Served as an expert contributor to an amicus brief filed with the California Supreme Court. The brief requests that the court grant review of a challenge to the intentional misgendering provision of a California bill (S.B. 219). The brief includes em...

Presented results from scholarship in trans medicine to public audiences, health organizations, clinics, and health professionals.

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

Provided direct consultations to fish farmers who are losing fish in the North Central Region of the U.S. in an effort to improve the health of their fish through alternative disease prevention methods. Have provided information on improving fish hea...

Collaborated with local school districts to understand the relationship between student academic achievement and well-being and digital inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Provided multiple interviews to various local and national media outlets (television, online, and print) focusing on impacts of legally restricting abortion access; proposed legislation limiting health care to transgender and nonbinary youth and adul...

Formed during the water crisis, this multisector network continues to be tasked with creating trusted recovery communication to Flint residents, especially those who are hard to reach. The group meets biweekly, receiving updates from the City of Flin...

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...

Worked as an organization administrator and mentor as part of a Google Summer of Code group based at MSU in the Physics and Astronomy Department. The goal was to train new contributors to the group's scientific software. Assisted with administrative ...

Legume Lab is five-year research capacity building development program managed by MSU that focuses on grain legumes in West and Southern Africa. Help monitor and evaluate the outputs and outcomes of this USAID-funded grant. During this outreach and e...

Helped develop a multistate outreach program focusing on harmful algal blooms (HABs). Project goals were to assess current HABs outreach and education efforts, identify needs for HABs information, develop uniform recommendations for the North Central...

Worked with a team of researchers and stakeholders to write a set of best management practices for minimizing harm to pollinators in apple orchards. This work was funded as a joint collaboration between USApple and the Honey Bee Health Coalition.

The North Central Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Center funds working groups each year. These working groups cover a broad array of topics ‒ from crop-related groups to urban ag IPM, school IPM, tick IPM, pollinator and monarch conservation, etc....

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 goal of the academy is to introduce students in grades 7-12 to careers in seven biological STEM disciplines in agriculture and natural resources and to engage students in hands-on exercises related to these disciplines. The disciplines are animal...

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....

Organized symposium and webinars on PFAS contamination. Testified at the Department of Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Field hearing on interagency collaboration. Also organized an annual retreat and semiregular meetings with the...

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...

Capacity-building for community organizations and local governments to support opioid prevention and treatment efforts.

Partnership with Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan and Michigan Tribes to explore the cultural supports for the development of young children.

Serve as board secretary for the Davies Project, which provides transportation to children and families for medical care. The board works to raise money, increase awareness, and sustain the operation.

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.

The Flint Registry is designed to connect individuals impacted by the Flint water crisis to services and programs that mitigate the impact of lead exposure on health and child development. The Flint Registry has enrolled over 21,000 individuals and m...

Revision of the materials for Middle School Mathematics Teachers. Professional Learning for the Teachers and Leaders using the materials in field test.