Present | Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Health Policy & Community Health | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2022 - Present | A Comparative Effectiveness Study of Peer Mentoring [PM] versus Structured Transition Education Based Intervention [STE] for the Management of Care Transitions in Emerging Adults with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) The Sickle Cell Trevor Thompson Transition Project (ST3P-UP Trial) (Qualitative Research Supplement) |
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) | |
Role: Evaluation and Content Consultation and Director, Qualitative Methods and Data Analysis sub-study | |
Colleague(s): Ifeyinwa Osunkwo, Carolinas Medical Center and Raymona Lawrence, Georgia Southern University (Dual PI) | |
2021 - Present | ROTC Injury Prevention Program: A Holistic Approach to Targeted Wellness Curriculum - Using Fitness Trackers in Health Education Programming with Military Personnel |
U.S. Reserved Officer training Corp (USROTC) | |
Role: MPI, Principal Evaluator | |
$15,000 | |
2021 - Present | Sickle Cell Disease Newborn Screening Follow-up Program |
HRSA/MCHB | |
Role: PI | |
$1,250,000 | |
2020 - Present | 2020 Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) program |
HRSA Bureau of Health Workforce, Division of Health Careers and Financial Support | |
Role: Program Co-Director | |
$3,250,000 | |
2019 - 2020 | Risking It All: The Relationship of Overall Health and Stress Influencing Risky Behavior among College Students |
Georgia Southern University Office of Research and Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Office of Public Health Practice and Research | |
Role: Principal | |
$12,500 | |
2016 - 2019 | NIH U24 entitled Data Coordinating Center for Sickle Cell Disease Implementation Consortium (SCDIC) |
NHLBI/RTI as a subcontract | |
Role: Consultant/Content Expert/ Chair Person of the Needs Assessment Subcommittee | |
$65,117 | |
2013 - 2019 | Prenatal and Early Childhood Biomass Smoke Exposure and Child Neurodevelopment (R01) |
DHHS/NIH/NIEHS | |
Role: Co-I, Principal Evaluator | |
Colleague(s): N. Sathiakumar | |
$360,000 | |
2012 - 2017 | SouthEast Regional Genetics Collaborative– Regional Genetics Newborn Screening Collaborative (SERG/SERC) |
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) – Maternal Child Health Bureau (MCHB)/Genetic Services Branch (GSB) | |
Role: Co-PI/Director Process Monitoring and Outcome Evaluation (M&E) Framework Core | |
$250,000 | |
2015 - 2016 | Rural Community Health System Planning Grant |
Georgia Department of Community Health | |
Role: Evaluation/Project Management Consultant | |
Colleague(s): William Mase | |
2012 - 2015 | Community Care Network - IHAP |
Cone Health Foundation (NC) to the UNCG Center for New North Carolinians (CNNC) | |
Role: External advisor | |
Colleague(s): H. Sienkiewicz | |
$10,000 | |
2012 - 2013 | Guilford County Community Health Assessment 2012-2013 - Guilford County Regional Collaborative |
Cone Health System | |
Role: Principal Investigator/Lead Project evaluator | |
$97,720 | |
2012 - 2013 | Wilkes County/Wilkes Regional Medical Center County Community Health Assessment 2012-2013 - Wilkes County Regional Collaborative |
Jointly Wilkes regional Medical Center and Wilkes County health Department | |
Role: Co-PI/Director Process Monitoring and Outcome Evaluation (M&E) Framework Core | |
$20,000 | |
2009 - 2013 | Registry and Surveillance System for Hemoglobinopathies (RuSH) - Establishment and use of the North Carolina SCD and Thalassemia Client Surveillance Program (NC_SCDTCSP) – UNCG Component: Data and Evaluation Core (DEC) |
NC DOH from the CDC/NHLBI | |
Role: Co-Principal Investigator/Project evaluator | |
Colleague(s): Belinda Pettiford | |
$221,168 | |
2007 - 2012 | Guilford Genomic Medicine Initiative: Implementing MeTree© |
Department of Defense grant to Moses Cone Medical Center | |
Role: Principal Evaluator (PE) | |
$1,000,000 | |
2007 - 2011 | Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Demonstration Program (SCDTDP)- National Coordinating Center (NCC-RTI) |
Department of Health and Human Services/HRSA/MCHB | |
Role: Principal Investigator/Program Director (Sub-Contract to Research Triangle International (RTI))/ Qualitative Researcher (10/2010 – 2/28/2011) | |
$850,000 | |
2002 - 2011 | National Coordinating and Evaluation Center (NCEC): Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Community Programs (1 U93 MC 00217-01) |
MCHB/HRSA/DHHS | |
Role: PI/Project Director and Principal Evaluator | |
$800,000 | |
2008 - 2010 | Juvenile Justice/Behavioral Health Partnership - 180 Turning Lives Around Initiative |
North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice | |
Role: Principal Evaluator (PE) | |
$20,856 | |
2005 - 2010 | Sowing the Seeds of Health (Sembrando las Semillas de la Salud) |
Department of Health and Human Services/NCI (1R25CA106870-01A1) | |
Role: Co-Investigator and Evaluator | |
Colleague(s): PI – Isabel Scarinci | |
$750,000 | |
2008 - 2009 | Carolina Health and Transition (CHAT) Project (Evaluation Sub-Contract) |
North Carolina Department of Health (NC DOH) | |
Role: Principal Evaluator | |
Colleague(s): Monique Winslow | |
$60,000 | |
