This activity was interrupted by the pandemic. The K12 Partnership group was comprised of clinical experience-focused faculty in the Teacher Preparation Program and district and school leaders from key K12 partners. The goals were to: - reduce finan...

I started the RSO STATCOM (=Statistics in the Community) at MSU. Student organizations like this exist at other universities and are recognized by the professional organizations American Statistical Associations. Students provide free statistical co...

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...

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...

This project examines how women workers and employers have navigated the informal economic sector, especially in the industries of household and personal services, as well as work/family balance, in the Lansing-East Lansing metropolitan region and as...

FS2021 MC 498: 16 students taught in person. I have been teaching my course on Lansing since 2015, though I allow students to do projects on Flint and Detroit if students want to do a project based on these cities. The course focuses on theories and ...

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...

Biweekly journal club with zoo veterinarians in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. In addition to discussion of recent veterinary journal publications, there were also case and policy discussions.

Direct student providing free legal services and trainings/education

One of my summer classes partnered with Communities in Schools to support their summer programs, specifically with their Reading Buddies program.

Students worked with local non-profit organizations to draft a couple grant proposals

Audience: Class of 2026 for both Lansing School District & Waverly Community Schools. Purpose: Career Exploration is one of the pillars of the federal GEAR UP Grant, and the work plan we follow. Goals: Created a poll to discuss career specific para...

This "project" is part of the Capstone course ITM444 (offered every Spring) where organizations with IT-related needs submit their own project proposals to be staffed by student teams of 4-5 students. We usually attract a range of organizations from...

Worked as the instructor for a capstone project course for the Certificate in Quantitative Risk Analysis (cQRA) program offered to Accident Fund (AF) Group employees. The 8 week course introduces enrolled AF employees to real data analysis. Each stud...

Audience: Class of 2026 for both Lansing School District & Waverly Community Schools Purpose: Career Exploration is one of the pillars of the federal GEAR UP Grant, and the work plan we follow. Goals: Created and exhibited an original slide show, ...

This study aims to investigate educational, organizational, and computational factors to mitigate human replacement by robots in manufacturing settings. The results from this study will inform the development of new robotic technologies that enable a...

The Kinship Care Resource Center is one of several community programs in the School of Social Work at Michigan State University. The KCRC serves kinship care families across the state by providing information and referrals to resources and services f...

Audience: Class of 2026 for both Lansing School District Purpose: Career Exploration (with Finance emphasis for this workshop) is one of the pillars of the federal GEAR UP Grant, and the work plan we follow. Goals: Created and exhibited an "Extreme...

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 ...

Dr. Clare Luz, director of IMPART Alliance, Co-chairs this Advisory Committee. It is comprised of stakeholders across MI representing all care settings, payors, state funded programs, and all populations served. It includes representatives from state...

This project has developed as a result of a partnership between IMPART Alliance and PHI, described above. In addition to establishing a statewide Direct Care Worker Coalition, chaired by Dr. Clare Luz, EJEC has a Coalition and Policy Steering Committ...

MSU AgeAlive is a program within the College of Osteopathic Medicine that is dedicated to building a central, coordinated aging hub at MSU that can bring together aging-related research, education, and community outreach and engagement. Dr. Clare Luz...

I work with my community partner (MOASH) to create a toolkit to teach consent to K-5 students in Michigan Public Schools. Because of the age-range, it is focused a lot on friendship and respecting boundaries, and recognizing emotions in others, check...

Audience: Class of 2026 for both Waverly Community Schools Purpose: Career Exploration is one of the pillars of the federal GEAR UP Grant, and the work plan we follow. Goals: Created and exhibited an original slide show, spotlight young BIPOC entre...