Originally from Brooklyn, Dr. Nicole Everline Alexander's roots start in New York where she attended college at Cornell University, majoring in Human Development and Family Studies. She then attended SUNY Upstate Medical University at Syracuse, and completed a combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics residency at SUNY Stony Brook University Hospital. Currently, Dr. Alexander is finishing a 4-year combined fellowship in adult and pediatric Infectious Diseases. Her research interest is health disparities and advocacy relating to infectious diseases; including improving access to care in medically underserved populations.