The mission of CCPH, “to promote health equity and social justice through partnerships between communities and academic institutions”, summarizes my career as a public and population health professional. The eradication of health disparities and commitment to social justice has been at the center of my work as a scientist and academic leader. Since 2013, I [...]
I first learned about community-based public health (CBPH) as a graduate student at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. I was on the health policy track in the Master of Public Health program in the Department of Health Management and Policy (HMP). I attended Michigan from 1997-1999 and I was one of a [...]
It was fall of 2007 and I was serving as the Director of University Neighborhood Partners, community-university partnership on the west side of Salt Lake City, Utah. With a long history of serving as gateway communities for families of immigrant and refugee backgrounds, the neighborhoods on the west side of Salt Lake City are home [...]
I intimately see anti-immigrant sentiment played out in my day-to-day life – personally and professionally. My work over the past almost 20 years has focused on African immigrants and refugees in Massachusetts and nationally, specifically building community-led solutions for HIV/STD service delivery, research, training and advocacy. Too often African immigrants and refugees are lost under [...]