuses on the complexities of management in children with chronic diseases whose lives are impacted by social determinants of health. She specifically focuses on type 1 diabetes but also congenital hypothyroidism and other Endocrine disorders. She is a quality improvement specialist and thus leads the development of formal approaches to systematically improving health delivery to vulnerable populations. Given her passion for equity, Dr. Jones works most aggressively within the healthcare system to improve outcomes for children at risk for diabetes complications; both acute and chronic. Her global aim is to reduce the social influences of health in all youth with diabetes locally, nationally, and globally. Passion and persistence have spearheaded the implementation of social determinants of health screening in the diabetes population, reductions in disparities in access and utilization of diabetes technology, and education of the health community on health inequity and its implications in overall health outcome. Through her dedication, Dr. Yayah Jones’ secured CCHMC’s coveted 2022 faculty award, the Advocacy Achievement Award. Dr.Yayah Jones has been a constant advocate and continues to promote equity in each aspect of the healthcare system.