Served as co-chair of the Data for Equity and Impact Table, which was convened by the 313Reads coalition of community groups providing literacy supports for students and families across Detroit.

Seminar-based presentations for nurses, social workers, elder committee, and National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.

MSU teacher candidates, in collaboration with Detroit Public Schools' On the Rise Academy, Detroit Downtown Boxing Club and Center for Success, provide summer school instruction and enrichment programming.

Provide ongoing feedback and evaluation of a community collaborative approach to violence prevention in Detroit.

Provide ongoing feedback and evaluation of a community collaborative approach to violence prevention in Jackson.

Operation UNITED (Unknown Names Identified Through Exhumation and DNA) is a joint effort by the Detroit Police Department and the FBI to exhume unidentified individuals and obtain a bone sample for DNA testing in an attempt to scientifically identify...

Through the mentorship program, created a partnership between the greater advertising community and the College of Communication Arts and Sciences.

Provided an eight-day summer residential camp for 60 high school students from across Michigan interested in medicine and health care-related careers. Strive to recruit a diverse cohort of students each year to increase diversity among medical studen...

Support urban elementary teachers in teaching science in local outdoor spaces in meaningful and culturally responsive ways.

Identify organizations for funding. Measure outcomes of funded organizations.

This annual one-day conference highlights current and emerging issues in the Great Lakes and surrounding basin. Attendees, composed of agency personnel, educators, NGO representatives, students, and interested individuals, have the opportunity for an...

In addition to delivering the Telehealth 101 mini-course content to participants in the Virtual Table project, through our collaboration with a project at Henry Ford Health System we arranged to deliver Telehealth 101 in two two-hour virtual sessions...

Sport-based life skills interventions offer compelling pathways to enhancing youth agency, psychosocial development, and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Evidence shows the benefits of sport programs to youth empowerment, promoting health and wel...

Provided research-based training, technical assistance, and evaluation services to the City of Detroit and its efforts to address violent crime.

Hosted three regional programs (Detroit, Macomb, Lansing) over the course of eight weeks at varying times of the year to expose high school students to medicine and health care-related careers. The goal is to create a pathway for students from underr...

The Sugar Smart Coalition is committed to advocacy, education, equitable practice, and policy that improves healthy food and beverage options and choice. The coalition's vision is to reduce added sugar consumption and its negative health impacts in M...

The Michigan Farm to ECE Network collaborates so children ages birth to 5 can grow, choose, and eat nutritious, local food in early care and education settings. Farm to ECE in Michigan includes local food sourcing, nutrition education, and gardening....

Participated in a series of activities that involved strengthening ties between MSU's Construction Management (CM) Program and companies, early career development of CM students, internship placements, industry trends, and workforce development areas...

Serve on the board of the Children's Palliative Care Coalition, a group of palliative care providers, social workers, nurses, and families working to promote and raise awareness of the need for palliative care services, advocate for legislation to ge...

This in-service project designed and delivered 80 training events, in person and online, to educate and train veteran child welfare workers in Michigan agencies.

Worked with a Girl Scout troop to discuss veterinary medicine through hands on activities

MSU Vet Med has created a partnership with the DIA to nurture young women interested in science to consider veterinary medicine. Working with 250 young women with an interest and science. Deploy a faculty a month to teach a science lesson and discuss...

Evaluation of "Getting It Right," a mentoring program for parolees involving a partnership between the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries the Michigan Dept. of Corrections. The project is funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Interactive class helping students in grades 9-11 grasp the common anatomy underlying mammals, specifically focusing on comparative anatomy of dogs, horses, cats, cattle, and humans using actual specimens.

Co-director of Michigan Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (MI-LEND). Help with administrative tasks; teach in several of the modules and participate in curriculum development. MI-LEND is an interdisciplinary leadersh...