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CAMMSE Research, Educational and Outreach, Workforce Development, and Technology Transfer Activities

CAMMSE (Center for Advanced Multimodal Mobility Solutions and Education) is a Tier 1 UTC (University Transportation Center) and a consortium of five universities, led by The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC), each with outstanding programs in...

Gambrell Fellowship Recipient

Awarded a Gambrell Fellowship in 2021. The research will focus on using employee ownership to address the racial wealth gap in Charlotte. This project has great potential to impact the long-term racial wealth disparities here locally.

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...

Mental Health Research and Practice Division

Vision The vision of the Mental Health Research and Practice Division is to serve as an international center of excellence and pipeline for the implementation of affirmative, strengths-based research and practices that aim to heal and transform diverse individuals...

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.

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,...

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....

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.,...

Using a University CANVAS Learning Management System to Increase Knowledge about MS: The Multiple Sclerosis Student Advocates Program as an Educational Intervention

Poster Presentation presented at the 2021 Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers Annual Conference in Orlando, FL: Using a University CANVAS Learning Management System to Increase Knowledge about MS: The Multiple Sclerosis Student Advocates Program as an...

Creating Inclusive Field Placements

The Field Office will hold a workshop for current field instructors/task supervisors in March 2022. This workshop will focus on how field settings can develop inclusive field experiences. The workshop is hosted in collaboration with the Office of Identity, Equity,...