The Detroit URC Board is comprised of representatives from community-based organizations in Detroit, the Detroit Health Department, and Henry Ford Health System, as well as faculty representatives from the University of Michigan Schools of Public Health, Social Work and Nursing. The Board is responsible for identifying priorities of the Detroit URC, and for overseeing the development of new community-based participatory research projects and related activities. Members of the Board are also referred to as partners of the Detroit URC partnership. Each of our affiliated partnerships and projects is directed by a Steering Committee that consists of representatives from the Detroit URC Board, and may also have additional community organizations represented as needed and appropriate, based on the focus of the affiliated partnership.

Detroit URC Board - Organizations & Representatives:

Amy Schulz

University of Michigan School of Public Health
Amy Schulz, Professor, Health Behavior & Health Education
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Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation
Angela G. Reyes, Executive Director
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University of Michigan School of Public Health
Barbara Israel, Professor, Health Behavior & Health Education and Principal Investigator/Director Detroit URC
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Eastside Community Network
Donna L. Givens Davidson, President & CEO
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Enrique_Neblett

University of Michigan School of Public Health
Enrique W. Neblett, Jr., Professor, Health Behavior & Health Education and Associate Director, Detroit Academic-Community Urban Research Center
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Gwendolyn Daniels

Institute for Population Health
Gwendolyn Daniels, Chief Executive Officer
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Jade Burns

University of Michigan School of Nursing
Jade Burns, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, University of Michigan School of Nursing
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Henry Ford Health
Kimberlydawn Wisdom, Senior Vice President of Community Health & Equity and Chief Wellness and Diversity Officer
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Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice
Laprisha Daniels, Executive Director
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Lidia Reyes-Flores

Latino Family Services
Lidia Reyes-Flores, Executive Director
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Linda Little

Neighborhood Service Organization
Linda Little, President & CEO
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University of Michigan School of Public Health
Marie O'Neill, Professor, Environmental Health Sciences and Professor, Epidemiology, U-M SPH
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Olu Akinyemi

Detroit Health Department
Oluwaseun Akinyemi, Chief Epidemiologist

Richard Bryce

Community Health and Social Services Center, Inc.
Richard Bryce, Chief Medical Officer
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University of Michigan School of Social Work
Rogério Pinto, Professor and Associate Dean for Research
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Zachary Rowe

Friends of Parkside
Zachary Rowe, Executive Director
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Emeritus Board Members


Edie Kieffer, Professor Emerita of Social Work


J. Ricardo Guzman, Executive Consultant for Community Health and Social Services Center, Inc. (Retired Chief Executive Officer)

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Richard Lichtenstein, Emeritus SJ Axelrod Collegiate Professor of Health Management and Policy and Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy Associate Professor, Health Management, U-M SPH

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Sheilah Clay, President, Purposeful Consulting, LLC