Ashela Bean, DO, MPH, FACP, currently serves as an Internal Medicine Physician at Unity Health Care since 2019, following a residency in Internal Medicine/Urban Health at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School from July 2016 to June 2019. Bean's experience includes a research internship at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, focusing on traumatic brain injury and school nurses' roles in concussion management. Prior roles encompass a Clinical Research Coordinator position at Baylor College of Medicine, a Policy Study Project Intern at the Texas Department of State Health Services, and various research assistantships at Johns Hopkins University. Academic qualifications include a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, a Master of Public Health from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and a Bachelor of Arts in Public Health Studies from The Johns Hopkins University.