Alumni Spotlight

Dr. Anita Renau Bralock
Class of 1995


Dr. Anita Renau Bralock has enjoyed a stellar career as an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Director of Nurse Midwifery, as well as a Researcher. After graduating Summa Cum Laude from Drew’s prestigious Nurse Midwifery Program in 1995, Dr. Bralock proceeded to achieve a Ph.D. in Nursing from the UCLA School of Nursing.

While Dr. Bralock received offers for full-time faculty positions with various Ivy League Universities, she decided that her expertise would be best utilized at CDREWU.

“I came back to Drew to give back to the community. My education at Drew opened doors for me and allowed me to gain respect within the nursing and patient community during a time when African American women only comprised 10% of the nurse midwifery work-force. If it weren’t for Drew I may not have received my Midwife Certification.”

Dr. Bralock currently shares a passion for mentoring current CDREWU students and conducting research. As incoming students seek an education that will ultimately lead them to a career of assisting the community, Dr. Bralock seeks to embrace these new students and make them feel as though Drew is their home away from home.

Her second passion involves researching “the factors which promote condom use, especially among Hispanic and African-American women. Due to greater sexually transmitted infection rates in the inner-city, she has found that minorities in those areas are largely at risk of contracting HIV.
Dr. Bralock hopes that her research will identify methods of informing and educating inner-city women regarding the important need of condom use in order to protect themselves and others.