2006 - 2009 | Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs Leadership Project (Evaluation Sub-Contract) |
Department of Health and Human Services/MCH (2 U01MC00001-06-00) | |
Role: Principal Evaluator | |
Colleague(s): Peter Sybinski, PhD; Replaced by Michael Frasier in 2008 | |
$70,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2020 - Present | Member, Executive Advisory Board University of South Carolina Rural and Minority Health Research Center | 2020 - Present | Guest Editor, PLOS ONE Collections: Health Inequities and Disparities Research | 2019 - Present | Member, Health Team, Costal Georgia Indicators Coalition | 2019 - Present | Member, National Advisory Mental Health Council (NAMHC) | 2018 - Present | Social Science and Public Health Academic Editor, Academic Editorial Board | 2018 - Present | Member, Chatham County Safety Net Council | 2018 - Present | Member, Emerging Leaders in Public Health (ELPH) initiative Advisory Committee | 2018 - Present | Visiting Professor (Honorary) (Teaching, Research), Faculty of Medicine -Public Health, University of Kelaniya | 2018 - Present | Fellow, Royal Society of Public Health | 2013 - Present | Member, Academic Affairs Committee, JPHCOPH, Georgia Southern University | 2013 - Present | Committee Chair and member, Academic Assessment Committee, Georgia Southern University (Includes SACS and CEPH work) | 2013 - Present | Member, Curriculum Committee, JPHCOPH, Georgia Southern University | 2013 - Present | Committee Chair, Faculty Research Committee, JPHCOPH, Georgia Southern Univeristy | 2013 - Present | Member, Faculty leadership Committee, JPHCOPH, Georgia Southern University | 2006 - Present | Adjunct Professor Of Maternal and Child Health, Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Univ. of North Carolina Chapel Hill | 2016 - 2019 | Elected - Member, Executive Board – Executive Committee, Governance Committee, Strategic Implementation Committee | 2011 - 2014 | Member, Editorial Board - Public Health | 2008 - 2012 | Member, APHA Executive Board | 2004 - 2006 | Committee Chair, External Advisory Board, Center for Study of Health Disparities | 2003 - 2006 | Vice-President, Board of Directors, National Family Voices |
Honors and Awards
- 1981-1982 William Hinkley Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley
- 1981-1982 Dean Liaison for the Graduate School of Social Welfare Student Body, University of California, Berkeley
- 1981-1982 Chairperson Graduate School of Social Welfare Black Caucus, University of California, Berkeley
- 1981-1982 Chairperson Graduate School of Social Welfare Third World Caucus, University of California, Berkeley
- 1985-1987 Student Representative Minority Concerns Committee, Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health
- July 1-3, 1992 NIMH Award for Support of Participation in a Short Course on Mental Health Services Research, African American Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan
- 2000 Award in recognition of outstanding contributions to developing 'The Public Health Professional of the Future', University of Alabama Birmingham, School of Public Health.
- 2006 Faculty Award for Outstanding Public Health Service, University of Alabama Birmingham, School of Public Health
- 2009 Phillips Memorial Lecture Teaching Award, Meharry Medical College, Hemoglobiopathy Program
- 2017 Insley-Evans Public Health Social Worker of the Year American Public Health Association
Courses
- Doctoral Seminar in Community Health (CHBE 9630)
- Theoretical Perspectives of the Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health (PUBH 8136)
- Rural Community Health Issues (COHE 7237)
- Multi-Cultural and Social Determinants of Health (PUBH 3138)
- Research Methods in Community and Behavioral Health (CHBE 9130)
- Public Health Doctoral Seminar (PUBH 9630)
- Public Health Research Capstone Integrative Experience (PUBH 7991B/7530)
- Community Research Practicum (HEA 755)
- Community-Based Health Education Research(HEA 759)
- Advanced Program Evaluation(HEA 765)
- Independent Study (1 doctoral student) (HEA 695A)
- Independent Study (HEA 695A)
2018 | HonFRSPH, Royal Society of Public Health | |
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1992 | Post Doctorate Fellow, Psychosocial Research Division, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
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1985 - 1992 | DrPH in Public Health Sociology/Health Issues of Children, Families and People of Color, Johns Hopkins University | |
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1982 - 1983 | M.P.H. in Behavioral Science, University of California, Berkeley | |
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1982 - 1983 | M.S.W. in Children and Families, University of California, Berkeley | |
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1976 - 1980 | B.A. in Behavioral Psychology, California State University, Northridge | |
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1974 - 1976 | A.A. in Liberal Arts, Santa Monica College | |
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Contact Information
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Statesboro, GA 30460
Phone: (912) 478-2412
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