Latonya Riddle-Jones, M.D.
Biography
Dr. Riddle is a proud Chemical Engineering graduate of Michigan State University, Wayne State University School of Medicine (WSUSOM) and DMC/ Wayne State University School of Medicine Internal Medicine- Pediatrics Residency program. She practiced at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital for 2 years upon graduation, and served as Clinical Instructor for University of Michigan Med/Peds program while there. Here at Wayne State University, she is an Assistant Professor, Medical Director for the Corktown Health Center (a medical home for Detroit’s LGBTQ community), Associate Medical Director for the Tri- County Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program, faculty mentor for FitKids360 at WSU School of Medicine (an obesity treatment program for children), and serves as a representative on the Diversity and Inclusion Committee for the Department of Internal Medicine.
Her research interests include obesity prevention and treatment, effects of the Affordable Care Act on safety-net programs, and the performance of engineering students in medical school, while her clinical interests include addressing the medical needs of the LGBTQ community, asthma, diabetes and obesity. She is a proud wife, and mother of two. She loves ambulatory medicine, and her goal is to keep patients out of the hospital by staying on top of their preventative health needs – mind, body and spirit
Education
Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health 06/2018 - 05/2020
Boston, MA
Master of Public Health, Epidemiology
Postgraduate Training
- Midwest Fellowship for Primary Care Champions (MFPCC) 01/2019 - 02/2020
- Champion Fellow - University of Illinois – Chicago (UIC) Department of Family Medicine funded and supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health
- Workforce, Division of Medicine and Dentistry (grant # T13HP31010)
- HIV Clinician Scholars Program 09/2018 – 09/2019
- Midwest AIDS Training & Education Center (MATEC)
- One-year HIV training and certification program for primary care providers Wayne State University/ Detroit, MI