The Michigan Good Food Fund is a $30 million loan fund to support entrepreneurs, particularly women and BIPOC owners, grow their healthy food businesses. Serving low income communities in Michigan is a priority. MSU CRFS provides technical assistance...

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...

The Cube provides a space for diverse ranges of people, places, and communities to participate in communications of all kinds, from traditional book production to user experience research to web and app development. With guided faculty mentorship, ou...

Street Teams are student-run, creative collaborations within ComArtSci. Interdisciplinary groups of students partner with nonprofit organizations and assist them with media projects. They have real-world learning opportunities while giving back to th...

To develop a cooperative distributor local agriculture, food, and related products in collaboration with Allen Neighborhood Center (ANC) and East Lansing Food Coop, inc.

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.

I work as a consultant to medical examiner's offices and law enforcement agencies to determine whether a bone is human or not, to perform search and recoveries, scientific identifications via comparative radiography, skeletal examinations to estimate...

I direct the MSU Forensic Anthropology Laboratory and we provide consultations to medical examiners and law enforcement across the state of Michigan. Our work includes scientific identification of decedents, skeletal analyses, skeletal trauma interpr...

I led a team of students to participate in Operation UNITED which is a grassroots effort by the Detroit Office of the FBI and the Detroit Police Department to identify homicide victims from cases that have gone cold. These individuals are exhumed and...

Stress can have negative detrimental physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual consequences for nursing staff. Organizations have a responsibility to provide low-risk, evidence based, integrative techniques to help reduce stress and compassio...

Patients in the intensive care unit, need more timely access to palliative and hospice care. The aim of this project was to increase the appropriate and early timeliness of palliative and hospice care consultations in the intensive care unit. Educati...

Implement a multicomponent approach to evidence-based delirium interventions for adult patients in non-critical care units at risk for and experiencing delirium. -Encourage accountability -Encourage appropriate use of interventions -Encourage colla...

Delirium is one of the top contributors to patient falls in the hospital. Project was to implement a delirium education, use of an appropriate delirium screening tool, and targeted interventions to help in earlier delirium recognition and decrease in...

The number of lumbar spinal fusion patients increases each year nationwide. The amount of opioid pain medication used can affect the outcomes, patient satisfaction, and quality of recovery. In this project, emphasis was placed on implementing and usi...

Background and Significance: Low levels of health literacy can have a detrimental effect on a patient’s ability to navigate the complex healthcare system. Healthcare systems and providers must work to make healthcare more accessible to all the popula...

Background and Review of Literature: A Healthy Work Environment (HWE) has broad implications impacting wellness and retention of team members, recruitment, quality and safety of care delivered, and the overall organizational culture. A review of the ...

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.

This community-partnered study will scale a community, provider, and system-level implementation intervention to reduce African American maternal morbidity and mortality disparities in two Michigan counties (Genesee and Kent). We will test the interv...

The SPIRIT Trial is a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and mechanisms of the Safety Plan intervention in reducing suicide events among 800 individuals in the year after jail release.

Conducted effective outreach and engagement strategies in light of COVID-19 by working in conjunction with partnering agencies. Distribution of Flint Registry handouts and materials by partnering and collaborating with community partners as they se...

The Flint Registry is a project designed to support individuals who were impacted by an environmental injustice and exposed to a lead in water crisis. The project connects individuals who were exposed to services and resources to mitigate the impact ...

I am the Evaluator on a large SAMHSA funded grant designed to expand access to medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorder in the northwest region of Michigan's lower peninsula.

This project was designed to evaluate feasibility and effects of meal delivery after hospital discharge on hospital readmission and patient satisfaction and quality of life.