Faculty News

Mary Ellen Heisler and Adrienne Lapidos (co-PIs), Edith Kieffer, and colleagues received a sponsored project award from the Ralph Wilson Foundation. The project, conducted in collaboration with 3 health plans in Detroit, focuses on the use of Community Health Workers (CHWs) to reach marginalized underserved groups who may have reason to mistrust formalized systems of care and to generate jobs in low-resource communities.  

Postdoctoral Fellow Shanna Kattari received a Sponsored Project Award from the Michigan Institute For Clinical & Health Research (MICHR). The project, titled ''Michigan Trans Health Research Advisory Board," will allow members of the transgender and non-binary community to offer their own input on how research with and about this community should be conducted.

Assistant Professor Katie Richards-Schuster received a Sponsored Project Award from the Ginsberg Center for Community and Service Learning. The proposed project builds on the past year's work by developing a series of youth-driven data dialogues. 

Associate Professor Emily Nicklett is awarded Fellow status through the Social Research, Policy, and Practice section of The Gerontology Society of America (GSA). The GSA fellowship—the highest class of membership—is an acknowledgment of her outstanding and continuing work in the field of gerontology.

Postdoctoral Fellow Shanna Kattari is presenting “Pushing Boundaries: Teaching Diverse and ‘Taboo’ Sexuality in Higher Education Settings” at the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists 2018 Annual Conference on June 16th. 

Associate Professor Luke Shaefer presented “Finding New Ways to Prevent and Alleviate Poverty in Michigan, the Nation, and the World” at the Stanford Center on Poverty & Equality.

Terri Gilbert, Director of Operations for the Child and Adolescent Data Lab was appointed to the Michigan Committee on Juvenile Justice by Governor Rick Snyder. The committee advises the governor on juvenile justice issues and guides effective implementation of juvenile justice policies and programs.

Associate Professor Luke Shaefer wrote an op-ed in The Bridge on the consequences of Michigan Medicaid work demand.