Stanley Andrisse (born September 8, 1983)[1] is an American endocrinologist scientist and writer who is an assistant professor at the Howard University College of Medicine. His research considers Type 2 diabetes, the pathways of insulin resistant states, and metabolic disease.[2] He is the author of From Prison Cells to PhD: It is Never Too Late to Do Good, and director of an outreach program that supports formerly incarcerated people into college education.
Andrisse was born to Haitian immigrants Pierre Frederic William Andrisse and Yorvoll Joseph in Missouri. Andrisse has three siblings.[3][4] Andrisse attended Rosary High School (now part of Trinity Catholic High School (Missouri)). While there, Andrisse earned an A-grade average in both the 1998-99 and 1999-00 academic years and played on the high school's football team as a running back.[5][6][7]
Andrisse has said that he made poor decisions as a young person, and he was first arrested at the age of 14. By his early twenties he had been sentenced to ten years in maximum security penitentiary.[8] During his time in prison he was part of a drug rehabilitation program.[citation needed]
Andrisse is an endocrinologist at Howard University College of Medicine, where he studies type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance.[9][10]
In 2017, Andrisse was named a Leading with Conviction Fellow by JustLeadershipUSA.[11] In this capacity, he works to reduce the prison population by 50% by 2030.[11] Andrisse's first book, From Prison Cells to PhD: It is Never Too Late to Do Good, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2021.[12] He established a nonprofit program to provide mentoring to current and former incarcerated people so that they can start building their careers after leaving prison.[8][11][13]
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