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:
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Amy Schulz, Professor, Health Behavior & Health Equity
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Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation
Angela G. Reyes, Executive Director
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Eastside Community Network
Donna L. Givens Davidson, President & CEO
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University of Michigan School of Public Health
Enrique W. Neblett, Jr., Professor, Health Behavior & Health Equity and Director, Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center
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Institute for Population Health
Gwendolyn Daniels, Chief Executive Officer
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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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University of Michigan School of Social Work
Katrina Ellis, Associate Professor, School of Social Work; Associate Professor, Health Behavior & Health Equity; Associate Director, Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center; Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research
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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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Latino Family Services
Lidia Reyes-Flores, Executive Director
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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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Detroit Health Department
Oluwaseun Akinyemi, Chief Epidemiologist
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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Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice
Sandra Handy, Interim Executive Director
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Friends of Parkside
Zachary Rowe, Executive Director
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Emeritus Board Members
Barbara Israel, Professor Emerita, Health Behavior & Health Equity
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
Sheilah Clay, President, Purposeful Consulting, LLC