Our staff
The recovered current site identifies these staff members and their professional backgrounds.
Licensed psychoanalyst psychotherapist
Dr. Floyd T. Phillips has master’s degrees in clinical social work, organizational psychology, and health and behavioral studies; he also possesses a doctorate in health and behavioral studies. He earned two postgraduate certifications in psychoanalysis and group psychotherapy.
Social work and human development
Dr. Enrique J. Santiago is of Puerto Rican heritage and was born and raised in the South Bronx, New York City. He earned three master’s degrees from Columbia University: clinical social work, human development, and health and behavior studies.
Mental health counselor and attorney
Curtis Evans was born and raised in Columbus, Georgia. After meeting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Julian Bond, he joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He taught literacy classes in Mississippi until he graduated high school. Curtis received his JD law degree from Nova Southeastern University.
Director of community development
Dr. Magda Alliancin was born and raised in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. She advocates for women’s health, emphasizing minority health promotion and disease prevention. She received her bachelor’s and first master’s degrees from Long Island University in sports science and health science.
She worked as a program monitor for the Department of Youth & Community Development and later as a project director for the Ryan White Mental Health Program and Health Hospital Corporation. At Columbia University, she earned a second master’s degree and a doctoral degree in health education and behavior studies, served as a doctoral fellow with the Research Group on Health Disparities, and was inducted into Kappa Delta Pi.
Dr. Alliancin is a senior staff program coordinator at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, where she runs the Early Medical Education Program. She is also NYIHB’s Director of Community Development.