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PrEquity, Access, Mobility, & Inclusion in Communities

Three guest speakers are presenting in graduate level SOWK 7223 - Advanced Social Work Practice with Communities class. The course is taught in the second-half of the spring 2022 term in the online MSW program. The speakers will discuss community efforts which...

Award/Recognition: Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice (NAP) in Social Work

I am being inducted as a Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice (NAP) in Social Work in recognition of my practice and research in interprofessional healthcare specifically contributions in multiple sclerosis, child, adolescent and adult mental...

Research Academy

Academy for Veteran and Military Health (AVMH)’s mission is to develop partnerships for excellence in research, service, and education for veterans, military and their families. The mission assumes our customer is the veteran, military member and their families....

CHHS Dean's Faculty Fellow. (Focus on DEI in Strategic Plan this year)

For the second academic year, Dean Catrine Tudor-Locke appointed a CHHS Dean's Faculty Fellow to assist with a special project in the Dean's Office. This year, the 2021-2022 CHHS Dean's Faculty Fellow is Dr. Diana Rowan. She is focusing on exploring metrics to...

Needs Assessment to Inform Mecklenburg County Communitywide Child Abuse Prevention Plan

This grant (funded by Mecklenburg County) initiative is to conduct the Mecklenburg County Needs Assessment to Inform the development of the Mecklenburg County Communitywide Child Abuse Prevention Plan.

Social Determinants of Health during COVID-19 Impacting Children and Youth in Foster Care: The “HOT ZONE”

Presentation at the 35th Foster Family Treatment Association Annual Conference (July 25-28, 2021): Social Determinants of Health during COVID-19 Impacting Children and Youth in Foster Care: The “HOT ZONE”; purpose to increase awareness and knowledge level about the...

Amazon Black Employee Network Invited Guest Speaker

Invited Speaker for the Black Employee Network at Amazon. Provided an international live streaming presentation to employees entitled, Ring the Alarm: Prioritizing and Assessing your Mental Health. The learning objectives were to (1) To understand the difference...

Public health equity task force

I chair a committee in our department. We are planning data collection and codifying some procedures to assist equity.

The association between having a preterm birth and later maternal mental health: An analysis of U.S. Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System data

Peer-reviewed publication: Barber, K. S., Huber, L. R., B., Portwood, S. G., Boyd, A. S., Smith, J. D.,...

Race and Social Equity Academy (RASE)

The Race and Social Equity Academy (RASE) fosters the scholarship of practice and research focused on advancing racial and social parities within the community. Along with empirical scholarship, race dialogue will be supported through intellectual discourse,...