College of Health & Human Services

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.

Interim Director

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,...

Externally funded grant from RWJF

Purpose of the grant was to propose planning equity initiatives for research faculty of color - Transforming Academia for Equity

A scoping review of the effects of military deployment on reserve component children

Peer-reviewed publication to review the effects of military deployment on reserve component children: Veri, S., Muthoni, C., Boyd, A. S.,...

Equity Task Force

Assembled a group of our diverse faculty to determine how the PHS unit should move forward in terms of equity initiatives. It is entirely faculty driven.

Annual Film Screen with a Dean - sponsored by CHHS DIvE Committee

Annually, the CHHD DIvE Committee holds an event called "Film Screen with a Dean". This spring (TBA) the film is The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson. In the film, Victoria Cruz investigates the mysterious 1992 death of Black gay rights activist and Stonewall...

Social Work Field Office Intern

The purpose of this initiative is to introduce students from all backgrounds to academia, social work, and community-based work. Additionally, this initiative recruits social work students from other programs and enhances our partnerships with other NC schools....

Enhanced recruiting tactics to Kinesiology programs: Undergraduate through advanced degrees,

The purpose of this proposal is to request funding to support distinctive recruitment efforts by the undergraduate and graduate programs within Kinesiology programs that will connect with the underrepresented populations and ultimately result in enrollment of a...

Addressing Racial Stress and Trauma in College Students in the Context of Trauma Focused Evidence Based Psychotherapies

Funded by our SAMHSA suicide prevention grant, this is a series of two (2) 2-hour workshops, one for health professions staff on campus and one one for health professions students. The psychoeducational workshop was provided by Dr. Brittany Hall-Clark of the...