Adiaha Spinks-Franklin, MD, MPH, FAAP, is a board-certified developmental-behavioral pediatrician at Texas Children’s Hospital and an associate professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine. She is a member of the executive committee for the section of developmental-behavioral pediatrics for the American Academy of Pediatrics. She also leads the education committee and the newly formed committee on equity and justice.

Dr. Spinks-Franklin is an active member of the Society of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. She served as co-chair of the advocacy committee for two terms and one term on the board of directors. She is the inaugural co-chair of the diversity, equity, and inclusion committee and leads efforts to educate and train developmental-behavioral pediatric professionals in anti-racist medical care.

In 2017, she founded the anti-racist pediatric organization, Race & Children Education Collaborative of Anti-Racist Developmental Professionals (RACE CARD). The organization has conducted numerous anti-racism and social justice trainings for physicians and other healthcare professionals around the country.