A Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health funded project to determine whether claiming (receipt) of Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) results in decreased risk and increase protective factors for adverse childhood experiences...

Together, Michigan State University and Wayne State University are addressing the need for addiction medicine specialists in the state of Michigan and beyond. Communities across the nation need these specialists to address the addiction crisis. MI CA...

Roughly 25 health professionals were part of this working group appointed by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to articulate ethical guidelines for allocating ICU beds, vents, ECMO slots, drugs, etc. that had become scarce due to e...

As a community-based medical school, the College of Human Medicine provides students with comprehensive training in clinical settings that most closely parallel the environment in which many physicians typically practice. First and second-year studen...

African Americans have significantly higher rates than Caucasians of diabetes, stroke, heart disease, high blood pressure and certain cancers as they age. MCUAAAR scholars investigate causes of and ways to prevent these health disparities. One of the...

Serve as executive secretary to the board of directors of the School Community Health Alliance of Michigan (SCHA-MI). SCHA-MI is a collaboration of individuals and organizations that represent and support school-based and school-linked health centers...

IMPART Alliance is a statewide program with an institutional home in the College of Osteopathic Medicine/Family and Community Medicine. Its primary purpose is to assist the state of Michigan with developing an infrastructure that builds and supports ...

CHARM is a group of scientists and doctors that has been working on maternal and child health for more than 10 years. CHARM supports two prospective, observational studies that recruit in pregnancy and follow the mother and child for many years.

Cara Poland is on a grant providing training to community physicians and other prescribers to facilitate expansion of substance use disorders (SUD) treatment to pregnant people and in primary care. She has a separate grant specifically focusing on wo...

Molly Polverento serves as the director of the Department of Family Medicine Residency Network, which includes 10 community-based residency programs throughout Michigan. The Network offers professional development and information sharing for the facu...

This NIH/NICHD funded study tests the efficacy of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for major depression following perinatal loss (early and late fetal death and early neonatal death) in a sample of 274 women in Flint and Detroit, Michigan. This will...

Together, Michigan State University and Wayne State University are addressing the need for Addiction Medicine specialists in the state of Michigan and beyond. Communities across the nation need Addiction Medicine specialists to address the addiction ...

This academic year I am serving as a member of the East Lansing Public School District's Wellness Policy Committee tasked with overseeing review of the policy and its mechanisms for implementation and evaluation. Bi-monthly meetings of 2 hours via Zo...

The goal of this project is to evaluate and monitoring the Opioid use in Medicaid program.

Alternatives in Motion is a non-profit organization in Grand Rapids MI that provides mobility equipment (wheelchairs, power chairs, walkers, home mobility equipment) for underserved populations. This includes pediatric and adult populations. We are e...

Project was through contract with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Service/Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Administration. Reviewed settings that provide Home and Community based services to individuals served in the publi...

training school professionals in pain-focused CBT for students. Conducted workshops with school nurses and health department workers (social workers and school nurses). Submitted grants for future funding.

RCT of remotely delivered CBT for childhood onset lupus developed with patient and caregiver co-investigators

The mission of the Lansing Latino Health Alliance is to improve the health of Latinos in Lansing. In the last year we have been involved in several activities including coordinating a flu vaccination clinic at Cristo Rey Church, collaborating with In...

assessing the well-being and mental health of immigrant populations residing in Michigan amid COVID-19 pandemic. Poverty, limited healthcare access, and fear of legal repercussions can place immigrant populations at a higher risk for developing sever...

Working in collaboration with stakeholders and researchers at Mercy Health St. Mary's, Grand Rapids, to develop projects aimed at improving the quality of healthcare services. Projects include studies of reasons for in-person care avoidance during th...

This is a HHS, office of minority health, funded project to determine whether claiming (receipt) of Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) results in decreased risk and increase protective factors for adverse childhood experiences. A secondary aim is to det...

As a community-based researcher, I participate in and serve on multiple community groups including the groups working on issues related to tobacco use, opiate drug use, gun safety and suicide prevention, and early educational opportunities in my rura...

Based on community input, I'm conducting research to understand reasons for the high incidence of breast cancer in Grand Traverse county and investigating reasons for the high burden of colorectal cancer in Michigan's Thumb counties.

This randomized controlled trial tested the effectiveness of a peer-led Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) linkage intervention on alcohol use, AA attendance, and HIV sex risk among women with alcohol use disorders leaving jail.