Yetsa Tuakli-Wosornu

Yale School of Public Health

Yetsa A. Tuakli-Wosornu is an Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Yale School of Public Health (adjunct), physician, and Chair of the forthcoming global consensus on interpersonal violence and safeguarding in sport. As an athlete, she represented Ghana in the long jump until 2016, training under coach Loren Seagrave. As a physician, she practices sports medicine. As a researcher, she founded the Sports Equity Lab (SEL) in 2017, an interdisciplinary nonprofit organization driving social justice and decency in sport. Through research, community engagement, and creative content, SEL answers the anchoring question, how do we make sport feel more like home for equity-deserving athletes.